Daily Workflow Skill

Creates daily notes and provides structured workflows for morning planning, midday check-ins, and evening shutdowns.

Usage

Invoke with /daily or ask Claude to create today's note or help with daily routines.

Create Today's Note

/daily

Or simply ask:

• "Create today's daily note"
• "Start my morning routine"
• "Help me with evening shutdown"

Daily Note Creation

What Happens

1. Checks if today's note exists

   • If yes: Opens the existing note
   • If no: Creates new note from template

2. Template Processing

   • Replaces {{date}} with today's date
   • Replaces {{date:format}} with formatted dates
   • Handles date arithmetic (e.g., {{date-1}} for yesterday)

3. Automatic Organization

   • Places note in Daily Notes/ folder
   • Names file with today's date (YYYY-MM-DD.md)
   • Preserves template structure

Template Variables

Your daily template can use:

• {{date}} - Today's date in default format
• {{date:dddd}} - Day name (e.g., Monday)
• {{date:MMMM DD, YYYY}} - Formatted date
• {{date-1:YYYY-MM-DD}} - Yesterday's date
• {{date+1:YYYY-MM-DD}} - Tomorrow's date
• {{time}} - Current time

Morning Routine (5-10 minutes)

Automated Steps

1. Create today's daily note (if not exists)
2. Pull incomplete tasks from yesterday
3. Read this week's ONE Big Thing from Goals/3. Weekly Review.md
4. Surface active project next-actions from Projects/*/CLAUDE.md
5. Review weekly goals for today's priority

Cascade Context Surfacing

Before interactive prompts, automatically surface:

• ONE Big Thing from most recent weekly review
• Active project next-actions from Projects/*/CLAUDE.md (read "Next Actions" section)
• Monthly priority from Goals/2. Monthly Goals.md