What It Pulls In
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What It Pulls In
The skill instructs Claude to gather data from ten sources in parallel:
Calendar — uses AppleScript via osascript to pull today’s events from Apple Calendar. Not a copy-paste; Claude actually queries the calendar app directly. The skill includes the full AppleScript block so Claude knows exactly how to call it.
Pending tasks — two sources. Apple Reminders (via the reminders CLI) for overdue tasks and tasks due today, and Obsidian task files for project-specific items. The skill includes the jq filters for parsing the Reminders JSON output.
Newsletter pipeline — Kit.com broadcasts via the kit CLI, plus the Obsidian drafts folder and topic pipeline file. Shows what’s in progress, what’s scheduled, and what’s just an idea.
Email status — unread counts across accounts, with thresholds: under 10 is normal, over 25 means run a triage session.
Oracle book queue — a file in ~/.claude/ that tracks books pending processing through my reading workflow.
Dropped tasks — reads the five most recent daily notes and identifies tasks that appeared unchecked in two or more of them. Surfaces the things that keep getting pushed.
Memory-supported context — for the top priorities identified, searches the vault for related prior work. Helps with the “what was I doing with this last time?” problem.
Project portfolio health — counts active projects, flags any that haven’t been touched in seven days, and counts items in the incubation queue.
Life context — school calendar events, family calendar items for today and tomorrow, administrative deadlines.
Social briefing — pulls Hacker News top stories, vault clippings, and recent newsletter content, filters to relevant topics, and formats them for quick scan.