Daily Planning Skill

Purpose

Provides daily planning, scheduling, and task prioritization capabilities with voice-first interaction design.

When to Invoke

This skill should be automatically invoked when the user:

• •Asks about their schedule or calendar
• •Requests a daily briefing or morning summary
• •Wants to plan their day
• •Asks "what should I do today?" or similar
• •Requests task prioritization
• •Says phrases like:
  • •"What's on my agenda?"
  • •"Plan my day"
  • •"Morning briefing"
  • •"What are my priorities?"

Capabilities

• •Generate morning briefings with schedule and priorities
• •Analyze task lists and suggest priorities
• •Create structured daily plans
• •Time blocking and scheduling
• •Evening reviews and next-day preparation
• •Voice-optimized responses (concise, scannable)

Workflows

• •morning-briefing.md - Daily morning summary workflow
• •task-prioritization.md - Prioritize tasks by impact/urgency
• •evening-review.md - End of day reflection and planning
• •time-blocking.md - Allocate time blocks for tasks

Tools

• •parse-calendar.sh - Extract calendar events
• •analyze-tasks.py - Task analysis and prioritization
• •generate-briefing.sh - Create daily briefing report

Context Files

• •planning-templates.md - Standard planning formats
• •priorities.md - User's priority framework
• •time-preferences.md - User's scheduling preferences

Voice Interaction Design

Input Patterns

• •"Hey ARDEN, what's my day look like?"
• •"Plan my day"
• •"What should I focus on today?"
• •"Give me my morning briefing"

Output Format

Voice responses should be:

• •Concise: 2-3 sentences per section
• •Scannable: Clear sections (Schedule, Priorities, Notes)
• •Actionable: Specific next steps
• •Time-bound: Include time estimates

Example Voice Response

Good morning! You have 3 meetings today:
- 9 AM team standup
- 2 PM client call
- 4 PM project review

Your top priorities:
1. Finish the Q1 report (2 hours)
2. Review Sarah's proposal (30 minutes)
3. Prepare for client call (1 hour)

Recommendation: Block 10-12 AM for deep work on the Q1 report.

Dependencies

• •Access to calendar (via API or file)
• •Task management system integration
• •User preferences in context/

Agent Preferences

Best used with:

• •Assistant agent - General daily planning
• •Strategist agent - Complex prioritization
• •Analyst agent - Data-driven insights

Examples

Example 1: Morning Briefing

User: "Morning briefing" ARDEN: Loads daily-planning skill, executes morning-briefing workflow

Example 2: Task Prioritization

User: "I have 20 tasks. What should I do first?" ARDEN: Loads daily-planning skill, executes task-prioritization workflow

Example 3: Time Blocking

User: "Help me schedule my tasks for today" ARDEN: Loads daily-planning skill, executes time-blocking workflow