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I set up an AI agent that actually does useful daily work. Here's the setup.
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Read the original ↗Part 1 · What the source did
A full-time PM connected an assistant to email, calendar and Slack and set up four skills that reportedly save 1–1.5 hours a day.
- Morning summary of email, Slack and calendar priorities.
- One-page meeting prep from past threads and decisions.
- Slack catch-up after focus blocks.
- Tracks action items from meeting notes and nudges before end of day.
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Part 2 · Our copy-paste version
Adapted by us from what the source described. Fill in the [BRACKETS].
The prompt
MORNING: From email, Slack and today's calendar, give me the top 5 priorities and anything waiting on me. 3-minute read.
PREP (30 min before each meeting): one page: who's attending, last decisions, open questions, related threads.
CATCH-UP (on request): what changed in [CHANNELS] since [TIME] that needs me.
EOD: action items from today's notes still open, with a nudge.
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Approval ruleRead and summarize only; no messages sent on your behalf.
Set it up
- Connect read access to email, calendar and Slack.
- Start with the morning brief only.
- Add one skill per week.
Common failures
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What usually goes wrong
- Every scheduled run should produce an artifact so you can tell it ran.
Variations
- Grok Bot: save each as a skill, then add routines.