Meetings end; brains do not switch that fast

A Monday suggestion for where to place buffers this week so the day stops being one long call.

Back-to-back calendars look efficient on paper and feel like drowning in practice. You finish one call, join the next, and spend the first five minutes remembering which person this is.

Buffers are not lost time. They are the only reason the next meeting gets a functional version of you.

THE ROUTINE

What it does

Every Monday, this routine reads the week ahead and suggests where buffers would save you: after heavy meetings, between context switches, and around lunch like a human being.

The suggestions arrive while the week is still negotiable. Take the two that matter and the week runs noticeably better.

Try the prompt

Copy this prompt into a new Littlebird routine. Edit the days and times to fit your schedule.

COPY THIS PROMPT
Every Monday suggest buffer times I should add between meetings this week

Set it up in three steps

  1. Open Littlebird and go to Routines, then create a new routine.
  2. Paste the prompt above. Adjust the days and times to fit your schedule.
  3. Littlebird runs it on schedule from then on. Pause or edit it anytime with auto-pause.
VS. CHAT SKILLS

Why not just use a skill?

Skills are a good demo. You open a chat, paste in yesterday's context, and get a pretty solid answer -- once.

Tomorrow you do the whole thing again: same paste, same wait. The skill does not know your meetings, your threads, or what changed since Monday.

This routine knows all of that before it runs. It fires on schedule and hands you the result where you already work.

FAQ

Will it add buffers to my calendar?

It suggests; you add. Nothing writes to your calendar without you.

How does it pick the spots?

It looks for long back-to-back runs, heavy topics next to unrelated ones, and days where every transition is zero minutes.

How much does Littlebird cost?

Plus is $17 a month ($20 month-to-month) after a 14-day free trial, with routines included in every plan.

Q:What about Windows users?

Not yet -- Littlebird is Mac-only. You can join the Windows waitlist on the site.

Put Littlebird to work.