Count the switches that ate the day

An evening count of how many times you changed context today, flagged when fragmentation wins.

Nobody feels the ninth context switch. They feel the 6pm exhaustion and the strange fact that nothing is finished, and they blame the work instead of the switching.

A day cut into forty pieces costs more than the same day cut into eight. The cost is invisible until you count it.

THE ROUTINE

What it does

Every evening, this routine counts how often you switched between projects and tasks during the day, and flags the days that got too fragmented to do deep work.

Once the pattern has a number, it gets managed. Meeting clustering, batched messages, a defended morning -- the fixes become obvious when the count is in front of you.

Try the prompt

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

COPY THIS PROMPT
Every evening count how many times I switched between different projects or tasks today and flag the cost

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

What counts as a context switch?

Moving between distinct projects or task types -- not every alt-tab, but the meaningful jumps that restart your focus.

Is this surveillance?

No. It counts patterns on your own machine for your own use. Nothing is shared, sold, or used to train models.

How is Littlebird priced?

Plus is $17 a month ($20 month-to-month) after a free 14-day trial. Pro is $100, Team is $17 per seat, Student is $15.

Can my Windows teammates use it?

They will need to wait -- Littlebird is Mac-only for now, with a Windows waitlist on the site.

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