Start every day with a 5-minute briefing of what actually matters

Your calendar's real priorities and the emails that arrived overnight, read to you before your first coffee refill.

Most mornings start the same way: you open the inbox to check one thing and surface 40 minutes later behind on your own day. The calendar says one thing, the inbox screams another, and the actual priorities live in your head until a meeting steals them.

For founders and executives, that first hour sets the trajectory. Spend it reacting and the whole day runs on someone else's agenda.

THE ROUTINE

What it does

This routine runs every morning at 7am. It reads today's calendar, picks out the three commitments that actually matter, and checks what landed in your inbox overnight that genuinely needs you.

You get one short briefing: today's top three priorities and the urgent emails. Everything else can wait, and now you know it can.

Try the prompt

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

COPY THIS PROMPT
Every morning at 7am give me a briefing: today's calendar top 3 priorities and any urgent emails that came in overnight

What it uses

Google Calendar pulls tomorrow's schedule, Gmail surfaces threads that need a reply, and anything on your screen the day before fills in the gaps.

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.

FAQ

Does it read my whole inbox?

It looks at what arrived overnight and surfaces what needs you today. Everything else stays in the pile, untouched and unread by anyone but you.

What does a morning briefing cost?

Routines run on every plan, including the free Basic tier. Plus, at $17 per month billed annually or $20 monthly with a 14-day trial, adds more capacity for people who stack several routines.

Can I change what counts as a priority?

Yes. Edit the prompt in plain English -- 'include my 1:1s' or 'ignore newsletter senders' -- and the next briefing follows your definition.

Is my calendar and email data private?

Littlebird is SOC 2 certified and GDPR and CCPA compliant, and your data is never sold or used to train models.

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