Count the hours that actually mattered
A weekly measure of uninterrupted focus time, so deep work is a number, not a vibe
- Runs while your laptop is closed
- Reports in Littlebird and by email
- Free plan includes 5 routines
You had 11 hours of deep work this week, against a 15-hour target.
- Longest blocks: Tuesday and Thursday from 8:30 to 11:30 AM, both on the Flock Industries roadmap.
- Interruptions: Wednesday had six meetings with no gap over 40 minutes, and email took most of Monday afternoon.
- Trend: this is up from eight hours last week and seven the week before.
The problem
Ask how much deep work you did this week and the answer is a feeling: 'not enough.' Feelings cannot be managed, compared, or improved on purpose.
Meanwhile the calendar knows exactly how fragmented the week was. The number exists; it just never gets counted.
What it does
Every week, this routine measures your uninterrupted focus time: how many real blocks you got, when they happened, and what ate the rest.
Once the number is visible, it starts moving up. What gets measured gets defended.
Try the prompt
Copy it into a new Littlebird routine, then set the days and times that fit your schedule
- Open Littlebird and go to Routines. Open the menu next to New Routine and choose Set up manually.
- Paste the prompt into Instructions, then set the days and time under Run.
- Littlebird runs it on schedule from then on. You can pause or edit it anytime. Auto-pause is on by default and pauses it if reports go unread.
You can also choose Create with Littlebird and describe the routine in chat.
Every Friday calculate how much uninterrupted deep work time I got this week vs my target
Why make it a routine?
Chat skills wait for you. Routines do not.
With a skill in an AI chat app, you are the integration: copy the email, paste the calendar, explain the background, then carry the answer back out.
Littlebird skips the middleman. It reads the sources directly, runs on your schedule, and never sells your data.
Frequently asked questions
What counts as deep work?
Uninterrupted stretches on real work. The routine reads your blocks, and you set the threshold in the prompt.
Will it shame me about meetings?
No shame. It shows where focus lived and died, and the meeting load becomes obvious on its own.
Can I compare weeks?
Yes. Run it weekly and the trend line tells you whether your defenses are working.
What privacy controls exist?
On privacy the answer is simple: nothing is sold, and everything runs under SOC 2 Type II, GDPR and CCPA aligned controls.
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Put Littlebird to work
Littlebird is free to start, and your routines also work on the web, iPhone and Android
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