Walk into every meeting next week already prepared
A Sunday-evening prep brief for every meeting on next week's calendar: who's in the room, what happened last time, and what you owe them
- Runs while your laptop is closed
- Reports in Littlebird and by email
- Free plan includes 5 routines
You have 16 meetings next week, and three come with open threads.
- Monday, Birdseed Brands review: you owe Dana Whitfield the revised timeline from last week's call.
- Wednesday, Perch & Partners renewal: Riley Parker's seat pricing question from Friday still needs a reply.
- Thursday, design review with Casey Reed and Sam Ortiz: last week's review left the homepage layout undecided.
The other 13 meetings have nothing open from last time.
The problem
The prep you meant to do happens in the elevator. You scan the invite, recognize half the names, and spend the first ten minutes of the call reconstructing context you had somewhere: a thread, a doc, a previous call.
For executives and salespeople running back-to-back weeks, that reconstruction tax repeats five times a day.
What it does
This routine runs every Sunday at 6pm. It pulls next week's calendar and builds a prep brief for each meeting: attendee context, the history of your past conversations, and open threads that should get resolved.
Review the week in 20 minutes on Sunday, and every meeting starts with you already knowing the story.
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 Sunday at 6pm prep me for all meetings on my calendar next week with attendee context and relevant history
Why make it a routine?
Skills are a good demo. You open a chat, paste in yesterday's context, and get a pretty solid answer exactly 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.
Frequently asked questions
How far back does the history go?
As far back as your Littlebird memory goes. Past meetings, emails, and documents you've had open all count as context for the brief.
Is it useful if I already prep?
It compresses the prep rather than replacing the judgment. Keep your Sunday review and cut it from hours to minutes.
What does weekly prep cost to run?
Basic is free and covers it. Heavier stacks of routines fit Plus at $17 per month billed annually or $20 paid monthly, with a 14-day free trial.
Does it work for external meetings?
Yes. For people outside your company, the brief leans on your email history with them and past meetings they attended.
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Put Littlebird to work
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