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Personal AI agent for everyday life

Get a daily brief of your calendar, the emails that actually need you, and what's due this week, with replies drafted but never sent without you.

Starter prompt

Every weekday at 7:30, check my Gmail and Google Calendar and send me a brief: today's meetings with a one-line prep note each, emails from real people that need a reply (skip newsletters and receipts), and anything due this week such as bills, deliveries or renewals. Draft replies, but never send email, accept invites or delete anything without asking me first. Here's my brief: <paste assistant-brief.md>

Config

assistant-brief.md

# About me
Time zone:
Work hours:
People who always get a reply:
Never do without asking: send email, accept invites, pay, delete

# Daily brief (weekdays 7:30)
- Today's meetings, with a one-line prep note each
- Emails from real people that need a reply, with a short draft
- Bills, deliveries and renewals due this week

# Weekly (Sunday 18:00)
- Next week at a glance, with conflicts flagged

Setup steps

  1. Fill in the brief, especially the 'never do without asking' line.
  2. In ChatGPT, connect Gmail and Google Calendar under Settings > Apps.
  3. Paste the starter prompt to create a scheduled task, then check it on the Scheduled page.
  4. Want it to react when an email arrives? Create an event-triggered task in Work (Plus and above, Gmail, Slack or GitHub).
  5. After two weeks, if you're still triaging email by hand, trial Lindy for inbox management and meeting scheduling.

Why this works

Scheduled tasks turn a chatbot into an assistant that shows up on time, and keeping every send or change behind your approval makes it safe to connect real accounts.

Watch out

ChatGPT pauses a task when an action that sends a message or changes data needs approval; keep it that way. Claude's Gmail and Calendar connectors are read-only, which is a safe first step. Never put passwords, account numbers or health details in task instructions, since shared task links include the full instructions.

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