The AI daily digest: a five-minute morning briefing for your task queue
By Alejandro Rioja
The single most useful five minutes in any task system is the moment you find out what actually needs your attention today — not the whole backlog, just the part that's overdue, due, or has gone quiet. That's what a digest is for, and it's the first thing worth calling whether you're starting your own day or an agent is starting its session.
What's in the digest
get_digest orients a session in one call: what's overdue, what's due today, what's stalled (touched a while ago and gone quiet), and what's recently completed. It's deliberately not the whole board — it's the slice of it that changes what you'd do next.
The weekly version
get_weekly_review pulls back to a fuller picture — trend, streak, and breakdowns across a longer window than a single morning. Where the digest answers "what do I need to look at right now," the weekly review answers "is this actually working," which is a different, slower question worth asking on its own cadence rather than every day.
get_stats for the numbers
get_stats is the more analytical sibling — the same trend, streak, and breakdown data the weekly review draws on, available on its own when you want the numbers without the narrative framing. Useful if you're the kind of person (or building the kind of agent) that wants raw figures rather than a summary.
Two built-in prompts: plan_my_day and daily_review
Done ships two MCP prompts that turn this into a one-line request instead of remembering which tool to call. plan_my_day asks an agent to check the digest and the fuller task list, then propose a realistic, ordered plan for today — grouped by priority, hard deadlines first, without starting any work yet. daily_review asks it to pull the digest and weekly review and summarize concisely: what got done, what's overdue, what's gone quiet, and the top three things to focus on next.
Email daily digest (Pro)
If you'd rather the digest come to you than the other way around, Pro and Teams add an email daily digest — the same overdue/due-today/stalled picture, delivered instead of pulled. The free tier still has the full get_digest tool available to any connected agent; the email version is the convenience layer on top.
Building the habit
The digest only earns its place if you (or your agent) actually open it before starting work, not after the day's already gone sideways. Make it the first call of any session — human or agent — and the rest of the queue stays honest, because nothing overdue quietly slides for another day unnoticed.
Frequently asked questions
What does an AI daily digest show?
What's overdue, what's due today, what's stalled (gone quiet for a while), and what was recently completed — the slice of your task list that should actually change what you do next, not the whole backlog.
Is there a weekly review as well as a daily digest?
Yes — get_weekly_review pulls trend, streak, and breakdown data over a longer window, for the slower question of whether your system is actually working, separate from the daily overdue/due-today check-in.
Can I get the digest by email instead of asking for it?
Yes, on Pro and Teams — an email daily digest delivers the same overdue/due-today/stalled summary automatically. The underlying get_digest tool is available to any connected agent on every plan.