Email Morning Calendar Briefing
Fetches your daily Google Calendar schedule and emails a structured morning briefing with a schedule table, total meeting time, conflict warnings, and prep reminders.
What It Does
Runs every morning at 6:30 AM UTC and reads your Google Calendar for the day. Delivers a structured HTML briefing to your inbox with your full schedule in a clean table, a day summary with total meeting time and back-to-back alerts, and three preparation reminders tailored to your specific meetings. Free days get a clear calendar message with a recommendation for deep work.
How It Works
- Scheduled Trigger: Fires daily at 6:30 AM UTC.
- Google Calendar Node: Fetches all events scheduled for today from the authenticated Google account.
- AI Agent: Formats a schedule table, calculates total meeting time, identifies back-to-back conflicts, flags heavy days, and writes three specific preparation reminders based on the actual meetings found.
- Gmail: Delivers the briefing to your inbox before your workday starts.
What You Get
- Full day schedule delivered in a clean time-sorted table.
- Total meeting time and a heaviness flag for days over four hours.
- Back-to-back meeting alerts when there is no break between events.
- Three preparation reminders specific to your actual meetings.
- Clear calendar message with deep work recommendation on free days.
Who It Is For
- Professionals who check their email first in the morning.
- Managers with back-to-back meeting schedules who need a daily heads-up.
- Remote workers who want a structured morning routine delivered consistently.
- Anyone who wants their day planned before they sit down to work.
Setup
- Connect your Google Calendar account.
- Connect your Gmail account.
- Publish the workflow, and your first briefing arrives the next morning at 6:30 AM UTC.
Customize It
| Customization | Action |
|---|---|
| Change Delivery Time | Edit the cron schedule (example: 0 7 * * * for 7 AM UTC) |
| Skip Weekends | Change the cron expression to 30 6 * * 1-5 |
| Add Tomorrow's Preview | Instruct the AI Agent to summarize tomorrow's first three events at the bottom |
Timezone Note
The default 6:30 AM UTC schedule equates to 12:00 PM IST and 2:30 AM EST. Adjust the cron expression to match your local morning schedule. For example, for 7 AM IST use 30 1 * * *, and for 8 AM EST use 0 13 * * *.
Built By
Shamanth Kumar M Staff Technical Program Manager with over 14 years in engineering delivery. I build intelligent systems that replace manual work, from sprint tracking to DevOps pipelines to delivery health dashboards.
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