Daily planning
Daily brief
Get a short morning text with the meetings, deadlines, messages, and loose ends that matter today.
Morning! You have a team check-in at 10 and a client review at 2. Maya emailed last night asking for the revised deck before noon. You have an open hour at 11 to finish it. Want me to draft her reply?
Draft the reply to Maya and remind me to review it before 10
The problem
Checking every app first thing in the morning turns planning into another chore.
How Caddy helps
- Review today’s Google Calendar events and recent inbound Gmail messages.
- Highlight meetings, important replies, deadlines, conflicts, and missing prep.
- Skip the text when there is nothing useful to brief you on.
- Offer one useful next action you can take by replying.
Why Caddy is different
The brief comes to the same text thread where you can act on it. There is no morning dashboard to check and no empty report for the sake of a routine. You get the useful part of your day and can move the next step forward with a reply.
What the workflow looks like
- 1
The morning brief is on by default for new users and arrives at 8:00 AM local time unless you customize it.
- 2
Connect Gmail and Google Calendar so Caddy can review recent email and the shape of your day.
- 3
Caddy sends a concise brief when something useful needs your attention and skips empty mornings.
- 4
Reply to draft an email, update your calendar, or set a reminder.
Texts to try
- “Send my morning brief at 7:30 instead”
- “Every morning let me know what emails I forgot to respond to from yesterday”
- “Draft the reply to the most urgent email in my brief”
Common scenarios
Start with a useful morning text
Caddy sends the useful part of your calendar and recent email to the iMessage thread where you can act on it.
Related: AI assistant in iMessageFollow changes after the brief
Use proactive check-ins for important changes that happen after the morning overview arrives.
Related: Proactive check-insPair with end-of-day wrap-up
Use morning and evening summaries together to keep follow-ups from drifting across days.
Related: End-of-day wrap-upBest ways to use it
- Keep the default 8:00 AM time or ask Caddy for a different morning schedule.
- Connect the calendars that reflect both work and personal commitments.
- Reply in plain language when you want Caddy to draft, schedule, or remind you.
Frequently asked questions
What can Caddy include in a daily brief?
The standard brief can include today’s calendar shape, recent Gmail messages that need attention, upcoming events, conflicts, missing prep, and one useful next action.
When does the morning brief arrive?
It arrives at 8:00 AM in your local time by default. You can ask Caddy to use a different morning time or weekday schedule.
Do I need to set up the morning brief?
No. The morning brief is enabled by default for new users and becomes more useful when Gmail or Google Calendar is connected.
What happens on an empty morning?
Caddy skips the brief when there is no useful calendar or email context, so you do not get an empty daily message.
Can I customize or disable the brief?
Yes. You can change its time and filtering instructions, turn it off, or disconnect Gmail and Google Calendar at any time.
Can I take action from the brief?
Yes. Reply in the same thread to draft an email, update your calendar, or set a reminder. Caddy asks before sensitive actions.
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