Daily Workflow Skill

Creates daily notes and provides structured workflows for morning planning, midday check-ins, and evening shutdowns.

Usage

Invoke with /daily or ask Claude to create today's note or help with daily routines.

Create Today's Note /daily

Or simply ask:

"Create today's daily note" "Start my morning routine" "Help me with evening shutdown" Daily Note Creation What Happens

Checks if today's note exists

If yes: Opens the existing note If no: Creates new note from template

Template Processing

Replaces {{date}} with today's date Replaces {{date:format}} with formatted dates Handles date arithmetic (e.g., {{date-1}} for yesterday)

Automatic Organization

Places note in Daily Notes/ folder Names file with today's date (YYYY-MM-DD.md) Preserves template structure Template Variables

Your daily template can use:

{{date}} - Today's date in default format {{date:dddd}} - Day name (e.g., Monday) {{date:MMMM DD, YYYY}} - Formatted date {{date-1:YYYY-MM-DD}} - Yesterday's date {{date+1:YYYY-MM-DD}} - Tomorrow's date {{time}} - Current time Morning Routine (5-10 minutes) Automated Steps Create today's daily note (if not exists) Pull incomplete tasks from yesterday Review weekly goals for today's priority Surface any calendar events or deadlines Interactive Prompts "What's your ONE thing for today?" "What might get in the way?" "How do you want to feel at end of day?" Morning Checklist Daily note created Yesterday's incomplete tasks reviewed ONE priority identified Time blocks set Potential obstacles identified Midday Check-in (2-3 minutes) Quick Review Check morning task completion Compare actual vs planned time use Assess energy level Identify afternoon priorities Adjustments Reschedule incomplete morning tasks Add urgent items that emerged Reorder by current energy level Note any blockers Midday Questions "How's your energy right now?" "What's the most important thing for this afternoon?" "What can you let go of today?" Evening Shutdown (5 minutes) Capture Mark completed tasks with [x] Add notes and learnings Log energy levels (1-10) Record gratitude items Reflect What went well today? What could be better? What did I learn? What am I grateful for? Prepare Identify tomorrow's priority (preview) Move incomplete tasks to tomorrow or delete Commit changes to git (/push) Shutdown Checklist All tasks updated (done/moved/deleted) Reflection completed Tomorrow's priority identified Changes committed Daily Note Structure

Standard daily note template:

Focus

What's the ONE thing that would make today successful?

Time Blocks

Morning (9-12):
Afternoon (12-5):
Evening (5+):

Tasks

Must Do Today

Work

Personal

Notes

[Capture thoughts, meeting notes, ideas]

Reflection

Wins:
Challenges:
Learned:
Grateful for:
Energy: /10
Tomorrow's priority:

Time Block Strategies Energy-Based High energy tasks in morning Administrative work after lunch Creative work when naturally alert Context-Based Batch similar tasks together Minimize context switching Protect deep work blocks Configuration

Customize paths to match your vault:

Daily notes folder: Daily Notes/ Template location: Templates/Daily Template.md Date format: YYYY-MM-DD Different Date Formats YYYY-MM-DD - Standard ISO format (recommended) MM-DD-YYYY - US format DD-MM-YYYY - European format YYYY-MM-DD-ddd - Include day abbreviation Folder Organization by Month

Organize daily notes by month/year:

Daily Notes/2024/01/2024-01-15.md

Task-Based Progress Tracking

The daily skill uses session tasks to show progress during multi-step routines.

Morning Routine Tasks

Create tasks at skill start:

TaskCreate: subject: "Create daily note" description: "Create or open today's daily note from template" activeForm: "Creating daily note..."

TaskCreate: subject: "Pull incomplete tasks" description: "Carry forward uncompleted tasks from yesterday" activeForm: "Pulling incomplete tasks from yesterday..."

TaskCreate: subject: "Surface relevant goals" description: "Review weekly/monthly goals for today's priority" activeForm: "Surfacing relevant goals..."

TaskCreate: subject: "Set time blocks" description: "Establish time blocks based on energy and priorities" activeForm: "Setting time blocks..."

Dependencies

Morning routine tasks run sequentially:

TaskUpdate: "Pull incomplete tasks", addBlockedBy: [create-daily-note-id] TaskUpdate: "Surface relevant goals", addBlockedBy: [pull-incomplete-tasks-id] TaskUpdate: "Set time blocks", addBlockedBy: [surface-relevant-goals-id]

Evening Shutdown Tasks TaskCreate: subject: "Update task statuses" description: "Mark completed tasks, note blockers" activeForm: "Updating task statuses..."

TaskCreate: subject: "Generate reflection prompts" description: "Prompt for wins, challenges, learnings, gratitude" activeForm: "Generating reflection prompts..."

TaskCreate: subject: "Prepare tomorrow's preview" description: "Identify tomorrow's priority and move incomplete tasks" activeForm: "Preparing tomorrow's preview..."

Mark each task in_progress when starting, completed when done using TaskUpdate.

Task tools provide visibility into what's happening during longer operations. Tasks are session-scoped and don't persist between Claude sessions—your actual work items remain in your daily note markdown checkboxes.

Integration

Works with:

/push - Commit end-of-day changes /weekly - Weekly planning uses daily notes /onboard - Load context before planning Goal tracking skill - Align daily tasks to goals Productivity Coach - Accountability for daily routines

安装

{{date}}