"Morning Intel: Daily Briefing"

To-do lists treat every item as equal — "reply to Dave" sits next to "finalise the board presentation" like they belong on the same line. A morning briefing applies the judgement that flat lists can't. It identifies the One Thing for today, ranks 3-5 priorities with time estimates and energy requirements, reads the calendar for which meetings actually deserve attention, flags risks where load exceeds capacity, and ends with a single first action so there's no "now what?" gap.

The briefing adapts to the day type. Monday gets a weekly lens — what would make this week a success? Friday gets a shutdown checklist — what needs handing off before the weekend. Meeting-heavy days are honest about capacity ("you realistically have 2 hours of focus time — here's what fits") rather than listing six tasks that can't possibly happen. Low-energy days lower the bar to match reality; on genuinely bad days, completing the One Thing and nothing else counts as a successful day. Nothing-urgent days get framed as opportunity — slack days are when the most important non-urgent work actually happens, if used intentionally.

The structure refuses to manufacture urgency where there isn't any, and refuses to overcommit where the calendar makes the task list impossible. If you've got five hours of meetings and a six-item list, the briefing says so plainly and helps you decide what slips. Honesty about capacity is the point — pretending you can do everything is what produces the "I worked all day and accomplished nothing" feeling.

Mid-day resets are first-class. If the morning went sideways and you come back at 2pm, the skill produces a shortened afternoon briefing — triage what's left, be realistic about remaining energy, pick one thing that makes the rest of the day count. It doesn't replay the morning briefing or pretend you didn't lose three hours. The whole skill is short, scannable, ends with the first action. Two minutes to read, then you start.