Use case: start every day with a Morning Brief

Who it's for: anyone who starts the day by flicking between Calendar, Reminders, and Mail.

What you get: one page with today's events, what's due, and the emails that need a reply. It's ready when you sit down, and it's written on your Mac.

Time to set up: about two minutes.

What you'll need

• Osaurus installed and set up. New here? Start with Get started.
• Calendar, Reminders, and Mail set up on your Mac with your accounts.

Morning Brief is one of seven workflows that come with Osaurus. There's nothing to build.

Run it once

1. Click Workflows, the second icon on the narrow strip along the left edge of the window.
2. Find Morning Brief and click Run.
3. Click Allow if macOS asks for access to Calendar, Reminders, or Mail. It only asks the first time.
4. Read your page. A moment later you have today's events, what's due, and the mail that needs a reply.

Osaurus read your apps on your Mac and wrote the page with a model on your Mac. If you chose a local model during setup, nothing left your computer.

Make it automatic

The easiest way is to ask:

Osaurus sets up the schedule and shows you an approval card first. Click Allow and you're done.

Prefer to click through it yourself?

1. Open Settings → Automations. Click the gear at the bottom of the strip on the left.
2. Click Add Automation.
3. Under When, choose Schedule, then Daily at 8:00.
4. Under Do, choose Run Workflow, then Morning Brief.
5. Click Save. The automation appears in the list with its next run time.

Each morning's brief arrives as a new chat, so one day never mixes with the next.

Tip: Automations run while Osaurus is open. It doesn't need to be in front. If your Mac was asleep at 8, the brief runs as soon as you open Osaurus.

Make it yours

Morning Brief is a starting point. To change what's on the page, open the workflow, click Edit, and tell the Architect what you want in plain English:

• "Add the weather for my city at the top."
• "Only show mail from people in my contacts."
• "Keep it under ten lines."

The Architect updates the steps, you click Test Run to check the result, then Save.

More ready-made workflows to try

These come with Osaurus too, and work the same way:

• Meeting Prep: your next meeting, who's in it, related notes, and recent mail with those people.
• Mail Triage: unread mail sorted into needs a reply, for your information, and can wait. Nothing is sent.
• End of Day: what happened today, what's still due, and tomorrow's first event.
• Research Brief: a short, sourced note on any topic you type. This one searches the web.

Next use case: let Osaurus work on a folder of your files.