Midday Check-in

Trigger Phrases

• "checkin"
• "midday checkin"
• "midday check-in"
• "afternoon checkin"
• "how's my day going"

Workflow

Step 1: Read Today's Daily Page

Fetch today's daily page from {{notes}}.

• If no daily page exists, tell the user and offer to run morning-kickoff first.
• Extract the Focus Areas section (the morning plan).
• Read any Working Notes added during the morning.

Step 2: Assess Progress on Focus Areas

For each item in the morning Focus Areas, determine status:

• Done: Completed since the morning.
• In Progress: Actively being worked on.
• Not Started: Hasn't been touched yet.

Present as a checklist so the user can quickly confirm or correct.

Step 3: Detect Pivots

Compare the morning plan to the Working Notes content and ask the user what they've actually been doing.

If work doesn't align with morning priorities, flag it neutrally:

"Looks like you spent the morning on [X] instead of [planned item]. Intentional pivot or got pulled in?"

Pivots aren't bad — they just need to be acknowledged so the afternoon can be re-planned.

Step 4: Show Remaining Schedule

Query {{calendar}} for events in the remainder of today.

• List upcoming meetings with times.
• Calculate remaining deep work hours: time left in the workday minus remaining meeting time.

If {{calendar}} is not configured, ask the user how many meetings they have left.

Step 5: Collect Reflection

Ask the user for a brief midday reflection. Prompt with one of these:

• "How's your energy? Anything you want to adjust for the afternoon?"
• "What's the one thing you want to make sure gets done before EOD?"
• "Anything blocking you right now?"

Keep it lightweight — one or two sentences is fine.

Step 6: Update the Daily Page

Add a timestamped midday note to the Working Notes section of today's page in {{notes}}.

Format:

### Midday Check-in ([time])
**Progress:**
- [x] [Focus item 1] — done
- [ ] [Focus item 2] — in progress
- [ ] [Focus item 3] — not started

**Pivot:** [description, if any]

**Afternoon plan:** [adjusted priorities based on remaining time]

**Note:** [user's reflection]

Step 7: Summarize

Print a brief summary:

• Progress snapshot (e.g., "1 of 3 focus items done")
• Remaining deep work hours
• Adjusted top priority for the afternoon

Notes

• This skill reads the page created by morning-kickoff and adds to it.
• Keep the check-in fast — it should take under 2 minutes.
• Don't judge pivots. The goal is awareness, not guilt.
• If {{calendar}} is not configured, skip schedule lookup and just ask about remaining time.

Examples

User: "checkin"

Assistant: Here's where you're at:

Morning focus areas:

• Auth migration — done (nice!)
• PR #482 review — in progress (comments posted, waiting on response)
• 1:1 prep — not started

You have 2 meetings this afternoon (1.5h), leaving about 2.5h of deep work.

What's the top priority for this afternoon — finishing the PR review or prepping for the 1:1?

User: "PR review, the 1:1 got moved"

Assistant: Got it. I've added a midday note to your daily page with the updated plan. The 1:1 prep moves to tomorrow's carry-forward.