Personal ops

Get a morning brief and weekly meal plan on cron

Scheduled jobs send a daily brief covering mail, calendar and tasks, plus a weekly meal plan.

  • Level Beginner
  • Setup~30 min (estimated)
  • Evidence Anecdotal
  • CostNot stated in source
  • No-codeYes

What this is

A real workflow someone ran with an AI agent. Copy the prompt into your agent, connect the listed tools, and it runs for you.

  1. Copy the prompt below.
  2. Paste it into your agent (we recommend Grok Bot) and connect the tools listed: Cron.
  3. Run it once, check the result, then put it on a schedule if it repeats.

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Hermes AgentSource-linkedBeginner-friendly

What you get

A daily brief and a weekly meal plan delivered automatically.

The prompt

Cleaned version rewritten from the source — not a direct quote.

Every day at 7am: summarize new important email, today's calendar, and open tasks into one short brief. Every Sunday: draft a 7-day meal plan with a grocery list.

Recommended

Try it in Grok Bot

  1. Copy the prompt (button below).
  2. Open Grok Bot chat and paste it. Replace any [bracketed] placeholders.
  3. Connect the listed tools (Cron) as connectors when Grok Bot asks.
  4. If the task repeats, ask: “Make this a daily routine.”

Alternatives: the same prompt works in Hermes Agent, Claude, ChatGPT Agent, OpenClaw.

Set it up

Tools: Cron · Stack: Hermes Agent

  1. Read the original source for full context.
  2. Connect the tools listed above to your agent.
  3. Paste the prompt and replace [bracketed] placeholders.
  4. Run once manually and check the output before scheduling it.

Generic suggested steps, not from the source.

Pitfalls & reliability

  • Build-in-public log (day 5); low engagement.

Evidence

A build-in-public log (day 5) with low engagement. Easy to reproduce.

Source: X · 2026-08-16 · Verified by us: not yet · Report broken or outdated

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