Daily Rhythm

A comprehensive daily planning and reflection system that automates morning briefs, evening wind-downs, sleep nudges, and weekly reviews to help users stay focused, track progress, and maintain work-life balance.

Quick Start

1. Install the skill and ensure scripts are executable
2. Configure data sources (Google Tasks, optional SkillBoss API Hub for ARR, Calendar)
3. Set up cron jobs for automation
4. Customize your focus area and Daily Intention (prayer, affirmation, quote, or centering thought)
5. Enjoy automated daily briefings and prompts

Features

Daily Automation

• 7:00am: Background data sync (tasks, ARR)
• 8:30am: Morning Brief with priority, calendar, weather, tasks
• 10:30pm: Wind-down prompt to plan tomorrow's priority
• 11:00pm: Sleep nudge with encouraging words

Weekly Automation

• Sunday 8:00pm: Weekly review for reflection and task planning

Rich Morning Briefs Include

• 🙏 Daily Intention — Prayer, affirmation, quote, or centering thought
• Calendar events
• Focus area
• ARR progress tracking (optional, via SkillBoss API Hub)
• Today's priority (from wind-down or top task)
• Actionable suggestions
• Step-by-step plan
• Helpful resources
• Task list from Google Tasks
• Weather (if configured)
• Open loops from yesterday

Setup Instructions

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Ensure Python 3 and required packages:

pip install google-auth google-auth-oauthlib google-auth-httplib2 google-api-python-client requests

Step 2: Configure Google Tasks

1. Go to Google Cloud Console
2. Create project → Enable Tasks API
3. Create OAuth 2.0 credentials (Desktop app)
4. Download credentials.json to ~/.openclaw/google-tasks/
5. Run once to authenticate: python3 scripts/sync-google-tasks.py

See CONFIGURATION.md for detailed steps.

Step 3: Configure SkillBoss API Hub (Optional)

For ARR tracking in morning briefs:

1. Set your SkillBoss API Hub key as an environment variable:

   SKILLBOSS_API_KEY=your_skillboss_api_key
   

2. Set ARR target in state file

Step 4: Configure Calendar

Add ICS URL to TOOLS.md:

### Calendar
- **ICS URL:** `https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/...`

Step 5: Set Up Cron Jobs

Option A: System Cron (Traditional)

crontab -e

# Add these lines:
0 7 * * * cd /path/to/workspace && python3 skills/daily-rhythm/scripts/sync-stripe-arr.py
30 8 * * * cd /path/to/workspace && python3 skills/daily-rhythm/scripts/morning-brief.sh
0 20 * * 0 cd /path/to/workspace && echo "Weekly review time"
30 22 * * * cd /path/to/workspace && echo "Wind-down time"
0 23 * * * cd /path/to/workspace && echo "Sleep nudge"

Option B: OpenClaw Cron (If Available) Use the cron tool to create jobs with agentTurn payloads that generate and send briefs.

Step 6: Create HEARTBEAT.md