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Read your first daily brief

Short answer

Your first daily brief arrives about three minutes after your first sync finishes. After that, a fresh brief is built whenever your secretary processes new mail, not at a fixed clock time. Each one opens with a greeting, then your most important Action Items, a quick stat, and a few Highlights and FYIs worth knowing.

When your first brief arrives

Your first brief lands about three minutes after your first sync finishes processing. You do not pick a delivery time. The brief is event-driven, which means a new one is built whenever your secretary finishes processing a fresh batch of mail rather than at a fixed hour you set. Busier inboxes get more briefs, and quieter ones get fewer, up to a daily cap that scales with your plan.

What is inside a brief

A brief is meant to be read in under a minute. It pulls out what matters and leaves the rest in your normal tabs. Each one includes:

Good morning, Sam ☀️
A greeting that fits the time of day in your timezone. Your top Action Items, the three to five most important or urgent, not the full list. A quick stat on what was processed over roughly the last couple of days. A highlight or two worth knowing, plus a notable FYI when there is one. A short, friendly close.

Highlights are part of Plus and the plans above it. On the Free plan your brief still covers your Action Items and FYIs.

If you do not get a brief

Most of the time this means there was nothing new to brief on, either because no new mail came in or because processing paused after you ran out of credits. It can also mean you have already hit your daily brief cap. New mail still arrives in your normal inbox whatever happens. If a brief seems overdue and you expected one, email [email protected].

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