Morning briefing

Routines are what make Hermes feel like an assistant instead of a chatbot.

You stop asking it for everything. It starts showing up on schedule.

The first job to create is a morning briefing.

Source: official Hermes repo.

Create the briefing

Ask Hermes from Telegram:

Every weekday at 7am, send me a morning briefing on Telegram. Include my calendar for the day, any urgent email, and the top 3 things I should focus on. Name the job "Morning briefing."

Hermes should confirm the schedule and where the result will be delivered.

If you ask from Telegram, the reply should come back to Telegram.

Test it now

Do not wait until tomorrow morning to find out the job is broken.

/cron list

/cron run morning briefing

If Hermes cannot find the job by name, run /cron list, copy the job ID, and run it by ID.

Make it useful

Most morning briefings are noise.

Calendar dump. Weather. Generic productivity quote. Delete.

A useful briefing connects your day to what you actually care about. It should tell you what needs prep, what might slip, and what to focus on.

Here is a better version:

Every weekday at 7am, send me a morning briefing on Telegram. Include:

1. Today's calendar, with anything that needs prep
2. Urgent email or messages I should not miss
3. The top 3 things I should focus on
4. One useful note based on my current goals or recent work

Keep it short. No generic motivation. Name the job "Morning briefing."

Manage your jobs

Use /cron in Telegram to manage routines:

/cron list
/cron pause <job>
/cron resume <job>
/cron run <job>
/cron remove <job>

Do not wait until 9am to find out a job is broken. Trigger it now with /cron run <job> and watch what it does.

Add a weekly reflection

Once the morning briefing works, add one weekly routine:

Every Friday at 4pm, send me a weekly reflection: what I shipped, what slipped, and what I should focus on next week.

That is enough for now. Do not add ten routines on day one. One useful routine beats a pile of broken automations.