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Your AI tools are connected to Google Calendar and Gmail. Now let’s put them to work — ask for a morning briefing and get everything you need to start your day.

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Today’s agenda

First, let’s see what’s on your calendar today.
Make sure Gemini CLI is running in your terminal. Then say (with Wispr Flow) or type this prompt:
Say this or copy this prompt
Show me my calendar for today. List each meeting with the time, title, and who's attending.
Gemini asks for permission? If Gemini CLI asks to approve a tool call, type y and press Enter.
Voice or typing — both work. If you have Wispr Flow running, just start speaking. Otherwise, copy and paste the prompt or type your own request. Gemini understands natural language either way.
You should see something like this:
Today’s meetings (3 total):
  • 9:00 AM — Team standup · Sarah, James, Priya
  • 11:30 AM — Design review · Alex, Morgan
  • 2:00 PM — 1:1 with manager · Taylor
That’s your day at a glance — no need to open Google Calendar.

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Email triage

Now let’s check your inbox. Instead of scrolling through every message, ask AI to sort them by urgency.
Say this or copy this prompt
Check my Gmail and triage my unread emails. Group them by urgency: needs reply today, informational, and can ignore.
You should see something like this:
Email triage (14 unread): Needs reply today
  • Sarah Chen — “Budget sign-off needed” — Asking for approval by end of day
  • Recruiter — “Interview confirmation” — Confirming your slot for Thursday at 2 PM
Informational
  • Project Team — “Sprint notes” — Summary of last week’s sprint, 2 action items for you
  • HR — “Updated leave policy” — New guidelines for annual leave
Can ignore
  • LinkedIn — “Weekly digest” — Industry news roundup
  • Coursera — “New courses for you” — Course recommendations
Your inbox is triaged in seconds — you know exactly what needs your attention.

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Standup summary

Now let’s generate a standup update based on your real calendar and email data.
Say this or copy this prompt
Based on my calendar from yesterday and today, plus my recent emails, give me a standup summary: what I did yesterday, what I'm doing today, and any blockers.
You should see something like this:
Standup summary: Yesterday
  • Attended design review with Alex and Morgan
  • Replied to Sarah’s budget thread
  • Reviewed sprint notes from Project Team
Today
  • Team standup at 9:00 AM
  • Design review at 11:30 AM
  • 1:1 with Taylor at 2:00 PM
Blockers
  • Waiting on budget sign-off from Sarah (email sent yesterday, reply needed today)
Copy that into Slack and you’re done — no more scrambling to remember what you did yesterday.

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The full briefing

Here’s where AI really shines. Instead of asking for each piece separately, combine everything into one prompt.
Say this or copy this prompt
Give me a complete morning briefing: today's meetings with times, urgent emails that need replies, and a quick standup summary I can paste into Slack.
This is where AI shines. Instead of checking your calendar, then your inbox, then trying to write a standup update — AI pulls from all three sources at once and gives you a single, structured briefing. One prompt replaces 15 minutes of context-switching.

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Save your briefing

Want to keep a copy of your briefing? Here’s how.
Ask Gemini CLI to save it to a file:
Say this or copy this prompt
Save that briefing to a file called morning-briefing.txt in the current folder.
The briefing is now saved as a text file on your computer.

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What just happened?

Let’s recap what you did:
  1. Checked your calendar — AI listed today’s meetings with times and attendees
  2. Triaged your inbox — AI grouped emails by urgency so you know what to tackle first
  3. Generated a standup summary — AI wrote a ready-to-paste update from your real data
  4. Combined everything — one prompt gave you a complete morning briefing
The key insight: AI is excellent at pulling data from multiple sources and combining it into something useful. A task that would take you 15 minutes of tab-switching took AI about 10 seconds.

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Troubleshooting

Make sure your Google Calendar actually has events for today. Try asking for a broader range: “Show me my calendar for this week” to confirm the connection is working. If you see events for other days but not today, your calendar is connected correctly — you just have a free day.
You may not have unread emails. Try asking: “Show me all emails from the last 3 days” instead of just unread ones. You can also check that Gmail is connected by asking: “How many emails do I have in my inbox?”
The extension may not be installed correctly. Check with /extensions list inside Gemini CLI. If the workspace extension is not listed, install it again:
gemini extensions install https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli
Then exit (/quit) and restart Gemini CLI.
Your Google authorisation may have expired. Try these steps:
  1. Exit Gemini CLI (/quit)
  2. Re-authenticate with gws: gws auth login -s gmail,calendar
  3. Restart Gemini CLI and try again
If that doesn’t work, check your Google Account security settings to make sure the app still has access.
AI builds the standup from your calendar events and recent emails. If your calendar was empty yesterday, there won’t be much to report. Try being more specific: “Check my calendar for the last 3 days and my emails from the last 2 days, then write a standup summary.”
Wispr Flow may occasionally mishear technical terms or proper nouns. You can review and correct the text in Gemini CLI before pressing Enter. If voice input is causing too many errors, switch to typing or pasting prompts instead.
Nice work — you’ve built a real morning briefing workflow. Head to Keep going for ideas on how to make this a daily habit.