Morning Routine & Digests
Danny can help you start and end each day with a clear picture of what needs your attention.
Morning Routine
When you open Danny in the morning (or ask "Plan my day" in chat), Danny runs through a structured routine:
- Calendar review — pulls your upcoming meetings and appointments from Google Calendar.
- Task planning — looks at today's tasks, their priorities and time estimates, then suggests an order that works around your calendar.
- Digest — presents a summary combining your schedule and task plan into one view.
The result is a concrete plan for your day — what to work on, when, and in what order.
Evening Digest
Danny can send you an evening email summarizing what you accomplished and what's coming up tomorrow. This includes completed tasks, anything that slipped, and a preview of tomorrow's schedule.
Setup
Both features require Google Calendar to be connected. Go to Settings and link your Google account.
To configure digest emails, go to Settings > Digests. You can choose:
- Whether to receive morning digests, evening digests, or both.
- What time each digest arrives.
- Which calendar(s) to include.
The morning routine also works without Google Calendar — Danny will plan your day based on tasks alone. Calendar integration just makes the plan more complete.
Weekly Digest
Danny sends a weekly summary email on the schedule you configure in Settings > Digests. The email covers:
- Tasks you completed over the past week and a total count.
- Overdue tasks still on your plate.
- Your top priorities for the coming week.
- A brief reflection on completion rate and patterns.
The weekly digest is independent of the morning and evening digests — each has its own delivery schedule and custom instructions. See the section below on custom instructions to personalize what Danny focuses on in each digest type.
Proactive Task Nudges
Danny can send proactive nudge emails when important tasks are overdue. Instead of waiting for your morning digest, Danny evaluates your backlog hourly and sends a targeted message when something deserves your immediate attention.
Danny picks which task to nudge you about based on priority, how long it's been overdue, and your task history — so you don't get generic reminders about everything at once.
Configuring nudges
Go to Settings > Digests & Email to:
- Turn nudges on or off.
- Set a daily nudge cap (default: 1 per day). Danny won't send more than your configured maximum, even if many tasks are overdue.
Tasks that you've snoozed are excluded from nudge evaluation until their snooze expires.
Privacy
Nudge emails include a one-click "Snooze this task" link so you can defer the nudge without opening the app.
Custom digest instructions
Each digest type (morning, evening, weekly) has a custom instructions textarea where you can tell Danny what you care about. Your instructions are injected into the AI prompt when Danny drafts the digest, so you can influence both which tasks get highlighted and how Danny writes the intro.
Go to Settings → Digests & Email to configure.
Example prompts
| Prompt | What it does |
|---|---|
Focus on work tasks only, skip personal errands. | Filters to work-related tasks, ignores personal |
Highlight what's due today and anything overdue. Flag overdue items clearly. | Emphasizes urgency |
Keep it short — 2 sentences max. Just the top priority and one heads-up. | Minimal, terse digests |
Include any tasks related to today's calendar events. Call out prep I should do before meetings. | Meeting-oriented daily briefing |
Summarize what I completed today. Celebrate small wins. | Reflective evening tone |
Call out tasks that haven't moved in 3+ days. Suggest whether to break them down, delegate, or drop them. | Stuck-item triage |
Focus on progress toward long-term goals, not just tasks completed. | Goal-oriented weekly recap |
Include patterns — what kept getting pushed back, where I tend to procrastinate. | Self-reflective pattern spotting |
Test your instructions immediately
Next to each digest type's textarea is a Send test digest button. Click it to receive a digest right now with your current instructions applied — no 24-hour wait to see the result.
Tests are rate-limited to 5 per hour per digest type. The count resets each hour.
Your test digest doesn't replace your scheduled digest — both will be sent. Adjust your instructions, save, and test again as many times as you need.
Safety
Your instructions are treated as preferences, not system overrides. Danny follows the core digest structure regardless of what you write (e.g., you can't say "ignore all previous instructions" to break out of the digest format). Instructions influence tone, focus, and emphasis — not Danny's behavior itself.