Generate a Daily Morning Brief

Why this matters

Officers often start each day checking their calendar, working out which meetings need preparation, and trying to remember what decisions are coming for them, all before the real work begins. With the help of AI, officers can now produce a one-page brief on i) today's meetings, ii) the top priorities, iii) the decisions or guidance you'll need to make, and iv) what to prepare.

Your five-part recipe - C.R.A.F.T.

Here’s what you need for this exercise:

Step-by-step guide

Part A — Connect your Outlook calendar (one-time)

Step 1: Open Plugins. In the left sidebar, click Plugins.

Open Plugins

Step 2: Find and Choose Outlook Calendar. Under Search Plugins, look for Outlook Calendar. Click the '+' button once you find it.

Find 'Outlook Calendar', then click the '+' button.

Step 3: Connect. Click Connect, then Continue to Outlook Calendar. 

A modal will appear

Note: In some cases, connection to Outlook may seem to load “infinitely”, but if you open ChatGPT in another tab after a few minutes, Outlook is already connected.

Step 4: Confirm it's connected and Start Chat.

To confirm that Outlook is connected, go to the Plugins page to check that ‘Outlook Calendar’ can be found under the "Installed" section.

Double check here

Click the Outlook Calendar icon and double check here too

Part B — Build the Morning Brief Skill

Step 5: Invoke the skill-creator. Start a New chat and type /skill-creator. When the skill-creator pops up, click it.

Type '/skill-creator'

skill-creator invoked (blue bubble)

Step 6: Point it at your calendar. Press the + on the left of the chat bar and choose Company knowledge. You should now see "Company knowledge" and Sources under the chat bar. 

Add context (company knowledge)

You should now see "Company knowledge" and Sources under the chat bar.

Step 7: Describe the Skill. Tell the skill-creator what you want. Here's an example prompt:

Paste sample prompt

You can continue ​to iterate with ChatGPT on shaping what the Skill should do.

When ChatGPT has enough information, it will start building the skill.

Step 8: Install the Skill.  Note: If you see a server error when trying to install a Skill, you might have to update your laptop policies over at the Trellix Agent Monitor (located on the bottom-right of your screen)

Update computer policies in Trellix

Click all 4 buttons

Step 9: Test it. Click “Try in Chat”. 

Click 'Try in chat'

In the future, you can access this skill on the Skills page, under Plugins

under “Installed”.

Now it's your turn to try!

📚Further Learning: Watch this video on ChatGPT Skills

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