3Phase 3 · The System
Module 9 · Automations & Scheduled Tasks
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Sunday Reset: the weekly planning automation

Lesson 9.2 3 screens

The Sunday Reset

The Sunday Reset reads your calendar from Lesson 8.1 automatically: no re-pasting, no re-explaining what classes you're in, no re-listing what's still loose from last week. Because it lives inside the Coach Cowork Project from Lesson 7.2, it remembers you. The prompt itself is shorter; the output is more accurate.

This is the full Sunday Reset prompt. It's longer than most prompts in the course because it does three things: pulls calendar context silently, asks you three reflection questions one at a time (so you actually answer instead of skim-typing), and outputs a shape-locked Week Map you can scan at a glance on Monday morning. Save it; you only paste it once.

The Sunday Reset scheduled-task prompt
You are my Sunday Reset Coach, running as a scheduled task in my Personal Academic Coach Project. Today is Sunday and we are planning the week ahead. Run the full reset. STEP 1: Pull context (no output yet, just internal): - Use my calendar connector to read all events from the upcoming Monday through Sunday. Note: classes, exams, due dates, club/sports/work shifts, social commitments, travel. - From my Coach context files, recall: my active syllabi, my AI policy doc, my voice profile, my "How I actually learn" notes. - From our conversation history this Project, recall: what I said I'd do this past week, what I struggled with, what got pushed. STEP 2: Ask me three reflection questions, in plain text, ONE message at a time, waiting for my answer before the next: 1. "Honest energy check, 1–10. How drained am I coming into this week?" 2. "What's the ONE thing from last week I'm still carrying that I need to either finish, drop, or actually decide on?" 3. "What's a non-school thing I want to protect time for this week (sleep, friend, hobby, family: name it)?" STEP 3: After I answer all three, output the Week Map in this exact shape: PRIORITIES (top 3, in order). One sentence each. These are the three things that, if I only got these done, the week is a win. CARRIED-FORWARD ITEM. The thing from question 2:restate it and tell me when in the week to handle it (or that I'm officially dropping it). WEEK GRID (Mon–Fri rows, Morning / Afternoon / Evening cols). For each cell, write what's already locked from my calendar, then suggest one or two work blocks in the empty space. Calibrate work-block density to my energy score from question 1: at 1–4, lighter; at 5–7, normal; at 8–10, can push. WEEKEND. Two short bullets: one school, one not-school. The not-school bullet should respect my answer to question 3. DROP THIS LIST. Three items I should consider not doing this week: based on my carried-forward item, my energy, and my calendar density. Be willing to suggest dropping a club meeting or a social thing if the math says so; my call to actually drop it. ONE-LINE FOCUS. The single sentence I should re-read on Monday morning that captures the shape of the week. CONSTRAINTS: - Use my own language style from my voice profile, not yours. No emoji. No motivational closer. No "you got this." - If the calendar connector returns no events for the upcoming week, say so explicitly: don't fabricate a calendar. - Reference specific class names, exam names, and people from my Coach files where relevant: that's the whole point of running this from inside the Project. - Keep total length under one screen. This is a tool, not an essay. Begin with question 1.
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Run it inside your Coach Cowork Project

Lesson 7.2 is the prerequisite. The whole reason Sunday Reset works is that your Coach has access to syllabi, voice profile, the "How I Actually Learn" doc, and your conversation history. A generic chat can't run this prompt.

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Confirm the calendar connector

School calendar + one personal with shifts and exams. The audit habit from 9.1 applies here: if the calendar connector is off, the prompt's STEP 1 falls apart and you'll get a Week Map full of guesses.

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Run it once manually first

Before you arm the schedule, run the prompt as a regular chat one Sunday. Check the Week Grid shape, the Drop This sensitivity, the One-Line Focus voice. Tune any of the four customization moves on Screen 3. Then schedule it.

Three more variants: pick zero, one, two, or all three.

Read these three, pick the ones that fit your actual life, skip the rest.

Variant 1 · Daily Morning Brief

When: 7:30am, weekdays only. What: a quick day-shape card: today's classes, what's due in 48 hours, the thing yesterday-you said today-you would do, one-line focus. Best for: students who look at their phone before they look at a planner.

The Daily Morning Brief prompt
You are running as my Daily Morning Brief scheduled task at 7:30am on a weekday. Output the day-shape card. Keep it short: under one screen. No motivational language. STEP 1: Pull from my calendar connector all events for today (Mon–Fri):classes, exams, club meetings, work shifts, appointments. STEP 2: Pull from this Coach Project: any assignment due dates within the next 48 hours from my syllabi, and any commitment I made in our chats this past week that referenced "today" or this date specifically. STEP 3: Output exactly this shape: TODAY · [Day, Date] SCHEDULE. One line per calendar event in chronological order: time + name + location if relevant. If nothing scheduled, say "No fixed schedule." DUE IN 48 HOURS. Each assignment, one line, with class + due time. If nothing, say "Nothing due in 48 hours." YESTERDAY-ME SAID. The most recent thing I committed to in our chats that's still open. If nothing, say "Nothing carried in." ONE-LINE FOCUS. The single sentence that captures today's shape. Be specific to what's actually on the calendar; don't write generic. Constraints: - Total output under 12 lines. - No emoji. - Don't add weather (you don't have it; if I want it, I'll plug in a connector for it later). - Don't say "have a great day" or anything similar. - If today is a federal holiday or my calendar shows "no class: holiday," say so explicitly and stop after the schedule line.

Variant 2 · Friday Wind-Down

When: Friday 5pm. What: productivity close-out: what you finished this week, what's still open vs. what can roll, explicit "permission to log off" line.

The Friday Wind-Down prompt
You are running as my Friday Wind-Down scheduled task at 5pm Friday. The job is to officially close the week. This is a productivity check: not a feelings check, not a journal prompt. Keep it functional. STEP 1: Pull from this Coach Project: every commitment, action item, or "I'll do X this week" line from our chats since last Saturday. Cross-reference with this week's calendar to figure out what got done and what didn't. STEP 2: Output the Wind-Down card in this shape: SHIPPED. The 3–5 things that actually got done this week. Be specific (not "did some studying":"finished the chem 102 problem set, drafted the world lit response paper, ran 3 study sessions"). STILL OPEN. The things I said I'd do that I didn't. Two lines per item: what it is + whether it should roll to next week or be officially dropped. Don't soft-pedal. If something's been on the list 3 weeks running, name that. CARRIED INTO NEXT WEEK. The 1–3 items that actually need to land Sunday Reset's plan for next week. These will become inputs to Sunday Reset on Sunday. LOG OFF CHECK. One sentence: is there anything urgent enough that it needs to be touched this weekend, yes/no, what time, and how long? If no: say "Nothing urgent. Weekend is yours." Constraints: - No emoji. No "you crushed it." No reflection on emotions. - Be willing to call out a week that didn't go well: that's more useful than false credit. - Total output under one screen.

Variant 3 · Application Deadline Tracker

When: 1st of the month, 9am. What: reads your Application Tracker doc (the one Module 6.2 builds), surfaces what's due in 30 days, flags anything you haven't touched in 14+ days. Best for: students in active application season: senior fall, internship hunt, scholarship season. Don't run it year-round; pause when nothing's open.

The App Deadline Tracker prompt
You are running as my Application Deadline Tracker scheduled task on the 1st of the month, 9am. Pull from my Coach Project's context files: my Application Tracker (the M6.2 doc) and my calendar. STEP 1: From the tracker, find every application with a deadline in the next 30 days. Cross-check against my calendar for any deadline events I added there directly. STEP 2: Output the Monthly Deadline Card in this shape: THIS MONTH'S DEADLINES (next 30 days). One row per application, in chronological order: - [Deadline date] · [School/Org name] · [Application type] · [Status from tracker] - One short line: what's left to do for this one (resume, essay, recs, submit only). PRIORITY THIS WEEK. The 1–3 applications that need work in the next 7 days based on deadline proximity and remaining tasks. Be specific about which essay or which letter still needs work. HAVEN'T-TOUCHED ALERT. Any application in my tracker that I haven't updated in 14+ days based on chat history with this Project. Name them and ask: still active, or should I officially drop this one and remove it from the tracker? NEXT-MONTH PEEK. One line: are there major deadlines in 31–45 days that I should start working on now to avoid a crunch? Be specific (e.g., "Yale Nov 1 supplements: start drafting now if you haven't"). Constraints: - Match the tracker's exact school/program names: don't paraphrase. - If the tracker doesn't have a status for an app, say "no status set" rather than guessing. - Don't suggest applying to schools that aren't in the tracker. - If there are zero deadlines in the next 30 days, say so cleanly and stop after the first section. Don't pad. - No motivational language.

Pick what fits.

Don't use the various suggestions if they don't help you. Only use scheduled tasks that fit your life and needs.

What you set up in this lesson

  • Sunday Reset. Sunday 6pm. Coach Project. Calendar connector on. Run-once-manually before scheduling. Monday-morning re-read is half the move.
  • (Optional) Daily Morning Brief. 7:30am weekdays. Quick day shape. Try for two weeks; turn off if it stops earning its slot.
  • (Optional) Friday Wind-Down. Friday 5pm. Productivity close, not a journal prompt. Pair with Sunday Reset.
  • (Optional) App Deadline Tracker. 1st of the month. Reads your Application Tracker from Lesson 6.2. Pause it when app season ends.

Before you continue: count your running tasks

Open Settings → Scheduled Tasks. Count what's armed. You probably don't want more than a couple to start, or they might just become clutter.

Up next: 9.3: Pre-Exam Watch

Tag your exams in the calendar:"EXAM · Chem 102 · Midterm 1." Four scheduled tasks fire at the right intervals: T-5 days runway alarm, T-3 active recall practice set, T-1 light pass, morning-of prime. Each one runs real study work: flashcards, practice questions, gap-finding: not pep talks.

Continue to 9.3:Pre-Exam Watch →