Morning and Evening Routines
One word starts your day. One word wraps it up. The morning routine checks everything and opens your dashboard. The evening routine logs what happened, updates the sheet, and preps tomorrow's priorities. Two skills that bookend your entire workday.
Before & After
You run a used car dealership. Monday morning — you check email, then realize you forgot to update the sales sheet Friday. A customer calls about a car you already sold. By noon you're still reacting. At 6 PM you close up, but you can't remember what you accomplished. Tuesday starts the same way.
Every day is reactive. Nothing carries forward. You're busy but can't point to progress.
Monday, 8 AM. You say: "Morning." Claude triages your inbox, checks follow-ups, and opens the dashboard. You know exactly what needs attention.
Monday, 5:30 PM. You say: "Wrap up." Claude logs the two cars you sold, updates the sheet, notes the test drive scheduled for Tuesday, and shows:
- Done today: 2 sales closed, 1 trade-in appraised
- Tomorrow's top 3: Tuesday test drive, follow up on Honda inquiry, prep weekend ad
Tuesday morning, you already know your priorities. The day has structure before it starts.
What You Need
- Claude Desktop installed — follow the setup guide if you haven't yet
- At least a few workflows or skills — the routines chain together whatever you've built. More skills = richer routines.
- 15 minutes — to design both routines, save them, and test once
Design the Morning Routine
Pick which checks you want Claude to run every morning. Common options:
Pick the ones that matter to you, then tell Claude:
Design the Evening Routine
The evening routine captures the day and sets up tomorrow. Pick what matters:
Tell Claude:
The evening routine should feel like closing a loop, not extra work. If it takes more than 5 minutes, trim it.
Test for a Week
Run "morning" every day when you start work. Run "wrap up" before you close the laptop. After five days, you'll know what works and what doesn't.
Morning
"Morning" → checks run → dashboard opens → you know what to do first
Evening
"Wrap up" → day logged → sheet updated → tomorrow's priorities set
Adjust and Refine
After the test week, tell Claude what to change:
The routines should match how you actually work, not an ideal version you'll abandon after two weeks. Trim what you skip, add what you miss.
What You've Built
- A morning skill that runs every check and opens the dashboard — one word to start the day
- An evening skill that logs progress, updates data, and preps tomorrow — one phrase to close the loop
- A daily rhythm that turns reactive days into structured ones
- A system where today's evening routine feeds directly into tomorrow's morning
The morning tells you where to focus. The evening captures what happened. Together, they create a feedback loop where every day builds on the last instead of starting from scratch.
What's Next?
Business Command Center
The dashboard your morning routine opens. One screen, full picture.
Read the GuideWant help designing routines around your specific workflows?
Book a Starter Session (90 min)Or do it yourself — everything on this page is free.
Skill: Morning and Evening Routines
What this is for: Walk a small business owner through setting up both a morning routine (check everything, open the dashboard, start the day proactively) AND an end-of-day routine (log what happened, update the sheet, prep tomorrow's priorities). These two skills bookend the day — the morning sets direction, the evening captures progress and sets up the next day.
When to use this: When a user asks their AI assistant to help set up this workflow. The user should explicitly authorize use of this skill by referencing this page URL.