Overview
Most status tools tell you about yesterday. Check-ins capture something more valuable: what people intend to do with the day ahead. This preset assembles those intentions into a single flight plan at noon, right after check-ins land, and flags where they’re about to collide.
What this is for
This preset solves the coordination problem that surfaces too late. Two people unknowingly plan to touch the same code. Someone’s plan depends on work a teammate hasn’t started. These collisions are written down in the morning’s check-ins, hours before they happen, but nobody has time to cross-reference everyone’s intentions by hand.
The Today’s flight plan preset does the cross-referencing automatically. Every day at noon, once the morning’s check-ins are in, you get a themed picture of what the team is working on, with overlaps, collisions, and dependencies called out. A thirty-second read at lunch prevents the duplicated effort you’d otherwise discover at tomorrow’s standup. Most of the day is still ahead; there’s time to redirect.
Who should use this
Tech leads coordinating work across a shared codebase. You’ll spot two people headed for the same files before either gets deep into the work.
Project managers managing dependencies between workstreams. You’ll see when someone’s afternoon depends on something that isn’t done yet.
Teams that have replaced standups with check-ins and want the coordination benefit without the meeting. You’ll get the collision detection a good standup provides, asynchronously.
The prompt
Based on today's check-ins from the [ team name ] team, summarize what everyone is working on today. Group the stated intentions by theme and flag any overlaps, collisions, or dependencies between people.
How to use
Click here to create a new Echo using this preset. You'll be able to customize the prompt and schedule before it starts generating answers.