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Daily rhythm

The small command set for navigating a day: what's due, what's next, what repeats. brief is the one AI call in the family; everything else is instant.


brief

Aliases: daily, morning
Purpose: Daily overview with AI analysis.
Syntax:

brief

Flags: none
Examples:

brief

See also: today, now, queue, triage

A snapshot of what's due, overdue, blocked, and in progress, plus what BEAM thinks deserves attention first — grounded in your actual tasks and patterns.


agenda

Aliases: none
Purpose: Today's external calendar events with join links.
Syntax:

agenda [today|tomorrow|yesterday|YYYY-MM-DD]

Flags: none
Examples:

agenda
agenda tomorrow
agenda 2026-07-20

See also: today, calendar, brief

Lists the day's events from your connected calendars (Google, Outlook, Apple) — times, titles, and a clickable join link when a meeting has one. Read-only: BEAM never changes anything in your calendars. Connect sources from the Calendar tab's +cal button; click an event there for full details (notes, attendees).


today

Aliases: none
Purpose: Tasks due today.
Syntax:

today

Flags: none
Examples:

today

See also: now, overdue, brief


now

Aliases: none
Purpose: What to work on right now.
Syntax:

now

Flags: none
Examples:

now

See also: work, queue, today

Shows your active task if you've set one with work, plus the top-ranked next thing.


queue

Aliases: q
Purpose: Priority-ranked task queue across projects.
Syntax:

queue

Flags: none
Examples:

queue

See also: now, today, triage


overdue

Aliases: none
Purpose: Overdue tasks.
Syntax:

overdue

Flags: none
Examples:

overdue

See also: today, queue


recur

Aliases: repeat
Purpose: Make a task repeat on a schedule.
Syntax:

recur <task> <rule>
recur <task> off

Flags: none
Examples:

recur "weekly review" every friday
recur #9 off

See also: recurring, unrepeat


unrepeat

Aliases: none
Purpose: Turn off a task's recurrence.
Syntax:

unrepeat <task>

Flags: none
Examples:

unrepeat "weekly review"

See also: recur, recurring


recurring

Aliases: repeating
Purpose: List recurring tasks.
Syntax:

recurring

Flags: none
Examples:

recurring

See also: recur


unschedule

Aliases: none
Purpose: Remove a task's due date.
Syntax:

unschedule <task>

Flags: none
Examples:

unschedule #9

See also: edit, today