Daily Evening Brief

Step 1 — Fill in your info

What you do e.g., real estate agent in NJ

Step 2 — Copy the prompt and paste it to Claude

Step 3 — Connect Gmail, Calendar, and iMessage on your Mac

Gmail and Google Calendar (in Cowork)

1. Open the Claude desktop app and switch to Cowork mode.
2. Click your profile or settings icon and find Connectors (or "Add tools" / "Integrations").
3. Add Gmail and Google Calendar separately. Each pops up a Google sign-in window — sign in and approve the requested permissions.
4. Verify by asking Claude in chat: "list my unread emails" or "what's on my calendar today."

iMessage on Mac

iMessage uses direct access to your Mac's local Messages database, so macOS has to grant the Claude app permission to read it.

1. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security.
2. Click Full Disk Access, click the + (or unlock the lock first), and add the Claude desktop app. Toggle it on.
3. Also enable Contacts access for Claude (so phone numbers can be resolved to names): Privacy & Security → Contacts → enable Claude.
4. Quit and reopen Claude — macOS only picks up new permissions on app restart.
5. Test by asking Claude: "show me my unread iMessages from today." If it can read them, you're set.

Quick troubleshooting

• Claude can't see iMessages → re-check Full Disk Access and restart the app.
• Calendar pull fails → ask Claude to "list my Google calendars" — the name has to match one of those exactly (case-insensitive).
• Gmail returns no results → make sure you signed in with the same Google account that holds the inbox you want read.

After setup

• The first morning's draft will likely need filter tuning — your inbox noise is unique to you. Just tell Claude what to suppress next time.
• Want to add or change a section later? Open Cowork and say "edit my daily-evening-brief to also include X" — Claude updates it in place.
• On Windows or Linux, drop the iMessage step or ask Claude to swap it for Slack/Teams/whatever you actually use.