Most consultants start Monday by opening their calendar, scrolling through the week, and trying to remember who each meeting is with and what was last said. Claude can do that for you, and have it ready before you sit down.
The Prompt
Check my Google Calendar (or Outlook) for the next 7 days. > For every meeting, interview, and client call, give me: 1. Day, time, and who it's with 2. The company they're at and the role they hold 3. What this meeting is about, based on the invite, attached docs, or recent emails with them 4. The last thing I discussed with this person, pulled from my email history 5. Any open actions I owe them or they owe me > Group it by day. Highlight anything where I haven't followed up on something I said I would. > Save the result as 'Weekly Brief - [Monday's date]' on my Desktop.
Why It Works
This prompt does three things at once: it pulls calendar data, cross-references it with email history, and surfaces accountability gaps. The "highlight anything where I haven't followed up" line is the killer feature. It catches the thing you've been avoiding without you having to remember it.
Saving to Desktop means you've got a printable, scrollable doc, not just chat scrollback you'll lose by Tuesday.
How to Set It Up
This works as a one-off prompt, but the real value is running it on a schedule.
In Claude Desktop, open Cowork and set this as a Scheduled Task for 7:30am every Monday. The brief is sitting on your Desktop before you open your laptop.
Where to find it: Claude Desktop app → Cowork → Schedule a task
You'll need Gmail (or Outlook) and Google Calendar connected for this to work properly.
Where to find it: Settings → Customize → Connectors
How to Tweak It
If you also want it to surface candidates due to be re-contacted that week, add: "Also check my CRM exports or saved candidate lists for anyone I haven't spoken to in 8+ weeks who fits roles I'm currently working."
If you run a team, change the calendar source line to pull each consultant's calendar separately, and ask for a brief per consultant.
If you only want client-facing meetings (not internal), add: "Ignore any meeting where every attendee is from my own company."
The Point
You don't need to remember what you said to who, what you owe them, or what's in the diary. You just need to read the brief. Set it up once and Monday mornings change shape.