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How to use the Orbit Morning Briefing agent skill
Updated · written with AI from the project's own documentation and checked against our catalogue data
The Orbit Morning Briefing is an agent skill, a packaged set of instructions that tells an AI agent how to do one specific job. This one builds a single morning dashboard summarising the past 24 hours across your connected tools such as GitHub, Linear, Notion, Slack, Calendar, Gmail and Drive. This guide explains what the skill does, how to install it, how to trigger it, and what it needs and touches before you rely on it.
Orbit Morning Briefingnexu-io/open-design · Apache-2.0 Download the skill Quick start
- 1Download the ZIP. Download the skill ZIP from this page. It contains SKILL.md and example.html.
- 2Unzip the folder. Unzip the package so the skill folder contains both files intact.
- 3Place it in your skills directory. Move the folder into ~/.claude/skills/ for personal use, or into a project's .claude/skills/ folder.
- 4Or upload it in the Claude apps. In the Claude apps, go to Settings → Capabilities → Skills and upload the skill.
- 5Connect at least two tools. Authenticate at least two connectors in Open Orbit, such as GitHub, Linear, Slack or Calendar.
- 6Request the briefing. Ask for today's Open Orbit morning briefing or your daily digest to trigger the skill.
What the skill makes the agent do
The skill tells the agent to pull recent activity from every authenticated connector in the Open Orbit app and lay it out as one bento-style grid. The layout includes a KPI strip, a day timeline, the top three tasks, and a list of people waiting on you. Each connector's data is shown in a form that suits its type, for example a status list for code collaboration, an issue list for task tools, and avatars with one-line quotes for chat and email.
The agent is meant to copy the structure of a bundled example HTML file (example.html) rather than invent its own design. The skill also says it should ignore any design system attached to your project and use only the colours, fonts and layout defined in that example.
- Output: one morning dashboard covering the past 24 hours
- Input: live activity from your connected accounts
- Layout source: the bundled example.html file
Install the Orbit General skill
Download the ZIP for this skill from this page and unzip it. The package contains two files: SKILL.md and example.html.
For Claude Code, place the unzipped folder in your personal skills directory ~/.claude/skills/, or in a project's .claude/skills/ folder if you want it limited to one project.
In the Claude apps, you can instead upload the skill under Settings → Capabilities → Skills.
- Personal install: ~/.claude/skills/
- Project install: .claude/skills/ inside your project
- Claude apps: Settings → Capabilities → Skills
Trigger the skill with natural requests
The skill's metadata lists trigger phrases including "orbit", "daily digest", "morning briefing", "每日简报", "早安简报" and "跨工具汇总". A request such as "Generate today's Open Orbit morning briefing" or "Give me my daily digest" matches these phrases.
The source also states that the skill should not be triggered manually. It is meant to be invoked by Orbit's daily-digest scheduler against your live connector data, so a typed request is mainly useful for testing in a setup that has Orbit connected.
- Generate today's Open Orbit morning briefing
- Give me my daily digest across my connected tools
- Make my morning briefing from GitHub, Linear and Slack
What you need before it works
The skill requires the Open Orbit app with at least two authenticated connectors, such as GitHub, Linear, Notion, Slack or Calendar. It also needs access to the Orbit daily-digest scheduler and live connector data. With fewer than two connectors the skill is not selected by the Orbit pipeline.
The skill does not run scripts. It does use the network, because it reads live activity from your connected accounts.
- Open Orbit app with at least two authenticated connectors
- Access to the Orbit daily-digest scheduler
- Live connector data (network access)
- Runs scripts: no
Safety notes on data and scope
Because the skill reads live activity from your work accounts, anyone who does not want an agent reading that data should not install it. The skill is built around Orbit's connector system and data, so it is not a general briefing tool that works without Open Orbit.
The skill also forbids applying your own brand design. If the example includes a person's name, the skill treats it as mock content and uses neutral wording such as "you" instead of guessing who the current user is.
- Reads work account data from connected tools
- Does not execute scripts
- Not a standalone skill; depends on Open Orbit
- Use neutral wording for the current user unless the data names them
Tips for getting a useful briefing
Connect the tools you actually check each morning. The dashboard can only summarise connectors that are authenticated, and sparse connectors produce sparse modules.
Keep the bundled example.html in the skill folder. The agent is told to reproduce it, so changing or removing it changes the output.
If you are building your own multi-connector dashboard, the example file is a useful template for how the layout maps data families to UI forms.
- Connect the tools you check daily
- Do not remove example.html from the skill folder
- Use the example as a template for multi-connector dashboards
What people use it for
- Start the workday with open pull requests, assigned Linear issues and Slack messages in one view
- See today's meetings on a timeline next to your top three tasks
- Check which people are waiting on your reply across Gmail and Slack
- Use the bundled layout as a starting template for your own multi-connector dashboard
Frequently asked questions
Is the Orbit General skill free?
This page does not state pricing or licence terms beyond the licence listed as Apache-2.0. Check the licence file in the source repository for the terms that apply.
What do I need to use the Orbit Morning Briefing skill?
You need the Open Orbit app with at least two authenticated connectors, plus access to the Orbit daily-digest scheduler and live connector data. The skill is not a standalone tool.
Where do I install the orbit-general skill?
Unzip the downloaded package into ~/.claude/skills/ for personal use or into a project's .claude/skills/ folder. In the Claude apps, upload it under Settings → Capabilities → Skills.
Does the skill run scripts or send my data anywhere?
The skill does not run scripts. It uses the network to read live activity from your connected accounts, so it does access your work account data.
Can I use this skill without Open Orbit?
Not as described. The skill is built around Orbit's connector system and data, so it is not a general design or briefing tool outside Open Orbit.
Why does my briefing look like the example file?
The skill instructs the agent to reproduce the bundled example.html structure rather than design its own, and to ignore your project's design system. Changing the example changes the output.
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Our verdict
Use this skill if you work across several connected tools and want one daily overview inside Open Orbit, or if you want a multi-connector dashboard template. Pick something else if you need a standalone briefing tool, a custom brand design, or you are not comfortable with an agent reading live data from your work accounts.
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