Daily

Get a look-ahead of this week's Outlook events

One message each morning groups what's on today, tomorrow and later this week, so nothing sneaks up on you.

Runs: Daily
Apps: Outlook Calendar
AI: Not needed
Access: read

Send this to your assistant

Create a ClickRuntime automation: every morning at 7:30, send me my Outlook events grouped into Today, Tomorrow and Rest of the week, and post the same list to #planning in Slack.

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Why use it

Why teams use this automation

A project coordinator puts deadlines into an Outlook calendar as all-day events: a filing date, a client delivery, a license renewal, a payment due. They are scattered among ordinary meetings, and the calendar never forces attention to them. A renewal that lapses by one day, or a tax filing that is overlooked, creates fines or an awkward call to a client.

Each day, the next seven days of your calendar are fetched, and events are grouped into today, tomorrow and later this week. The list is sent as a reminder so the things that are due come to you, with each one's date and the time left, and not the other way around.

It works well for small business owners, office managers and freelancers who track due dates in a calendar.

What you get out of it

Late fees and lapses are avoided
A renewal or filing date that appears in a reminder three times before it passes is very unlikely to be missed, which avoids penalties and gaps in coverage. That repetition is what makes the system dependable, even in weeks that feel chaotic.
Urgency is clear at a glance
Splitting the list into today, tomorrow and this week shows what needs action now and what can wait, so you start with the right item. That clear split saves you from reading the whole list to find what matters.
Your calendar becomes a to-do prompt
Entries you made weeks ago come back to you at the right moment, so a deadline logged in March still surfaces in the week it matters. This is especially useful for long projects, where the original calendar entry is easy to forget.
Clients get what they were promised
Deliverables due on a certain date are less likely to slip when a reminder lists them every morning of the week before. That reliability protects your reputation, which is often worth more than any single project.
A calm sense of control
Knowing that nothing important can slide past without a nudge lets you stop checking the calendar nervously, which frees attention for actual work. Less worry about forgotten dates means more energy for the work that is actually due.

How it works

What happens, step by step

Every morning, ClickRuntime reads the next seven days of your Outlook calendar.
It sorts each event into today, tomorrow or later this week.
One message goes to #planning with the three groups and each event's day and time, so nothing sneaks up on you.

Before it runs live

Connect Outlook Calendar

What you get

RunsDaily

Get a look-ahead of this week's Outlook eventstoday, 9:00Succeeded

Slack · #planningToday: Mon 10:00 Northwind proposal due Tomorrow: Tue 15:00 Acme demo

Build your own

Need it to work differently?

This template is a starting point. Copy the prompt and change it, or describe a different automation from scratch, with your own conditions, more apps or an AI step. Your assistant writes it, tests it and runs it on ClickRuntime.

Your own rules
Conditions, thresholds, filters and exceptions, written the way you'd explain them to a colleague.
Any number of apps
One automation can read from one app and update several others. Over 248 apps are ready, and anything with an API works too.
AI where it helps
Summaries, classification, extraction and drafts use ClickRuntime's built-in AI, with no extra key.
On a schedule or on each event
Runs as often as every 5 minutes, or the moment an app sends an event, and keeps track of what it already handled.

Changes you can ask for

Run it at a different time, more or less often, or only on weekdays
Add an AI step, for example to summarize, sort or draft a reply
Add another app, for example also send it to Slack
Combine it with other Outlook Calendar steps into one automation

Under the hood

The code that runs this automation

This is the Python script that runs each time the automation starts. Your AI assistant writes it for you when you send the prompt, and you allow each step in your assistant. To change how the automation works, describe the change to your assistant and it updates the script for you. For every function it can use, see the script reference.

upcoming_deadlines_reminder_today_tomorrow_week.pyexample

from datetime import date, timedelta
from clickruntime import on_trigger, credentials, http, notify

@on_trigger
def run(event):
    today = date.today()
    week_end = today + timedelta(days=7 - today.weekday())
    resp = http.get("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/calendarView", params={
        "startDateTime": f"{today}T00:00:00", "endDateTime": f"{week_end}T00:00:00",
        "$orderby": "start/dateTime", "$select": "subject,start", "$top": 200},
        headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {credentials.connection('microsoft', 'work')}",
                 "Prefer": 'outlook.timezone="Europe/London"'})
    resp.raise_for_status()
    groups = {"Today": [], "Tomorrow": [], "Rest of the week": []}
    for e in resp.json()["value"]:
        day = date.fromisoformat(e["start"]["dateTime"][:10])
        key = "Today" if day == today else "Tomorrow" if day == today + timedelta(days=1) else "Rest of the week"
        groups[key].append(f"  {day:%a} {e['start']['dateTime'][11:16]}  {e['subject']}")
    text = "\n".join(f"{k}:\n" + ("\n".join(v) or "  nothing") for k, v in groups.items())
    notify.email_me("Your upcoming events", text)
    notify.slack(text, channel="#planning")
    return {k: len(v) for k, v in groups.items()}

FAQ

Common questions

Which calendar events count as deadlines?

By default, every event in the next seven days appears. If you only want deadlines, events can be filtered by a category, a keyword such as Due in the title, or by all-day status. Keyword and category filters help the reminder stay short.

Will the same deadline appear every day?

Yes, it appears in each daily reminder while it falls within the coming week, first under later this week, then tomorrow, then today. That repetition is the purpose, since it keeps the date in front of you.

What if I have no deadlines coming up?

The reminder can be skipped on empty days so that you only receive it when there is something to see. You can alternatively get a short note saying nothing is due, if you prefer confirmation.

What permissions does it need?

read. Nothing else in your accounts is used.

Does it need AI?

No. It runs without AI, so it doesn't use your plan's AI allowance.

How many runs does it use?

One run each time it runs (daily). Checks that find nothing to do and stop right away aren't counted.

Can I change how it works?

Yes. Describe the change to your AI assistant, for example a different schedule, channel or filter. It updates the automation, tests it and tells you what changed.

On a schedule