Household Ledger · Daily Command

What deserves human attention next?

Daily Command is the household operating and attention surface. It coordinates what needs attention without becoming the system of record.

Primary question: What needs my attention, why does it matter, when does it matter, what should I do next, and where does the real work live?

Eight questions

Core operating contract

What requires attention now?

What is due soon?

What am I waiting on?

What is scheduled?

What important information is missing or unfinished?

What important communication needs action?

What does a selected day look like?

Where do I go to do the real work?

Daily Command owns

Attention and prioritization
Temporary action state
Day/week planning
Scheduling preferences
Morning Ritual configuration
Email triage state
Unified calendar presentation
Waiting/resurface state

It does not own

Financial, asset, identity or document truth
Tax, estate, career, health or other domain truth
The mailbox itself
Provider delivery
Execution records owned elsewhere

28 expected capabilities

Capability baseline

A · Start the day

1Morning Briefing

Concise opening verdict covering important email, must-do actions, appointments, resurfacing waits, financial risk and critical missing information.

2Today at a Glance

Top 3–5 consequential household items with source and next action.

3Morning Ritual

Configurable routine; historical defaults: Move, Read, Reflect, Connect, Deep Work.

4Today Workspace

Must Do Today, Financial Attention, Household & Asset Attention, Records & Documents, Quick Wins.

B · Rank and route attention

5Unified Action Cards

One card language for what, why, when, next action and owning source.

6Source Publishing Feed

Sources publish only when a person must act; stable deep links and dedupe keys.

7Priority Engine

Consequence before chronology, including financial, legal, safety, dependency and fixed-time impact.

8Fire Focus

Personal focus separate from system consequence; three-fire mode isolates one dominant item.

9Due Soon

Configurable upcoming-attention window without duplicating Must Do Today.

C · Plan, wait, review and close

10This Week

Preparation view for deadlines, appointments, payments, maintenance, documents and flexible work.

11Waiting

Track who owes the next move, last contact, expected response, days waiting and escalation.

12Scheduled

Agenda for appointments, calls, visits, filing dates, payments and time blocks.

13Reviews

Separate “look over and confirm” work from ordinary action work.

14Completed

Recent meaningful completions with reopen, source, follow-up and filters.

D · Time and calendar

15Unified Calendar

Month, Week, Day and Agenda with distinct overlays for events, tasks, bills, income, reviews and waits.

16Day Detail

Selected-date panel for fixed time, must-do, flexible work, money events, reviews, waiting and notes.

17Day Briefing

Appointments, preparation, risks, documents, conflicts, free windows and suggested sequence.

18Appointment Management

Create, reschedule, complete and link appointments to members, Records and source records.

19Google Calendar Integration

Connect calendars, overlay/import events, synchronize approved appointments and handle outside changes.

E · Communications to attention

20Important Email Briefing

Only household mail requiring a person: response, deadline, bill, notice, form, appointment, failed payment or document request.

21Email → Task

Convert communication into linked attention without losing the original thread.

22Email Attachment → Binder

Preserve accepted attachments as canonical Binder evidence and resolve missing-document attention.

F · Capture, intake and completion

23Quick Capture

Get something out of your head without first knowing where it belongs.

24Command Intake

Triage captures into action, routing, Records association, scheduling, waiting or discard.

25Missing-Information Publishing

Surface incomplete setup only when the missing fact blocks a workflow or creates material risk.

26Progressive Completion

Ask one compact source-owned question and write the answer back to the source.

27Evening Close

Optional review of completed, unfinished, tomorrow, waiting, notes and preparation.

G · Keep it trustworthy

28Noise Prevention

Suppress routine success, duplicates, every-paycheck/document noise, optional blanks and non-actionable financial occurrences. Hide Waiting until useful, consolidate related risk and auto-close on source resolution.

Design guardrails

Must survive redesigns

Not a task manager

Tasks are one representation of attention, not the whole product.

Not a system of record

The owning source remains authoritative.

Consequence before chronology

A later serious item can outrank a trivial item due sooner.

Waiting disappears until useful

Things you cannot act on should not clutter Today.

Communication is not duplicated

The thread stays in Communications; Daily Command carries attention state.

Quiet is success

A clear Daily Command should feel caught up, not broken.

Daily Command Capability Map V1 · August 2026. Capability scope reference; this document does not lock final UI structure.