Weekly Planning Assistant
Turns a brain-dump of tasks and priorities into a realistic, time-blocked weekly plan that accounts for energy levels and deadlines.
Weekly Planning Assistant is a free AI skill for personal productivity. Turns a brain-dump of tasks and priorities into a realistic, time-blocked weekly plan that accounts for energy levels and deadlines. It works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and is ready to use out of the box.
About this skill
Weekly Planning Assistant takes an unstructured brain-dump of everything on someone's plate — tasks, deadlines, meetings, vague intentions — and organizes it into a realistic weekly plan. It prioritizes by urgency and importance, respects stated energy patterns or working hours, batches similar tasks together, and flags when the week is clearly overloaded rather than pretending everything fits. Built for anyone who ends Sunday night with a messy to-do list and wants an actual plan instead.
What it does
Given a list of tasks, deadlines, and known commitments for the week, the skill outputs a day-by-day time-blocked plan, a prioritized top-3 focus list, and an honest flag if the workload is unrealistic for the time available.
What is included
- Day-by-day time-blocked schedule
- Top-3 weekly priority list
- Task batching by type/context
- Overload warning when workload exceeds available time
- Simple plain-text format usable in any calendar or notes app
How to use it
1. Download the SKILL.md file 2. Upload it to a new Claude conversation 3. Paste your brain-dump of tasks, deadlines, and fixed commitments for the week 4. Receive a realistic, time-blocked weekly plan
Examples
This week I need to: finish the Q3 budget doc (due Fri), prep for board meeting Thursday, respond to a pile of emails, have 1:1s with my 4 direct reports, review the new hire's first project, and I really want to start outlining next year's strategy. I have meetings most mornings already blocked.
WEEKLY PLAN TOP 3 PRIORITIES: 1) Board meeting prep (Thu deadline, high stakes) 2) Q3 budget doc (Fri deadline) 3) 1:1s with direct reports (relationship-critical, time-sensitive) MONDAY (afternoons free): Budget doc — data gathering block (2hr) | Email batch (30min) TUESDAY (afternoons free): Budget doc — drafting (2hr) | 1:1 with report #1 WEDNESDAY (afternoons free): Board meeting prep — slides (2hr) | 1:1 with report #2 THURSDAY: Board meeting (fixed) | Board follow-ups (1hr) | 1:1 with report #3 FRIDAY: Budget doc — final review & send (1.5hr) | 1:1 with report #4 | Email batch (30min) DEFERRED TO NEXT WEEK: New hire project review, 2027 strategy outline — flagged below ⚠️ OVERLOAD WARNING: This week's fixed commitments plus the budget doc and board prep already fill available focus time. New hire review and strategy outlining have been pushed to next week to avoid burying the two hard deadlines — recommend explicitly rescheduling rather than letting them slip silently.
FAQ
What is this skill for?
How do I install it?
Will it tell me if I have too much on my plate?
Does it sync with my calendar?
How is this different from a generic to-do list app?
Can I tell it about my energy levels or preferred working hours?
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