> ## Documentation Index
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# Personal second brain

**Audience:** Individual contributors

**Goal:** Use a Pod as a persistent, private workspace that connects your tools, stores your knowledge, and keeps you on top of your work.

## Setup

* One private Pod (Restricted, members: just you)
* Files tab: upload notes, documents, and reference materials; link your personal Notion pages and key Google Drive docs from Company Data
* Pod description: describe your current priorities and context — agents will use this as a brief

## Usage

**Light — manual, no automation**

Use the Pod as a personal notebook and task manager. Start conversations to think through problems, draft documents, or ask questions about your notes. Create tasks manually as commitments come up, and hit \*\*\*\* to let an agent start working on them.

No setup beyond creating the Pod and uploading your key documents.

**Medium — daily brief, scheduled agent**

Add a daily agent (using the wake-up tool) that runs each morning and posts a structured brief into the Pod: open tasks, calendar highlights for the day, and a summary of unread messages across your tools. You start each day with a clear picture, without assembling it yourself.

Suggested brief structure:

* Tasks due or overdue
* Key meetings today
* Items flagged for your attention (emails, Slack mentions, GitHub reviews)
* One suggested focus for the day based on your Pod context

**Heavy — fully connected, agent-managed**

Connect your full stack: email, calendar, Slack, GitHub, Notion. Set up agents that:

* Capture tasks automatically from email threads and Slack messages into the Pod
* Run a weekly review conversation that reads all Pod activity and proposes what to carry forward, what to close, and what to delegate
* Generate a Friday summary of what was accomplished, ready to share with your manager or team

At this level, the Pod acts as a persistent operating layer — context is always there, agents pick up where they left off, and you spend time on the work rather than tracking it.

## Outcome

Your Pod becomes an always-on assistant that knows your context, tracks your commitments, and helps you stay focused — without you having to re-explain yourself every time.