morning-review

Automate overnight Cortex session reviews with executive summaries and lifecycle updates.

1|Updated Apr 1, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/charleshall888/cortex-command --skill morning-review-charleshall888
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Skill: morning-review
Source: https://github.com/charleshall888/cortex-command/tree/main/plugins/cortex-overnight/skills/morning-review
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/charleshall888/cortex-command --skill morning-review-charleshall888

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

💡 This Skill includes references (resource) components.

What problem does it solve?

Morning Review automates and standardizes the post-overnight assessment workflow, guiding users through executive summaries, feature lifecycle transitions, and backlog actions to keep lifecycles on track.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Executive Summary display: presents verdicts, counts, and duration at the start of the session.
  • Completed Features walkthrough: groups features by round, shows metadata, and prompts for batch verification.
  • Demo Setup and Lifecycle Automation: coordinates optional demo worktrees, auto-advances lifecycles, and closes backlog items.
  • Deferred Questions handling: prompts for user answers and persists them to deferred/{feature}-q*.md files.
  • Backlog & PR integration: locates the integration branch, updates tickets, and guides PR merge and post-merge steps.
  • Audit-ready artifacts: emits structured events across cortex/lifecycle and backlog logs for traceability.

Quick Start

Run cortex-morning-review to begin the morning review workflow and guide the user through overnight results.

Frequently Asked Questions about morning-review

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

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How do I automate morning review workflows for overnight sessions?

Automating morning review workflows involves orchestrating executive summary display, lifecycle advancement, and backlog item handling for overnight Cortex sessions. This process assesses completed, deferred, and failed features while emitting structured events for auditing.

How does lifecycle advancement work for completed and deferred features?

Lifecycle advancement for completed and deferred features works by reading overnight state, morning reports, and plan documentation to satisfy gating logic. It coordinates auto-close actions and updates backlog items across grouped feature rounds.

What is the best way to handle deferred questions from overnight sessions?

Handling deferred questions requires prompting for user answers during the morning review and persisting responses to deferred feature markdown files. This ensures unresolved questions from overnight sessions are captured and documented for future reference.

Can I integrate backlog updates and PR merge steps into a morning report workflow?

Backlog updates and PR merge steps integrate into the morning report workflow by locating the integration branch, updating tickets, and guiding post-merge actions. This creates audit-ready artifacts across lifecycle and backlog logs for traceability.

Do I need overnight state and plan documentation to run an automated morning review?

Yes, overnight state, morning report, and plan documentation are required inputs to run an automated morning review. These documents satisfy gating logic and provide the session verdicts, counts, and duration needed for executive summary display.