friday-brief
anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins
End-of-week revenue pulse and sales snapshot with wins and watches.
What is friday-brief?
Delivers a Friday briefing that compares revenue week-over-week, highlights top and bottom performers, and flags significant changes. Use it to get a clean end-of-week business picture before the weekend.
- Pulls PayPal transactions and HubSpot deal closes for configurable lookback period (7 or 14 days)
- Calculates week-over-week revenue delta and surfaces top 3 revenue sources
- Lists top 5 and bottom 3 selling products/services by volume and revenue
- Flags items with >20% change vs prior period
- Formats output as structured wins/watches summary with recommended actions
How to install friday-brief
npx skills add https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins --skill friday-brief- PayPal account connected (optional; gracefully degrades if missing)
- HubSpot account connected (optional; gracefully degrades if missing)
- At least one revenue source (PayPal or HubSpot) must be connected to run
How to use friday-brief
- 1.Run the command with optional `--lookback` flag: `--lookback 7d` (default) or `--lookback 14d`
- 2.Review the formatted Friday Brief output displayed on screen
- 3.Check wins, watches, and revenue comparison before sharing
- 4.Choose distribution method: post to Slack, email to yourself, or save locally
Use cases
- Weekly business review: get revenue and sales metrics every Friday without manual data gathering
- Sales team sync: identify top performers and underperformers to discuss in weekly meetings
- Executive briefing: provide leadership with a clean, formatted end-of-week snapshot
- Performance tracking: monitor week-over-week trends and spot sudden spikes or drops
- Decision support: surface recommended actions on flagged items before taking action
- Sales managers and team leads
- Business owners and founders
- Revenue operations professionals
- Executive teams needing weekly business pulse
friday-brief FAQ
The skill degrades gracefully. If one is missing, it pulls from the other and notes which source was unavailable. If neither is connected, it stops and asks you to connect at least one.
No, only 7 days (default) or 14 days are supported via the `--lookback` flag.
No. The brief is always displayed for your review first. You then choose whether to post to Slack, email it, or save it.
Items flagged as watches include products/services with >20% change vs the prior period, underperformers, or other anomalies the skill detects. Each watch includes a recommended action.
No. This skill only surfaces data and recommendations. It never auto-modifies, cancels, or posts anything without your explicit approval.
Full instructions (SKILL.md)
Source of truth, from anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins.
name: friday-brief description: Delivers the Friday end-of-week pulse — revenue vs prior week, top sellers, wins and watches. Accepts optional lookback window of 7 or 14 days. allowed-tools: Read, WebFetch, Bash
Run the Friday wins-and-watches briefing. Pull the numbers, surface what matters, and give the owner a clean end-of-week picture.
Parse arguments:
--lookback(default:7d) —7dfor one week or14dfor a two-week rolling comparison
Step 1 — Revenue pulse
Using the business-pulse skill workflow:
- Pull PayPal transactions for the lookback period.
- Pull any HubSpot deal closes for the same window.
- Calculate week-over-week revenue delta.
- Surface top 3 revenue sources (product / customer / channel) ranked by contribution.
Step 2 — Sales breakdown
- List the top 5 selling products/services by volume and revenue.
- List the bottom 3 (anything that moved less than expected vs. prior period).
- Flag any items with a sudden spike or drop (>20% change).
Step 3 — Wins and watches summary
Format the output as:
Friday Brief — {date}
WINS
• {win 1}
• {win 2}
• {win 3}
WATCHES
• {watch 1} — {recommended action}
• {watch 2} — {recommended action}
Revenue this week: ${amount} ({+/-}X% vs last week)
Connector failures
Run with whatever is connected — this command degrades gracefully. If PayPal is missing, skip transaction data and note "PayPal not connected — revenue data from HubSpot deals only." If HubSpot is missing, skip deal closes and note it. If neither is connected, stop and tell the owner: "No revenue sources connected. Connect PayPal or HubSpot to run the Friday brief."
Approval gates
- Never send or post this brief automatically. Always display it for the owner to review first.
- Never auto-cancel or modify anything. Surface the data and recommendations only.
Output
End with the formatted brief and ask the owner: "Want me to post this to Slack, email it to yourself, or save it?"
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