Reading the brief: topics, priorities, and source attribution

The morning brief is the heart of Coco. Instead of a wall of unread email, you get one organized read: the few things that need you, grouped sensibly, in plain language. Once you know how it is structured, it takes under a minute to get through.

Grouped by topic, not by message

Coco does not show you a list of emails. It folds related mail and events into topics — the field trip, the renewal, the client deal — so everything about one thing sits together, even when it arrived across several threads and several senders over several days. When the same plan lands five times, you see one item, not five.

Ordered by what needs you

The brief leads with what is time-sensitive or waiting on you, and trails off into things that are just worth knowing. A reply someone is expecting, an RSVP with a deadline, a meeting that moved — those rise to the top. Newsletters and FYIs settle lower, synthesized rather than forwarded. As Coco learns which things you actually act on, this ordering gets sharper.

Source attribution

Every item in the brief is grounded in something real, and Coco shows you where it came from — the thread, the sender, the calendar event behind it. Coco is summarizing your actual mail, not inventing a to-do list, so you can always click through to the source and check it yourself. If a line ever looks off, the attribution is right there to verify it against.

Acting from the brief

You do not have to leave the brief to act. Where something looks like it needs a reply, Coco offers a ready draft you can review and send with one tap — see how Coco proposes replies. Where something belongs on your calendar, you can add it on the spot — see adding events.

When something is missing

If you expected an item and do not see it, Coco may have judged it low-priority, or it may sit outside the window Coco read. See why Coco might not have surfaced something. And remember the brief sharpens over the first 48 hours.