Use case
How to write standup updates automatically from your work history
A useful standup update says what moved forward, what comes next, and where you need help. Your work history can help you remember yesterday, but you still need to check the outcome before sharing it.
Draft an update from yesterday’s work
- Open yesterday’s work journal, calendar, and task list. Find the two or three items that matter to your team.
- Check their status in the source. Time spent debugging does not mean the bug is fixed, and editing a document does not mean it was approved.
- Write one sentence about each outcome. Add today’s next step and any blocker yourself.
- Remove client details, private messages, and anything your team does not need to see.
Dayflow can provide the first part of that record on Mac. It captures your screen and uses AI to draft a timeline. Review those entries alongside your calendar or project tracker, especially for work that happened away from your computer.
Example: turn an activity into an update
This is an illustrative example, not a captured customer timeline.
Suppose your journal says you worked on token refresh, updated API documentation, and investigated a payments test. After checking the pull requests, your update might be:
Yesterday I opened the token-refresh PR and updated the API notes. I reproduced the payments test failure, but it is still unresolved. Today I will trace the retry path. I need someone to review the refresh behavior before I merge it.
The status checks are what make that update useful. An activity record alone cannot tell your team what shipped.
What Dayflow does and what you add
Dayflow helps reconstruct screen-based work. You add decisions, blockers, offline conversations, and confirmed outcomes. This workflow involves reviewing and copying an update; it does not automatically post a standup to your team.
Full recordings and the local timeline stay on your Mac. Local AI keeps screenshot analysis on-device; BYO providers and Dayflow Pro receive selected screenshots for analysis. See how Dayflow handles your data before choosing a mode.
For a longer update, use the same process to reconstruct your week. If your goal is to improve how you spend that time, try a weekly work review.
Copy a template and make it yours
Use the editor below to copy the example or start with a blank yesterday/today/blockers format. Your edits stay in the page; copy or download them before leaving.
For a longer update, try the weekly status report template. To keep the underlying record, use a daily work log. You can export Dayflow as Markdown or ask Codex to retrieve the relevant work.
Make it yours
Your draft
The example is fictional. Edits stay in this page and disappear when you leave. Copy or download your work to keep it.
See where your day actually went
Dayflow is $0 and open source. Full recordings stay on your Mac, with local AI available for on-device analysis.
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