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# Proactive workspace task and focus tracker

Reviews active project notes on a schedule to surface urgent deadlines and unblock work

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Opens BotBento. Paste the prompt into a bot; nothing is preconfigured.

- On a scheduleHourly scratchpad check
- ThenEvaluate open items and priorities
- ResultPresent pending focus digest

Monitors daily scratchpads, ongoing project notes, and issue queues to keep priority tasks moving. The bot scans current focus documents on an hourly basis, detects upcoming deadlines or stalled items, and prepares structured reminders to keep work aligned.

## Prompt to start with

BotBentoRecommended

```
Inspect workspace notes and project trackers on schedule to identify active tasks, approaching deadlines, or unfinished threads. Compile an overview of items requiring immediate attention. Format the digest with context and recommended next actions. Always request explicit user approval before publishing updates, sending direct notifications, or altering task statuses in linked tracking systems.
```

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## Tools it uses

NotesLinearChat

## Works with

BotBento

## Tags

- productivity
- task-management
- notes
- focus

## Source

[vellum-assistant: An AI Assistant that’s easy to setup, does your work 24/7, knows your preferences and gets better over time.](https://github.com/vellum-ai/vellum-assistant)
GitHub · checked 2026-10-15

Summarized in our own words. Any results described there are the authors’ own, not measured by BotBento.

By BotBento Editorial · Added 2026-10-15 · Updated 2026-10-15 · [Suggest a correction](/contact/)

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