How to Read Your Briefings
Learn to navigate and read your briefings efficiently
Your Guide to High-Productivity Reading
Transform your daily briefing into a powerful research tool. Follow this simple workflow to extract maximum value from every issue while staying focused on what matters most.
For maximum productivity, follow this simple workflow to turn your briefing into a research powerhouse.
Read Your Issue
Scan through your briefing to identify interesting topics
Google Search
Click on Google search when you find something important to explore
Deep Research
Find the original article and continue your research there
Continue Reading
Return to your briefing to discover more insights
Refine Your Briefing
Provide feedback to improve future briefings (coming soon)
Need the original source? When you want to know from what source the summary was created, click on "Read More" to show you the original newsletter or email. This gives you full context and complete details when needed.
Boost Your Reading Productivity by 10x
By combining AI-curated briefings with smart research workflows, you've transformed how you consume information. What used to take hours of email scanning now takes minutes of focused reading, leaving you more time for what truly matters – acting on insights and making informed decisions.
Understanding Your Briefing Interface
Each briefing card shows your configuration at a glance
New Briefing
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ISSUES
Protime uses three key components: Briefings as configuration units (explained in Briefing Configuration), Issues of Briefings, and Sources.
Briefings are like your personal daily newspaper. Each "issue" contains AI-curated summaries from all your email sources, intelligently organized by topic. Instead of reading 50+ emails, you get one comprehensive briefing with all the important points highlighted.
Sources are emails that were used to generate the briefing. They might be newsletters, company emails, or other sources.
Briefing Delivery
Your briefings are delivered in two ways: as an email to your inbox for quick reading, and available in your Protime web app for configuration and accessing your complete archive.
Protime Web App
Briefing configuration interface and access to all issues of briefings
Inbox
145 IssuesAI, Markets, & Politics: A Global Tech Briefing
03.08.2025 07:43
Tech Power Play: AI, Markets, & Policy
02.08.2025 07:09
Email Delivery
Convenient newsletter format sent directly to your inbox
Hi Marc!
Here is your Briefing. A sharp summary of what matters most. Spot something we can do better? Just reply or email me.
Briefing Summary
Today's news paints a picture of sharp contrasts, with a tense economic and political climate set against a booming technology sector...
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
This week in AI, the industry pushes further into mainstream applications and faces growing pains...
Quick Reference: When to Use Each
| Task | Where |
|---|---|
| Configure briefings | Web App |
| View all past issues | Web App |
| Read today's briefing | Email or Web App |
| Share with team | |
| Verify AI summaries | Email or Web App |
Anatomy of a Briefing Issue
Like reading a newspaper, but personalized and AI-curated for you
Every briefing follows a carefully designed structure to maximize readability and help you quickly find what matters most. From the header that sets context to the categorized content sections, each element is crafted to transform information overload into actionable insights you can digest in minutes.
Anatomy of a Briefing Issue
Issue Header
Date, time, and briefing name at the top
Daily Tech Digest - March 15, 2024, 8:00 AM
Executive Summary
High-level overview of key points
Today's highlights: 3 AI breakthroughs, 2 market shifts, 5 team updates
Categorized Content
Emails grouped by smart categories
🤖 AI & Technology | 📊 Market Intelligence | 👥 Team Communications
AI-Generated Summaries
Split into title, media source, search link, summary, date, and read more
Title (TechCrunch) 🔍 | Summary text here... | Aug 3, 2025 | Read More
Context & Actions
Sender info, timestamps, and quick actions
From: TechCrunch | 3 hours ago | [View Original] [Save] [Share]
Each briefing issue is like having a personal assistant who's already read all your emails and prepared an executive summary. The AI understands context, extracts key points, and groups related information together. Delivered as an email to your inbox and available in your Protime web app, what used to take 30-60 minutes of email scanning now takes 5 minutes of focused reading, or 60 minutes of focusing on what really matters.
Sources View (Read More)
Deep dive into original content when needed
The Sources View stores all your original emails for fast reference. When you click "Read More" on any summary, you instantly access the full email that was summarized.
Hallucination Protection Built-In
Every AI summary links directly to its original email source. One click takes you to the full, unedited email to verify any detail. No more wondering if the AI got it right – check for yourself instantly. You can also verify with Google search for additional fact-checking.