> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://guides.runner.now/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Runner for founders > Morning briefings, inbox triage, meeting prep, investor updates, and follow-up tracking. Runner acts as your AI chief of staff. Your day is fragmented. The information you need is scattered across email, calendar, Slack, docs, and a dozen other tools. Runner connects all of them and does the work that keeps falling through the cracks. Think of it as an AI chief of staff. It looks at your email, calendar, messages, tasks, and docs, and delivers what you actually need to focus on. ## Your stack, connected Runner works across the tools founders actually live in. Connect them once and Runner handles the rest. }> Inbox triage, draft replies, follow-up tracking }> Meeting prep, conflict detection, scheduling }> Channel summaries, team updates, mentions }> Sprint progress, blockers, task creation }> Docs, tasks, project status, meeting notes }> Board decks, investor updates, proposals }> Metrics, financial models, pipeline data }> CRM updates, deal tracking, contact research }> File search, document organization, sharing Runner also works with Salesforce, Calendly, Mixpanel, GitHub, Granola, Fireflies, and [many more](/get-started/connecting-accounts). *** ## Why founders use Runner ### It runs multiple things at once Not one task at a time. Runner drafts follow-ups while pulling analytics while updating your CRM. Everything in parallel, with receipts and timestamps for each step. You see the work happening, not just the result. ### It works across local and cloud Files on your machine, apps in the cloud, browser-based tools with no API. Runner handles all of it. Manages workflows wherever your stuff actually lives. Your data stays yours. ### It remembers across sessions Tell Runner your preferences once. How you like emails drafted, who your VIPs are, what your board meeting cadence looks like. It remembers and applies them every time. Context that compounds over time instead of resetting every conversation. ### It runs on a schedule Set a workflow once and it repeats. Morning briefing at 7:30am, every weekday, before your first meeting. Follow-up tracker at 5pm. Weekly recap on Friday. No asking required. *** ## What Runner does for founders ### Morning briefing Start the day with signal, not scramble. Runner checks your inbox, calendar, Slack, and tasks. Then gives you a ranked brief of what actually matters before your first meeting. > *"Give me my morning briefing: priority emails, today's meetings with prep notes, anything blocked on Slack, and tasks that are due."* ### Board meeting prep Stop rebuilding board context by hand. Runner finds the meeting on your calendar, pulls notes from past board meetings, reads recent investor emails, and drafts a prep doc with talking points. > *"My board meeting is Thursday. Pull last quarter's board notes, any investor emails from the last month, and the latest metrics. Draft prep materials with talking points."* The board meeting gets prepped from real context instead of memory and scramble. ### Inbox follow-through Instead of staring at your inbox trying to decide what to answer first, let Runner do the sorting. It reads the thread, checks your calendar, pulls the right docs, and drafts the reply. > *"Review my priority inbox threads. Draft replies for anything that needs a response. Check my calendar before suggesting any meeting times."* ### Investor updates Turn scattered notes into a polished update. Runner pulls from your docs, email, and project tracker to draft the update so you're not starting from a blank page. Key metrics like ARR, growth, and runway. Pulled from your actual docs instead of typed from memory. > *"Draft this month's investor update. Pull key metrics from the last board notes, recent product milestones from Linear, and any hiring updates from email."* ### Meeting prep and research Walking into a meeting cold is a founder mistake you don't need to make. Runner researches the company, looks up every attendee, checks your email history with them, and builds a brief with talking points. > *"Research Charlie Feng, CEO at Agora. We're meeting tomorrow about a partnership. Give me the full brief."* ### Follow-up tracking Decisions mean nothing if the follow-through doesn't happen. Runner tracks what you've sent, who hasn't replied, and what's gone stale. > *"What emails and Slack messages have I sent in the last week that haven't gotten a reply? List them with how long each has been waiting."* ### Sales prospecting Find your next customer without spending hours on research. Runner finds companies matching your ICP, identifies the decision-makers, gets verified contact info, and drafts personalized outreach. > *"Find Series A fintech companies in the Bay Area with 50-200 employees. I want to reach their VP of Sales."* *** ## A founder's day with Runner | Time | What Runner does | | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **7:30 AM** | Morning briefing: ranked priorities, key meetings, blockers, relationship follow-ups | | **9:00 AM** | Meeting prep: context for your 10am with the engineering lead pulled from Slack and Linear | | **10:30 AM** | Inbox triage: classifies 40 emails, drafts replies for the 8 that matter, archives the rest | | **11:00 AM** | Drafts a reply to your investor's email with the latest ARR numbers from your docs | | **1:00 PM** | Post-meeting: turns your notes into action items and sends a follow-up email to attendees | | **3:00 PM** | Researches a potential partner company before your 4pm call | | **4:00 PM** | Drafts a Slack update for #leadership with this week's wins and blockers | | **5:00 PM** | Follow-up check: surfaces 4 threads that need your attention before the day ends | | **Friday PM** | Weekly review: where your time went, open loops, priorities for next week | *** ## Prompts to try right now *"Give me the founder briefing for today: key meetings, priority emails, blockers from Slack, and anything slipping in Linear. Rank by what needs attention first."* *"Triage my inbox. Classify every email, draft replies for what needs a response, and archive the noise. Show me unsubscribe candidates too."* *"Board meeting is \[date]. Help me prep: pull the last board notes, recent investor emails, ARR/growth metrics, and key updates. Draft talking points and flag open questions."* *"Draft this month's investor update. Include: product milestones, key metrics, team updates, and what's ahead next month. Pull from Linear, email, and my Google Docs."* *"I'm meeting \[name] from \[company] tomorrow. Research them: company background, funding, their career, and any email history we have. Give me talking points."* *"I just finished a meeting with \[name]. Here are my notes: \[paste notes]. Turn these into action items, draft a follow-up email to attendees, and create tasks for anything assigned to me."* *"Someone from \[company] just reached out. Research them: what does the company do, how big are they, do they match our ICP? Draft a response and set up time to talk this week."* *"Run my weekly review. Where did my time go this week? What open loops am I carrying? What should I focus on next week?"* *** ## Automate the predictable stuff Once you've tried these manually, set them to run automatically: * **Morning briefing** at 7:30am, every weekday, before your day starts * **Inbox triage** after your morning briefing, so your inbox is clean before your first meeting * **Follow-up tracker** at 5pm, every evening, catch what's slipping * **Weekly review** at 4pm on Friday, so you walk into Monday with clarity Stop doing the small, predictable work so you can focus on the decisions that actually move the company forward. [Learn how to create automations →](/workflows/creating-automations) *** ## What's next? Link Gmail, Calendar, Slack, and your other tools. See all the built-in workflows Runner ships with.