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DailyPilot-Engine Wiki

Welcome to the DailyPilot-Engine wiki.

This space documents how the engine works, how to integrate it into apps like DailyPilot by AltmanAI, and how to extend it with your own profiles, rules, and workflows.

What is DailyPilot-Engine?

DailyPilot-Engine is the prioritization core of DailyPilot by AltmanAI (Altman Family Group, LLC).

It takes messy task lists and shifting schedules and turns them into a focused, realistic daily plan. The engine is:

  • Human-centered – optimizes for real life and energy, not just more tasks
  • Deterministic – same inputs → same outputs (easy to test and trust)
  • Embeddable – designed to power mobile, web, or backend services

How the engine thinks (high level)

Every run of the engine goes through three main steps:

  1. Ingest

    • Tasks, events, constraints
    • Human context via a selected profile (founder, double-shift worker, student, etc.)

  2. Score & sort

    • Weighs importance, urgency, effort, and timing
    • Applies profile-specific weights and time budgets
    • Balances stress load vs. meaningful progress

  3. Plan

    • Builds:
      • Today’s Focus (Big 3–5 tasks)
      • Support Tasks
      • Parked / Deferred tasks

Each run can also produce an explanation: a human-readable summary of why tasks were chosen.

Key concepts

  • Task – a unit of work (title, importance, urgency, effort, optional due date/time window).
  • Profile – tuning layer that tells the engine what to prioritize for a certain type of day or person.
  • Plan – output structure with Today’s Focus, support tasks, and parked tasks.

Quick start

See the main repository for code and setup:

  • Repo: https://github.com/altmanAI/DailyPilot-Engine
  • File: README.md – public overview and developer quick start

Typical flow:

  1. Clone the repo
  2. Install dependencies
  3. Run the CLI demo on a sample day
  4. Inspect the generated Today’s Focus list and logs

Wiki map

Use this wiki as the “playbook” for DailyPilot-Engine.

Planned pages:

  • Architecture – internal layout, modules, and data flow
  • Profiles – built-in profiles and how to create your own
  • Scoring & Rules – how prioritization weights and rules work
  • Integrations – iOS / web / backend integration notes
  • Examples – real-world scenarios and sample configurations

Maintainers

DailyPilot-Engine is developed by AltmanAI (Altman Family Group, LLC) as part of the DailyPilot product ecosystem.

Contributions, ideas, and issues are welcome via the main GitHub repository.

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