Action Feed
A rolling stream of recent work and a recap you can open with your coffee. What shipped, what needs a decision, what the CEO recommends next.
How it works
The Action Feed is a chronological summary stream driven by
two sources. First, the CEO\'s recap: when you open Black Box
on a new day, the CEO reads recent outcomes (from
record_outcome-logged entries), summarizes them
alongside open quests, and posts a structured brief. Second,
the rolling stream — every non-blocking owner card
(milestone_reached, report_ready,
info) appears in the Feed as a chronological
entry, with links to open the full card in the Inbox.
Long-horizon work — "find 50 qualified prospects," "triage
this inbox," "monitor these competitors" — can run while
you\'re away; anything that needs a decision pauses with
approval_needed / decision_required
and surfaces in the recap as "12 approvals waiting" the next
time you open Black Box.
The brief itself is a short Markdown post written by the CEO: three sections — Recent wins, What\'s next, Three things to consider. Links into specific Inbox cards and Action Feed entries. The intent: the whole post is readable in under 90 seconds.
The Feed is also the surface for the CEO\'s proactive suggestions. "I noticed your landing page has no clear CTA — want me to add one?" appears here with Yes / Tell me more / Not yet buttons. It\'s pushy by design, but on your terms.
What you see in the UI
A single scrolling column, newest first. Each entry has a timestamp, an emoji-coded icon, a headline, and 1-3 lines of body. Entries link into their originating card in the Inbox. The daily brief is pinned to the top until you dismiss it.
Home view surfaces only the top 3 entries in an "Overnight summary" strip. Click through to see the full Feed.
A concrete example
Recap · opened at 8:12 AM
Your Sales team scraped 247 prospects matching your ICP.
After enrichment and filtering, 52 are high-quality.
They've drafted personalized first messages for the top 12.
Want to review them before they send?
→ Review messages (opens the 12 approval cards in your Inbox)
That\'s one entry. Below it in the Feed: three
milestone_reached entries from the Business Ops
Specialist ("Triaged 47 emails, 3 need your attention"), a
Research update ("New competitor launched in your category —
see the brief"), and a Design handoff ("New social templates
ready for this week"). Nine minutes of reading; a stack of
shipped work.
Technical details
Feed entries are persisted alongside owner cards — same event bus, same storage, different view component. The recap is generated by the CEO on your first session of a new day, reading the outcome log and active quests to assemble the brief.
The three things to consider section is produced by
the CEO consulting the orchestration playbook (in
~/.blackbox/guidance/) and the lessons-learned
log — the same guidance system the product and build agents
share. See the meta-loop
for why that matters.
Related features
- Approvals Inbox — where Feed entries link into for decisions.
- Power Grid — the status board the Feed references in its health section.
- The CEO agent — the author of every daily brief.
Related concepts
FAQ
How does the daily brief work?
Your morning brief is generated on your first visit of the day. It posts to the Action Feed as a recap card summarizing recent wins, the next plan, and things worth considering.
Does the team work when I'm offline?
Long-running work queued before you step away continues in the background until it finishes or needs a decision. Anything requiring a real-time decision stacks up as approvals for the next time you open Black Box.
What's the difference between the Feed and the Inbox?
The Feed is chronological and pushy — new items pop to the top and summarize many cards at once. The Inbox is structured and filterable — every individual card lives there. The Feed is the "news" view; the Inbox is the "to-do" view.
Can I silence the Feed?
Yes. Cadence is configurable in Settings, and you can disable background work entirely. Some owners want pure on-demand operation; others want the background-work-by-default flow.
Try Black Box
A recap card when you open the app. Read it with your coffee.