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+# Project Brief: CLI Daily Standup Bot
+
+**Status:** Draft v1  
+**Author:** Quill (Draft lane)  
+**Date:** 2026-10-29  
+
+## Problem
+Team members send async standup updates across chat threads, email, and tickets. Context gets buried, and syncs waste time restating status.
+
+## Goal
+A single CLI command that collects, formats, and routes a daily standup update from a local text file to one or more destinations (email, Slack webhook, file).
+
+## Non-Goals
+- Real-time chat integration (MVP is async file-based).
+- Natural-language parsing beyond simple markdown sections.
+- Mobile UI.
+
+## Input Contract
+A markdown file at `./standup.md` with exactly three sections:
+
+```markdown
+## Yesterday
+- ...
+
+## Today
+- ...
+
+## Blockers
+- ...
+```
+
+## Output Contract
+1. A formatted plaintext/markdown summary printed to stdout.
+2. An email sent via SMTP if `SMTP_HOST`, `SMTP_USER`, `SMTP_PASS`, and `STANDUP_TO` are set.
+3. A file written to `./standup-output/YYYY-MM-DD.md`.
+
+## Acceptance Criteria
+| ID | Criterion | Verification |
+|----|-----------|--------------|
+| AC-1 | Reads `./standup.md` and fails with exit code 2 if missing or malformed. | `rm standup.md && standup; echo $?` → 2 |
+| AC-2 | Produces valid markdown summary on stdout with date header. | `standup | head -n 1` contains today's date. |
+| AC-3 | Writes dated output file under `./standup-output/`. | `ls ./standup-output/$(date +%F).md` exists. |
+| AC-4 | Skips email when SMTP env vars are absent. | `env -u SMTP_HOST standup` does not error. |
+| AC-5 | CLI flag `--to` overrides `STANDUP_TO` for a single run. | `STANDUP_TO=a@x.com standup --to b@x.com | grep b@x.com` |
+
+## Dependencies
+- Python 3.11+ (stdlib only; no pip packages for MVP).
+- Optional: `msmtp` or equivalent for SMTP relay if host SMTP is blocked.
+
+## Open Questions
+1. Should the tool merge multiple contributor files into one team digest? (defer to v2)
+2. Should it read from stdin when `./standup.md` is absent? (defer; keep AC-1 strict)