Morning Briefing — Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Generated: 6:30 AM PT
📧 Email Triage (48h scan, 3 accounts)
🔴 Important — Action Needed
Gantom (quan@gantom.com):
- DeepSky FL Annual Report — Asks whether to replace Ping (retiring) with Quan as Officer on FL annual report. Philip is currently listed as CEO. Needs your decision.
💰 Gantom Daily Orders (Feb 9)
Total: $4,228.00 (3 POs)
- Framelight PO10421: $1,953.00
- Full Compass POC2532913: $1,786.40
- Techni-Lux PO-29870: $488.60
📬 Informational (no action)
- ZTAG support - Staff handling customer follow-ups (ZUES console, upgrade kits)
- IES@ed.gov - Federal study on Full-Service Community Schools (newsletter)
- Gantom quotes - Sales tickets routed to Chris Balint (CB160, quotes for Universal Studios)
- OK Travel - China trip invoices processed, March 1 departure confirmed
- Google Cloud - Credential security advisory (standard best practices reminder)
❌ Filtered (automated/marketing)
- quan777@: All newsletters/marketing (BlueStacks, Bolt, Big 5, NordVPN)
- Amazon shipping confirmations (personal orders)
- Calendar notifications, system digests
- Vendor cold outreach (Jason Gee LM79 testing, Ariel Cohen financing)
📰 News Highlights (past week)
California Education Funding
- Education Foundation awards $280K to CA educators across 45 districts in 12 counties (Imperial, Kern, LA, Orange, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, SF, Ventura, Yuba)
- Politico: CA teachers unions raising stakes in contract talks. Newsom proposed record spending for schools, including billions for community schools and afterschool programs. Unions say not enough, especially amid Trump admin funding threats.
- Saugus Union School District - Spring 2026 enrichment program (8 weeks, afterschool)
Ed-Tech Sector
- 2026 shaping up as year of change/disruption in EdTech (AI disruption to search, heightened competition)
- PowerSchool released 2026 K–12 EdTech Pulse - Annual research on how schools navigate challenges, budget uncertainty
- EdSurge: Researchers putting students at center of edtech design. New student usability framework releasing this year.
🗂️ Workspace Status
Current phase: Phase 2-3 transition (Agent Architecture → Integrations)
- ✅ Phase 2 complete (4 role-defined agents, cron jobs active)
- 🔄 Phase 3 in progress:
- Calendar ✅
- Gmail (3 accounts) ✅ with OAuth send capability (minnie@ztag.com)
- Zoho CRM ✅ (read-only)
- Google Drive ✅ (read-only, auto-refresh working)
- Meeting automation ✅ (Zapier → Fathom → Drive → Webhook)
- Brave Search API ✅
Recent activity (past 48h):
- 2 meeting transcripts processed (firmware updates)
- Meeting automation webhook integration live
- Tariff research completed (Lisa Phillips source confirmed, spreadsheets saved)
- Email triage learning patterns updated
Pending:
- DHL API (awaiting approval)
- USITC DataWeb API (manual registration needed)
- Phase 4 ZTAG-specific automation (awaiting reference/ files)
Cost tracking: Template in place, no daily entries yet (recommend tracking via Anthropic console)
⚡ Flags
- DeepSky FL Annual Report decision needed (Ping replacement)
- Cost log empty (consider populating from /usage data)
Bottom line: One action item (FL annual report), solid order flow for Gantom, CA afterschool funding activity picking up (ZTAG opportunity space). Phase 3 integrations progressing well.