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River for Chiefs of Staff & EAs

Run the principal's week. Weekly briefings, meeting prep, delegation, triage, and follow-ups, in a workspace built around how chiefs of staff actually work.

The status quo

What slows chiefs of staff & eas down today

  • Context lives only in youThe principal's context lives in your head. Coverage is impossible.
  • Sunday night assemblyWeekly briefings get assembled from 15 tabs every Sunday night.
  • Meeting prep rewritten each timeMeeting prep is rewritten every time.
  • Follow-ups buried in the inboxFollow-ups slip because they live in an inbox.
  • No clean decision recordThere is no clean record of decisions, owners, and dates.

The work, organized

What chiefs of staff & eas use River for

Weekly Executive Brief

Priorities, decisions owed, and open items. Assembled Sunday, reviewed Monday.

Meeting Prep

Background, talking points, and outcome goals. One doc per meeting.

Delegation Tracker

Track every commitment the principal makes and who owns what.

Personal CRM

Relationships, context, and follow-up cadence for the principal's network.

Operating Cadence

The recurring rhythm of the office. Meeting schedule, reporting cycle, rituals.

Inbox Triage

River drafts responses from the context in the Space. You review and send.

Start here

Weekly Executive Brief

Start here. Priorities, decisions owed, and open items assembled automatically each Sunday from the Space's context. Ready to review Monday morning.

Included

  • Weekly executive brief
  • Meeting prep template
  • Delegation tracker
  • Personal CRM
  • Operating cadence doc
  • Inbox triage automation

How River works

Everything lives inside a Space

A River Space holds all your documents, models, data, and context in one place. River AI reads across everything when you ask for a draft.

Docs
Sheets
Notes
Canvases
Decks
Tasks
Dashboards
Automations
Mail
AI chat
Files
River AI

The shift

Before vs after

Before
  • Weekly brief assembled from 15 tabs on Sunday night
  • Meeting prep rewritten every time
  • Follow-ups managed via memory
  • No clean record of decisions and owners
After
  • Weekly brief drafted automatically from the Space
  • Meeting prep generated from the relationship context
  • Delegation tracker with owners, dates, and status
  • Decision log with context anyone can read

How it works

From a blank page to a working Space

1

Start with a template

Pick a template that matches the work. Pro forma, package, dashboard, or tracker.

2

Drop in your context

Add your project files, notes, client info, or a short description of what you are working on.

3

River organizes the inputs

The Space gets the right docs, sheets, checklists, and dashboards. River AI reads them automatically.

4

River drafts the artifacts

Memos, models, follow-ups, and reports come out of the Space, ready for your review.

5

Review, edit, and send

You stay in control. Export to PDF, push to your tools, or share a read-only link.

6

The Space stays live

Come back next cycle. Updated numbers, new docs, and River AI picks up where you left off.

Guides

Guides for chiefs of staff & eas

FAQ

Common questions

Yes. The Weekly Brief Space reads the principal's open decisions, calendar, and active projects. River drafts the brief each Sunday. You review it Monday morning.

Start your Chief-of-Staff Workspace

Pick a template and River builds the Space for you. Docs, sheets, checklists, and an AI assistant that already knows the work.