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AI Email Inbox Triage & Summaries

AutomationIntermediate15 minutes setup

AI Email Inbox Triage

Inbox zero without the effort. Let AI sort and summarize your emails.

What You'll Build

An email management system that:

  • Auto-categorizes emails (urgent, newsletters, social, promotions)
  • Sends daily digests of important emails
  • Flags action items and deadlines
  • Archives/deletes spam and low-priority mail

Requirements

  • Plugins: Web Search (for IMAP/SMTP)
  • Time: 15 minutes
  • Email Access: IMAP credentials

Setup

Connect email: youremail@gmail.com
IMAP settings: [Gmail IMAP enabled]

Categories:
- Urgent: from clients, contains "urgent" or "ASAP"
- Action required: contains "please review", "approval needed"
- Newsletters: from known senders, unsubscribe link present
- Social: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook notifications
- Promotions: marketing emails, discount codes

Auto-actions:
- Archive newsletters (read later digest)
- Move promotions to separate folder
- Flag urgent emails
- Delete spam

Sample Daily Digest

📧 Email Digest — Feb 11, 2024

🚨 Urgent (3)
1. John Smith: "Client meeting rescheduled to tomorrow 3 PM"
   Action: Accept calendar invite
   
2. Sarah Lee: "Bug report — payment processing down"
   Action: Investigate ASAP
   
3. Billing: "Invoice #1234 overdue (3 days)"
   Action: Process payment today

✅ Action Required (5)
• PR #234 needs your review (GitHub)
• Q1 budget approval (Finance team)
• New design mockups ready (Design team)
[... 2 more]

📰 Newsletters (12)
• Morning Brew — Tech headlines
• TLDR — Startup news
• Hacker News Digest
[... 9 more]

📱 Social (8)
• 3 LinkedIn connection requests
• 5 Twitter mentions
[View on platforms]

💰 Promotions (23)
• Amazon: 20% off electronics
• Grammarly: Annual sale
[... 21 more]

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🗑️ Auto-archived: 18 emails
🚫 Spam blocked: 7 emails

Total processed: 68 emails
Inbox now: 8 emails (urgent + action items only)

Pro Tips

  1. Unsubscribe: Auto-unsubscribe from newsletters you never open
  2. VIP List: Whitelist important senders for instant notifications
  3. Smart Reply: Generate draft replies for common email types
  4. Meeting Extraction: Auto-add meeting invites to calendar

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