Automation

AI Email Inbox Triage & Summaries

Automatically categorize, prioritize, and summarize emails with smart filters and daily digests.

Intermediate
15 minutes
Published Jan 19, 2024

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] --- 🗑️ 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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Recipe Details

Difficulty
Intermediate
Time to Setup
15 minutes
Category
Automation
Plugins Used
Tags
#email#productivity#automation#inbox