Inbox morning briefing
A summary of the emails that actually matter from overnight — so you open your inbox already in control.
Every weekday at 8am, look at the emails that arrived in my inbox since 6pm yesterday and give me a briefing. Group them into: - "Needs a reply" — anything addressed to me that's clearly waiting on me, with a one-line summary and who it's from. - "FYI" — updates, receipts, and notifications worth knowing but not acting on. - "Probably skip" — newsletters and promotions (just a count, not a list). Be honest about what actually needs me today. Don't draft replies — just tell me what's waiting and how urgent it looks. Keep it to under 12 lines.
Inbox briefing — 30 Jun 2026 Needs a reply (3) • Priya (Acme) — wants the revised quote before their 2pm call. ⏰ today • Recruiter — interview availability for Thursday. • Landlord — lease renewal, no deadline given. FYI (5): Stripe payout $2,140 cleared · 2 GitHub mentions · calendar invite from Sam … Probably skip: 14 newsletters / promotions.
The morning inbox triage — figuring out what actually needs you before you can start real work — is a tax you pay every day. This routine reads overnight email through your Gmail connection and emails you a briefing: what's waiting, what's just noise, and what can wait.
How it works
- Attach your Gmail connection — the routine reads with the access you granted, and never sends.
- It sorts overnight mail into reply / FYI / skip so you triage in seconds, not minutes.
- Keep "Email me the result" on to get the briefing as its own email at 8am.
Make it yours
- Narrow it to specific senders, labels, or a VIP list.
- Ask it to draft replies for the "needs a reply" items (it'll show drafts, never send).
- Run it twice a day — morning and end-of-day — if your inbox moves fast.
Your tokens stay yours: connections are encrypted at rest, and the agent only uses the access you grant — it reads, and never sends.
Run “Inbox morning briefing” on autopilot
Copy it to your account, tweak the details, and it runs weekdays at 8:00 am.
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