📧 by @davehappyminion
Check Email
Your inbox at a glance. See what's important, what's noise, and what needs a reply — without touching anything.
1. Fetch Recent Emails
Using your email skill, fetch emails from the last 12 hours (or since last run). Include:
- Sender name and address
- Subject line
- Received time
- Read/unread status
- Thread length (replies)
2. Categorize Each Email
⚠️ Urgent
Time-sensitive items that need attention now:
- "Urgent", "ASAP", "time-sensitive" in subject
- From manager or leadership
- Deadline mentioned within 24 hours
- Security or access issues
📧 Needs Response
Real humans expecting a reply:
- Direct questions to you
- Requests for input or approval
- Active threads you're part of
- From VIPs (manager, clients, family)
📥 FYI
Useful but no response needed:
- Receipts and order confirmations
- Shipping and delivery notifications
- Calendar responses (accepted/declined)
- Automated reports and summaries
- Security alerts (note but don't act)
📦 Noise
Low-value items you probably don't need:
- Marketing emails and promotions
- Newsletters you haven't opened recently
- Automated notifications (GitHub, LinkedIn, social media)
- Mailing list digests
3. Present the Summary
📬 Email Summary — {Date} {Time}
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⚠️ URGENT ({count})
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1. **{Sender}** — {Subject}
{What they need}
Received: {time ago}
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📧 NEEDS RESPONSE ({count})
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1. **{Sender}** — {Subject}
{Summary}: "{Key question}"
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📥 FYI ({count})
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• **Amazon** — Order shipped, arriving Thursday
• **Bank** — Monthly statement available
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📦 NOISE ({count})
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{count} marketing · {count} newsletters · {count} notifications
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📊 SUMMARY
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• {total} emails since last check
• {urgent} urgent · {needs_response} need reply · {fyi} FYI · {noise} noise
• Oldest unread: {time ago}
4. Offer Next Steps
After presenting the summary, ask if the user wants to:
- Read — Open a specific email for full details
- Reply — Draft a response to any "Needs Response" item
- Run process-email — Enable the process-email workflow for auto-cleanup
This Workflow is Read-Only
- NO archiving — Nothing gets moved or archived
- NO unsubscribing — No mailing list changes
- NO deleting — Nothing gets removed
- NO sending — No replies sent without explicit request
- Just fetch, categorize, and display
Notes
- Run 2-3x daily for a fresh view
- Morning catches overnight emails, afternoon catches midday
- If inbox is empty: "Inbox zero — nothing to report! 🎉"
- Pairs well with
process-email
for users who want automatic cleanup
