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inbox-triage

Skill617 starsChanged 10 months agoMITView on GitHub

Review an inbox, propose a safe triage plan, and apply only the email actions the user approves

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5 rules. 0 are common, 5 are distinctive, and 0 are very specific to this project.

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    Common

    Most of the 40 edited versions we read keep these.

  • 5

    Distinctive

    This author's own choices. Worth a look.

  • 0

    Very specific

    Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.

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  1. Distinctive:

    List before reading: Use message metadata to identify likely high-value threads.

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  2. Distinctive:

    Apply the chosen batch: Only after the user chooses, apply labels, archive, or mark spam to the exact messages approved.

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  3. Distinctive:

    Never permanently delete during ordinary triage.

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  4. Distinctive:

    Never infer that a newsletter is spam or that silence means approval.

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  5. Distinctive:

    If the account is disconnected or a provider action is unavailable, preserve the proposed plan and give the exact connection or manual next …

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“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 40 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.

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SKILL.md

Inbox Triage

Reduce inbox load while keeping classification, replies, and destructive actions under the user's control. Use email-digest instead when the user wants only a summary or memory ingestion.

Workflow

  1. Set scope. Confirm the account when more than one is connected, then honor the requested folder, query, date range, or message limit. Default to a small recent inbox sample rather than scanning all mail.
  2. List before reading. Use message metadata to identify likely high-value threads. Read only enough candidate messages to classify them accurately; do not bulk-read the whole mailbox.
  3. Classify with reasons. Group messages into: reply needed, task or deadline, waiting/reference, safe archive, likely spam, and uncertain. Include message IDs or unambiguous sender/subject labels so the proposed actions are inspectable.
  4. Show the plan first. Present counts and the proposed action for each thread. Keep uncertain messages out of action batches and ask about them.
  5. Apply the chosen batch. Only after the user chooses, apply labels, archive, or mark spam to the exact messages approved. Report successes and failures per message.
  6. Handle replies separately. Draft a reply, show recipients, subject, and body, then send only after explicit approval. A request to triage is not permission to send.
  7. Capture tasks deliberately. Suggest tasks for real commitments. Create them in the local backlog, Todoist, or Asana only after the user chooses the destination and content.

Control and Failure Boundaries

  • Never permanently delete during ordinary triage. Use trash only after an explicit request; permanent deletion requires unmistakable, message-specific authorization.
  • Never infer that a newsletter is spam or that silence means approval. Archive, spam, labels, replies, and tasks are separate choices.
  • Respect the configured Gmail memory policy. Do not store email-derived content when it says forget; ask before storage when it says ask; summarize rather than storing raw bodies.
  • Gmail connection is not autonomous permission. This skill is chat-only and runs because the user asked now.
  • If the account is disconnected or a provider action is unavailable, preserve the proposed plan and give the exact connection or manual next step. Do not discard the useful read-only work.

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