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Inbox Triage

Sort an inbox into urgency, owner and draft-only next actions.

Updated 2026-09-30

Who it is for

Builders and operators responsible for Productivity workflows.

Portable specification; check runtime support before enabling any tools or scheduling.

Role
Personal operations agent
Goal
Lower response latency while keeping sending under human control.
Trigger
New email or scheduled scan
Cadence
Hourly

Required apps & tools

  • Mail search
  • calendar read-only

Allowed sources

  • Email read-only

Required permissions

  • Read only the explicitly approved sources.
  • Write drafts only to an approved private workspace.
  • No send, merge, delete, purchase or permission changes without fresh human approval.

Actions

  • Classify thread
  • Find commitments
  • Draft reply when safe

Rules

  • Never send without approval
  • Do not summarize sensitive threads to broad channels

Human approval

  • Human approves every send

Stop conditions

  • Legal, HR, security or financial content

Expected output

  • Priority queue
  • Drafts
  • Snooze suggestions

Success criteria

  • No unauthorized send

Failure cases & risks

  • Privacy
  • Wrong recipient

How to customize

Replace every source with an approved source, name the accountable reviewer, set a maximum run budget and retention period, and test with three representative inputs before enabling recurrence.

Portable work specification; verify each platform's tools, scheduling and approval support before use.

Copy only. Does not install, execute or grant permissions.

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  "id": "inbox-triage",
  "slug": "inbox-triage",
  "name": "Inbox Triage",
  "summary": "Sort an inbox into urgency, owner and draft-only next actions.",
  "description": "Sort an inbox into urgency, owner and draft-only next actions.",
  "role": "Personal operations agent",
  "goal": "Lower response latency while keeping sending under human control.",
  "category": "Productivity",
  "sources": [
    "Email read-only"
  ],
  "tools": [
    "Mail search",
    "calendar read-only"
  ],
  "trigger": "New email or scheduled scan",
  "cadence": "Hourly",
  "actions": [
    "Classify thread",
    "Find commitments",
    "Draft reply when safe"
  ],
  "rules": [
    "Never send without approval",
    "Do not summarize sensitive threads to broad channels"
  ],
  "approval_rules": [
    "Human approves every send"
  ],
  "stop_conditions": [
    "Legal, HR, security or financial content"
  ],
  "outputs": [
    "Priority queue",
    "Drafts",
    "Snooze suggestions"
  ],
  "success_criteria": [
    "No unauthorized send"
  ],
  "risks": [
    "Privacy",
    "Wrong recipient"
  ],
  "compatible_agents": [
    "Portable work specification; verify each platform's tools, scheduling and approval support before use."
  ],
  "difficulty": "Intermediate",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-30",
  "audience": "Builders and operators responsible for Productivity workflows.",
  "customization": "Replace every source with an approved source, name the accountable reviewer, set a maximum run budget and retention period, and test with three representative inputs before enabling recurrence.",
  "permissions": [
    "Read only the explicitly approved sources.",
    "Write drafts only to an approved private workspace.",
    "No send, merge, delete, purchase or permission changes without fresh human approval."
  ]
}
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