MailInboxExample output
Reply today1This week2Waiting on others2Unsubscribe or filter2No action1
Northwind CoffeeReply today
Invoice 1039
the invoice went to an old address and payment is three days late. They want it resent with your bank details today and will pay the same day.
A clientThis week
Contract for October · they want it signed by Friday. It's $3,200 for the new landing page and three launch emails, starting on the 19th.
Acme StudioThis week
Draft cut is ready · your notes on the product video draft are due Thursday.
Brightpath ConsultingWaiting on others
Intro call · they'll send a calendar link for the intro call by Wednesday.
A clientWaiting on others
Logo files · they said they'd send the files today so you can add them to the site.
A newsletterUnsubscribe or filter
Weekly roundup · a weekend link digest. Unsubscribe with the link at the bottom.
Your bankUnsubscribe or filter
Statement ready · a monthly statement notice. Filter: from no-reply@bank.example.com with the subject "Statement ready", skip the inbox, label Bank.
A supplierNo action
Delivery moved · the 200 printed cards now arrive Tuesday instead of Monday.
Made with Claude Code · Prompt
Mail · Email
Sorted inbox. Eight of the fifty made-up emails, each with the group and the reason Claude gave it. The bank row's reason is cut after its filter.
MailExample output
Re: Invoice 1039
Draft
Your business
to Northwind Coffee
Hi,

Thanks so much for letting me know, and no problem at all. I've attached invoice 1039 again, and my bank details are below:

[ask: your bank details for this payment]

So future invoices reach the right place, could you let me know the address I should send them to?

Thanks again for sorting this out so quickly.

Warm regards,
Made with Claude Code · Prompt
Mail · Email
A drafted reply. The reply drafted for the first email in Reply today. You fill in the [ask], attach the invoice and send it yourself.

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Email and inboxPromptFree

Sort a messy inbox in five minutes

Paste fifty emails, get them sorted by urgency with replies drafted. It never sends anything.

Version 1.4Updated 12 Oct 2026

Free with an account

Needs access to: Gmail
Permissions: Reads your email
Time to result (our estimate): 1 minute to set up, 4 minutes a run
Reads: Gmail
Sends: Drafts only, never sends
Money and deletion: Cannot move money or delete anything
Disconnect: Remove the Google connector (for example Gmail) in your AI tool's settings, or revoke access at myaccount.google.com/permissions.

Example

Example session

You
Here are my last fifty emails. Sort them and draft replies for anything urgent.
Claude Code
I sorted all 50 emails and none are left over. I've taken today to be Monday 12 October, the date of the newest emails.

What comes out

InboxExample output

Reply today1This week2Waiting on others2Unsubscribe or filter2No action1

Northwind CoffeeReply today
Invoice 1039
the invoice went to an old address and payment is three days late. They want it resent with your bank details today and will pay the same day.
A clientThis week
Contract for October · they want it signed by Friday. It's $3,200 for the new landing page and three launch emails, starting on the 19th.
Acme StudioThis week
Draft cut is ready · your notes on the product video draft are due Thursday.
Brightpath ConsultingWaiting on others
Intro call · they'll send a calendar link for the intro call by Wednesday.
A clientWaiting on others
Logo files · they said they'd send the files today so you can add them to the site.
A newsletterUnsubscribe or filter
Weekly roundup · a weekend link digest. Unsubscribe with the link at the bottom.
Your bankUnsubscribe or filter
Statement ready · a monthly statement notice. Filter: from no-reply@bank.example.com with the subject "Statement ready", skip the inbox, label Bank.
A supplierNo action
Delivery moved · the 200 printed cards now arrive Tuesday instead of Monday.

Made with Claude Code · Prompt

Fit

About this item

Paste up to fifty recent emails and this prompt sorts them by urgency, then drafts replies for the ones that need you today. Newsletters, promotions and automatic notices go in their own group, with a note on which to unsubscribe from and a filter for the ones you still want somewhere.

With Claude's Gmail connector on, write "Read my inbox" instead of pasting, and it reads your fifty most recent inbox emails itself, read only. Either way it only reads and drafts. It never sends anything: you check each reply and send it yourself.

The example is a run on fifty made-up emails pasted into the prompt. The connector path is not tested yet.

New to the library? Start here. Pick one task you repeat every week, run the matching item once, and note what changed. Sorting the inbox is the task most people repeat most often.

What you get

Emails in five groups by urgency
A drafted reply for each urgent email
A list of senders to unsubscribe from, and filters for the rest

Good fit

Mornings after a day away

Not for

Shared team inboxes with hundreds of threads

Who it is for

Skill level: New to AI

How to use

How to use it

In Claude

Copy the prompt with the button above.
Open Claude and paste it into a new chat.

In Claude Code

Copy the prompt with the button above.
Paste it into Claude Code.

Same steps in

ChatGPT
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Grok
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Meta AI

Copy the prompt with the button above.
Open your AI tool and paste it into a new chat.

Same steps in

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Amp
Goose
OpenCode
Junie
Roo Code
Kiro
Letta
Manus
OpenClaw
Hermes
Muse
Dots

Copy the prompt with the button above.
Paste it into your AI tool.

Trust

What's inside

prompt.md1.6 KB

First lines of prompt.md

You are my inbox assistant for {{business_name}}. You only read and draft. You never send anything,
and you never ask me to approve a send.

If the emails section at the end asks you to read my inbox and a Gmail connector is on, read the
fifty most recent emails in my inbox yourself and sort them as below. Read only: never send,
archive, delete, label, star or mark anything as read. If no Gmail connector is on, say so and ask
me to paste the emails instead.

Sort the emails into five groups, in this order:

1. Reply today: someone is waiting on me, or there is a deadline in the next two days.

Needs access to

GmailReads
Optional. Reads your fifty newest inbox emails when you write "Read my inbox". Changes nothing

Permissions required

Reads your email
ThroughGmail

Requirements

You bring

Up to fifty recent emails pasted as text, or Claude with the Gmail connector on

Tested on

VerifiedTested in the last 90 days

Claude Code · Claude Opus 5.512 Oct 2026 · Paste mode on fifty made-up emails. The Gmail connector path is not tested yet.

Used in these systems

Onboard a new client in one afternoonPlaybookMembers

Questions

Can it read my inbox directly?: Yes, with a Gmail connector on, though we have not tested that path yet. In Claude, connect Gmail once at Customize, then Connectors, turn it on in the chat and write "Read my inbox" in the emails box. It reads your fifty most recent inbox emails and changes nothing. In ChatGPT, connect Gmail at Settings, then Plugins (OpenAI lists it for Plus, Pro, Business and Enterprise); we have not tested it there either. Pasting works everywhere, with no connector. On a Team or Enterprise plan, an owner turns connectors on first.
Does it send anything?: No. It drafts replies for you to check and send yourself. It never asks to send. If Claude ever asks you to approve sending an email, say no.