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Triage a personal Gmail inbox to a 30-second digest with Gemini and Claude Code

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Silvia Carasel's Gemini/Claude Code Gmail agent labels Action/Read/Delete and sends a 30-second digest after 30-plus minute days.

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Help me build a Gmail triage agent. Label messages as Action, Read or Delete, tier newsletters, prioritize people, and send me a 30-second daily digest. Use SKILL.md and rules.md for the logic. Write the Python with the Gmail API and keep a human review step.

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Before you start, ask me 1–3 short questions about the details below and wait for my answers. Once I've answered, confirm the plan in one line and run the whole task start to finish.

Goal: Cut daily inbox sorting to a short labeled digest I still review.

Questions to ask me first:
- Which people always count as Action?
- How should newsletters split into keep/maybe/promo tiers?
- Which model writes the script vs runs the daily sort?

Inputs (fill in or confirm):
- Priority people: [LIST]
- Newsletter tiers: [RULES]
- SKILL.md / rules.md: [FILES]
- Gmail OAuth app: [SETUP]

Rules:
- Only three primary labels: Action, Read, Delete.
- Prefer people over promos.
- Keep a human review loop until I say otherwise.
- Don't auto-send replies.

Checkpoint: Sort one day in suggest-only mode and wait for my corrections before enabling labels.

If you get stuck: If OAuth scopes are unclear, list the minimum scopes and stop.

Verify before you finish: Show precision on Action vs Delete for a 20-message sample I grade.

Output: Label rules, script outline and a digest template that takes about 30 seconds to read.

Done when: I can skim a digest instead of spending 30-plus minutes sorting.

AI tools

GeminiClaude Code

Outcome

Silvia Carasel was spending 30-plus minutes a day sorting email. Carasel built an inbox operator that labels messages into Action, Read and Delete, tiers newsletters, and sends a 30-second digest. The brain is Claude Code or Gemini, with Gemini 3 used to write the Python script, Gmail API via personal OAuth, and two markdown files (SKILL.md and rules.md) for logic and learning. Carasel still reviews the agent's work until confidence is high.

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https://silviacarasel.beehiiv.com/p/i-automated-the-2-things-eating-my-mornings

Context: Shares a sourceUrl with the invoice case (separate task). Author names Claude Code or Gemini as the brain and Gemini 3 for script writing.

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