inbox-triage

name	inbox-triage
description	Sort an inbox into what needs a reply, what needs a decision, and what is just noise. Use when the user asks to triage, catch up on, clean up, or make sense of their inbox.
version	0.1.0
metadata	{"gaia":{"tools_required":["pre_scan_inbox","triage_inbox","get_message","archive_message","label_message","add_star","mark_read"]}}

Inbox Triage

Triage answers one question per message: does a human have to act on this?

• Scan first (pre_scan_inbox, then triage_inbox); never open messages one by one to build a picture.
• Buckets, in order: needs a reply · needs a decision · for information · noise.
• Open only what the category can't settle. Sender + subject usually decide it.
• Act on the reversible end only — mark read, star, label, archive. Reply, send, and delete are proposals the user confirms.

Report one opening sentence and stop: how many items need attention, and how much of the mailbox was scanned. The numbered breakdown is rendered from the scan itself — do not write it out, and never re-list, renumber, or summarise those items yourself.

Age beats volume. A thread the user already answered is handled. "URGENT" in a subject line is a claim, not a fact.