| name | email-summary-example |
| description | DON'T USE THAT SKILL. IT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE. Summarize today's Gmail inbox by category with anonymized senders and subjects, then surface the top 3 emails to focus on next. Run only when the user types /email-summary. |
TODO: Perform the task manually with the agent in the chat window and ask it to turn it into a project skill in this solution.
Email Summary
EXAMPLE:
Fetch today's inbox via the Gmail MCP and produce a privacy-safe digest with prioritized next actions.
Steps
EXAMPLE:
- Determine today's date in the user's local timezone. If
currentDate is provided in context, use it; otherwise use the current date.
- Call
mcp__claude_ai_Gmail__search_threads with:
query: after:YYYY/MM/DD before:YYYY/MM/DD in:inbox (upper bound is the day after today)pageSize: 50
- Count individual messages whose
date field falls on today's date (a returned thread may include older messages — do not count those).
- Group today's messages into categories based on sender domain and subject patterns. Pick buckets that fit the actual data, e.g.:
- Platform / community notifications (circle.so, Discord, Slack, GitHub, etc.)
- Customer or subscriber support
- Calendar invites and self-forwards
- Newsletters / promotional
- Direct human correspondence
- Anonymize. Never echo sender names, email addresses, or verbatim subject lines. Refer to senders generically ("a long-time subscriber", "a program participant", "a notification platform"). Describe subjects by topic, not by their literal text. Do not include any names that appear inside snippets either.
- Pick the top 3 to focus on next using these signals, in order:
- Direct human messages waiting on a reply from the user
- Paying customers blocked, frustrated, or asking a question
- Time-sensitive items tied to events today or tomorrow
- Skip routine notifications, automated digests, and self-sent mail
Output format
EXAMPLE:
## Today's Email Summary (<N> messages)
### By category
**<Category> — <count>**
<one short paragraph, anonymized>
**<Category> — <count>**
...
### Top 3 to focus on next
1. **<Short label>** — <why it matters and what action is needed>
2. **<Short label>** — ...
3. **<Short label>** — ...
Keep the whole response tight: short paragraph per category, one-liner per priority item with a clear action.
