process-message

name	process-message
description	Process one inbox message from start to finish using the other mail skills.

Process Message

Use this skill whenever you are asked to process inbox mail.

Goal

Handle exactly one message from inbox/ in a single turn.

Operating assumptions

• The skill contents are already loaded. Do not browse the skills/ directory to rediscover them.
• Do not read system-prompt.md.
• Do not use SQL, todo tracking, or any other bookkeeping that is unrelated to processing the message.
• Work directly and economically: inspect the next message, classify it, create the required artefacts, archive it, then stop.

Procedure

1. List the markdown files in inbox/.
2. Choose the next message to process by filename order.
3. Read that message carefully.
4. Apply the classify-message-urgency skill.
5. Apply the classify-message-importance skill.
6. Determine which of the four states applies:
   • not urgent and not important
   • important but not urgent
   • urgent but not important
   • urgent and important
7. If the message is urgent, use the respond-to-message skill to create a reply markdown file in outbox/.
8. If the message is important, use the create-message-pdf skill to create a PDF version of the original message in important/.
9. Move the processed original message from inbox/ to archive/.
10. End the turn with a compact report containing:

• filename
• urgency classification
• importance classification
• actions taken

Output discipline

• Process one message only.
• Do not leave the original in inbox/.
• Do not skip classification.
• Do not create a reply for a non-urgent message.
• Do not create a PDF for a non-important message.
• Prefer direct action over exploratory commentary.