Techy Surgeon · Workflows · Inbox & email
For the inbox that refills itself.
The inbox priority run
You don't need zero inbox; you need the five messages that actually need you, surfaced, with drafts waiting. A daily AI triage pass does exactly that.
The setup
- Connect Claude to your email (personal or admin account, never a PHI inbox).
- Save the starter prompt below and run it each morning — or schedule it as a recurring task.
- Send the drafts it writes after a 10-second read each. Archive the rest in one sweep.
The starter prompt
You are my inbox chief of staff. Triage every message from the last 24 hours into: 1) NEEDS ME — a drafted reply for each, matching the tone of my sent mail (study it first), under 120 words, decision-ready; 2) QUICK CALLS — yes/no items with a one-line draft and your recommendation; 3) FYI — one sentence each, grouped by project; 4) ARCHIVE — just the count. Rules: time-sensitive items go to the top with the deadline bolded; anything from [names that always matter] is automatically NEEDS ME; if a thread has three or more back-and-forths, propose a meeting instead of another reply; never auto-send. End with one pattern you noticed that I should automate next.
NotebookLM: NotebookLM doesn't connect to email — use Claude or ChatGPT.
Privacy boundary: no PHI in consumer AI tools. Use de-identified text or your health system's covered enterprise instance. Every installable skill ships with the full checklist.
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