Daily junk folder triage with a review pile
A daily pass over an old mailbox's junk folder puts known senders back in the inbox, deletes sure spam and leaves anything doubtful for you. The browser runs headless and the model only returns a verdict per message.
What it does
- Opens the junk folder and the inbox in a headless browser once a day
- Checks each sender against your known list and a copy of your main mailbox
- Asks the model for a verdict from a closed list, with no tools
- Restores legitimate mail, deletes confident spam and counts the rest as to review
- Sends a notification only when a run fails or the review pile grows
Your approval boundaries
Approval requiredThese actions always wait for your yes:
- Deciding any doubtful mail
- Unsubscribing from anything
- Signing in again when the session expires
You decide what happens next.
More about this workflow
This setup is for busy people who want their own day to run a little smoother. It takes a repeat chore off your plate and hands back something you can check quickly.
First, it opens the junk folder and the inbox in a headless browser once a day. Next, it checks each sender against your known list and a copy of your main mailbox. Then it asks the model for a verdict from a closed list, with no tools. After that, it restores legitimate mail, deletes confident spam and counts the rest as to review. Finally, it sends a notification only when a run fails or the review pile grows. It works with your email, each on its own login with limited access.
You get the prep work done and waiting for you. The agent stops and asks for your yes before deciding any doubtful mail, unsubscribing from anything and signing in again when the session expires, and says plainly if a step cannot be undone.
“Every email is treated as hostile.”
Explore required tools and model recommendations
Tools and access
Gmail
Handles the email part of this job. Grant read-only plus compose (drafts) scopes.
API required: Yes. Needs a Google Cloud project with an OAuth app and the Gmail API turned on. The agent signs in through OAuth with only the scopes you pick.
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Model recommendations
Best pick
Claude Sonnet 5.5
Fast and careful with your inbox and calendar.
$2 per million input tokens, $10 per million output tokens.
Anthropic docs as of October 11, 2026
Cheaper backup
Claude Haiku 5.5
Cheapest Claude option for daily sorting.
From $0.10 per million input tokens and from $0.50 per million output tokens.
Anthropic docs as of October 11, 2026
Our own picks. Not sponsored, no affiliate links.
Build your prompt
Add your details, then copy the prompt into your tool.
2Your prompt
4 of 4 still emptyYour answers stay in this browser only.
Run your workflow
Connect your tools with only the access this setup needs, then follow these steps.
Steps
Do these in order. Test on old data before it touches live work.
- 1Connect Gmail with its own login, not yours. Grant read-only plus compose (drafts) scopes.
- 2Paste the prompt where your harness takes instructions. See the note under the Copy button.
- 3Do a dry run on old or test data first. Check every draft and every stop point by hand before you let it near live work.
- 4Read its log after the first real run. Only widen access once a week of runs looks clean.
Safeguards and trust score
The score describes this example setup’s access, approval boundaries, ability to undo changes, and scope.
Can draft things that send or spend, so it sits close to risky actions.
Waits for a yes on: deciding any doubtful mail, unsubscribing from anything, signing in again when the session expires.
Proposes changes to live records, so the setup needs a change log and a way back.
Runs on its own login across 1 tool. Fewer connections means a smaller blast radius.
How to raise it
- Access: Take away its ability to send, post or spend. Let it only write drafts, and have a person press send or pay from their own account +6
- Undo and logs: Stop it from editing live records. Have it write the change as a proposal you apply, and keep a log of every change with a way to roll it back +3
Do all of these to reach 91, up from 82.
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