inbox-triage
Go through recent mail and sort it into needs-a-reply, waiting-on-others, to-do and can-ignore, with draft replies ready for review. Use when the user asks to triage, sort, catch up on or clear their inbox — never to send anything on its own.
Install
npx skills add https://github.com/nano-muse/nanoMuse/tree/main/nanomuse/skills/builtin/inbox-triage
claude plugin marketplace add https://llmmart.ai/marketplace.json && claude plugin install nano-muse-nanomuse@llmmart
git clone https://github.com/nano-muse/nanoMuse.git
The skills CLI installs just this skill, for any of its supported agents. Claude Code installs the whole nano-muse/nanomuse collection as a plugin from our marketplace. Git is the plain clone.
Skill manifest
Inbox triage
Needs the mail connector (read_emails). If it is not available, say so and stop.
Read
read_emailswithunread_only=truefirst (up to 50). If there are fewer than 10, read the last 3 days withunread_only=falsetoo, so nothing waiting since yesterday is missed.- For each sender the user has written to before,
contactsaction=search gives the name and company; use names, not addresses, in what you write. recall"inbox" and "email" for the user's rules: senders that always matter, newsletters they keep, how they like replies to sound.
Sort
Every message lands in exactly one group:
- Reply needed — someone asked the user something, or is waiting.
- Waiting on them — the user asked, no answer yet; note how long.
- To do — no reply needed, but an action is: pay, book, read a document, show up somewhere.
- Read later — newsletters, notifications, receipts.
- Ignore — clear spam, expired offers, automated noise.
Threads with the same subject count once. Anything that mentions money, a deadline, a contract or health goes to the top of its group.
Draft, do not send
- For each Reply needed mail, write a reply the user could send as is: their voice (from memory), short, answering the actual question. Put all drafts in one file,
mail/drafts-YYYY-MM-DD.md, one section per thread with To, Subject, the draft, and a one-line note on what you were unsure about. - Do not call
send_emailin this job unless the user tells you, mail by mail, to send. A reply the user approves later is a separate step.
Report
In chat, a short list per group: sender name — subject — what it is about in a few words (groups 4 and 5 as counts only). Then the file with the drafts, and the two or three things that should not wait. Deadlines or events found in the mail: offer to set a reminders or draft a calendar event; do it only when the user says yes.
If the user corrects a sorting decision ("newsletters from X I read"), remember it so the next triage gets it right.
Files (nanomuse)
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SKILL.md 2.4 KB
--- name: inbox-triage description: Go through recent mail and sort it into needs-a-reply, waiting-on-others, to-do and can-ignore, with draft replies ready for review. Use when the user asks to triage, sort, catch up on or clear their inbox — never to send anything on its own. channel: api metadata: author: nanoMuse version: "1" --- # Inbox triage Needs the mail connector (`read_emails`). If it is not available, say so and stop. ## Read - `read_emails` with `unread_only=true` first (up to 50). If there are fewer than 10, read the last 3 days with `unread_only=false` too, so nothing waiting since yesterday is missed. - For each sender the user has written to before, `contacts` action=search gives the name and company; use names, not addresses, in what you write. - `recall` "inbox" and "email" for the user's rules: senders that always matter, newsletters they keep, how they like replies to sound. ## Sort Every message lands in exactly one group: 1. **Reply needed** — someone asked the user something, or is waiting. 2. **Waiting on them** — the user asked, no answer yet; note how long. 3. **To do** — no reply needed, but an action is: pay, book, read a document, show up somewhere. 4. **Read later** — newsletters, notifications, receipts. 5. **Ignore** — clear spam, expired offers, automated noise. Threads with the same subject count once. Anything that mentions money, a deadline, a contract or health goes to the top of its group. ## Draft, do not send - For each *Reply needed* mail, write a reply the user could send as is: their voice (from memory), short, answering the actual question. Put all drafts in one file, `mail/drafts-YYYY-MM-DD.md`, one section per thread with *To*, *Subject*, the draft, and a one-line note on what you were unsure about. - Do not call `send_email` in this job unless the user tells you, mail by mail, to send. A reply the user approves later is a separate step. ## Report In chat, a short list per group: sender name — subject — what it is about in a few words (groups 4 and 5 as counts only). Then the file with the drafts, and the two or three things that should not wait. Deadlines or events found in the mail: offer to set a `reminders` or draft a `calendar` event; do it only when the user says yes. If the user corrects a sorting decision ("newsletters from X I read"), `remember` it so the next triage gets it right.
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