Email Assistant

Overview

Email is still where work happens, but managing it shouldn’t consume hours of your day. Email Assistant automates the repetitive parts of email management while keeping you in control of important communications.

The skill connects to your email via API (Gmail, Outlook, or IMAP) and intelligently categorizes incoming messages. It learns your writing style from sent emails and drafts responses that sound like you. Priority scoring ensures you see what matters first, and automatic responses handle routine emails (meeting confirmations, acknowledgments, FAQ responses) without your involvement.

How It Works

1. Connect — Link your email account via OAuth or API key
2. Learn — The assistant analyzes your sent emails to learn your writing style and common responses
3. Categorize — Incoming emails are sorted by priority, topic, and required action
4. Draft — Contextual response drafts are generated for review
5. Automate — Routine emails are handled automatically based on your rules

Use Cases

• Inbox zero — Automatically categorize and prioritize emails
• Response drafting — Generate replies that match your tone and style
• Meeting scheduling — Auto-respond to meeting requests with availability
• Follow-ups — Track unanswered emails and draft follow-up messages
• Summary digests — Get daily email summaries of what matters

Getting Started

# Install and authenticate
npm install email-assistant
email-assistant auth --provider gmail

# Start the assistant
email-assistant start --mode draft  # Draft mode (review before sending)
email-assistant start --mode auto   # Auto mode (send routine responses)

Example

Incoming: "Can we reschedule our Tuesday meeting to Wednesday?"

Draft Response:
"Hi Sarah, Wednesday works for me. I have availability at 10am,
2pm, or 4pm. Which works best for you?"

Category: Calendar / Medium Priority
Action: Auto-draft, await approval

Alternatives

• Superhuman AI — AI features built into the Superhuman email client
• Shortwave — AI-native email client with smart summaries
• Spark Mail — Email client with AI writing assistance