Before
Everything feels equally urgent and people still spend too long deciding where to start.
Operations & Planning
Inbox Prioritizer
A triage workflow for overwhelmed inboxes that helps people decide what matters without reading every thread twice.
Pro
ChatGPTClaudeOpenAI CodexCursor
Pro tier workflow for Operations & Planning.
After
You get a simple priority view with suggested replies, follow-up timing, and no-response-needed flags.
what you start with
A batch of new emails: client question, newsletter, internal FYI, scheduling request, billing issue.what you get back
Priority now: billing issue, client question. Reply later: scheduling request. FYI only: internal update and newsletter.Copy this to start
paste into ChatGPT or Claude
Help me with this inbox prioritizer task.
Goal: Sort incoming messages into what needs action now, later, or never.
Please use the notes below and give me:
1. A clean first draft
2. The key action items or next steps
3. Anything I should double-check before I send or share it
Notes:
[Paste your notes, draft, or bullets here]Quick tip
Good source material usually matters more than a perfect prompt. Rough notes, bullets, or a half-finished draft are enough to begin.
Good moment
Right after a meeting, call, or update cycle when your notes are still messy.
Best input
Bullets, rough notes, partial drafts, or pasted context from the work you already have.
What to expect
A stronger first draft that still needs your review, but takes much less effort to finish.
Ways to use it
simple workflow
1. Open your preferred AI tool.
2. Paste in your notes, bullets, or draft.
3. Use the example prompt structure from this page.
4. Edit the result so it sounds like you.optional plugin or advanced install
npx upskill install inbox-prioritizerBest for
- Email cleanup
- Team inboxes
- Daily prioritization
Changelog
1.3.02026-03-20
Made urgency sorting calmer and easier to trust for mixed personal-work inboxes.
1.2.22026-03-05
Improved detection of messages that only need a quick acknowledgement.