A message that sorts your email into clear groups with one line per message, in read-only mode: Hermes never sends, deletes, archives or replies.
Your inbox has piled up and you want to know what needs you today, without any risk of an automatic reply or a deleted message. Saves about 30 minutes
[EMAIL_SOURCE] | e.g. the messages pasted below, or today's unread mail in my connected mailbox |
[MY_PRIORITIES] | e.g. paying clients, my accountant, anything about the November launch |
[LOW_PRIORITY] | e.g. newsletters, receipts and event invitations unless they need action |
If you connect a mailbox through an MCP server (Chapter 9), use `tools.include` in that server's entry to expose only the read and search tools, so sending and deleting are not possible at all. A written rule is good; a tool that is not there is better.
Once you trust the groups, ask for full drafts of the Reply today answers and review them with the Draft Replies for Your Review recipe in this chapter.
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