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Gmail Inbox Organiser Prompt

A careful prompt for sorting Gmail into safe labels without sending, deleting, archiving, or replying.

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Labels firstCreates or reuses the four inbox labels.Protected mail staysFlags legal, finance, medical, travel, and security emails.Review before deletePromotions and uncertain mail go into a review label.You approve actionsArchive and Trash prompts stay separate.
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Start with this inbox organiser prompt

Creates the labels, sorts the inbox, and stops with a simple report.

Use this one first. The prompts below are optional follow-ups.

Personal emailWork related emailsBills / InvoicesReview Before Delete
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@Gmail

You are my careful Gmail inbox organiser.

Please clean and organise my Gmail inbox safely.

First, create these Gmail labels if they do not already exist:

- Personal email
- Work related emails
- Bills / Invoices
- Review Before Delete

If any label already exists, use the existing label. Do not create duplicates.

Important safety rules:

- Do not permanently delete anything.
- Do not move anything to Trash.
- Do not unsubscribe from anything.
- Do not send, forward, or reply to any email.
- Be conservative. If unsure, keep the email.
- Gmail uses labels, so apply the correct label to each email.
- Do not remove emails from the inbox unless I explicitly ask you to archive them.

Sort my inbox using these rules:

1. Personal email

If an email looks personally written to me by a real person, label it:

Personal email

This includes emails from friends, family, personal contacts, invitations, replies, direct messages, personal updates, or anything clearly meant for me.

2. Work related emails

If an email relates to my job, business, clients, coworkers, projects, contracts, hiring, professional tools, work accounts, or professional conversations, label it:

Work related emails

3. Bills / Invoices

If an email contains or references a bill, invoice, receipt, payment, subscription charge, tax document, bank statement, refund, order confirmation, insurance, utility, financial record, or purchase, label it:

Bills / Invoices

4. Review Before Delete

If an email looks like spam, a promotion, sale, coupon, newsletter, marketing email, cold outreach, product announcement, social media notification, shopping ad, or low-value automated update, label it:

Review Before Delete

5. Everything else

If an email does not clearly fit one of the keep categories, label it:

Review Before Delete

Protected emails:

Never treat these as safe to delete unless I explicitly approve:

- Legal emails
- Financial emails
- Medical emails
- Tax emails
- Account security alerts
- Password resets
- Travel bookings
- Government emails
- School emails
- Housing, rent, lease, mortgage, or property emails
- Insurance emails
- Banking emails
- Employment, payroll, hiring, or contract emails

Process:

1. Create any missing labels.
2. Review all emails currently in my inbox.
3. Apply the best label to each email.
4. If an email could belong to more than one category, choose the safest important category.
5. If you are unsure, keep it and mention it in the final report.
6. Do not delete anything.

After organising, give me a simple report:

- Emails reviewed:
- Personal email:
- Work related emails:
- Bills / Invoices:
- Review Before Delete:
- Labels created:
- Emails you were unsure about:
- Any errors or skipped emails:

After the report, stop.

Do not delete anything unless I clearly say:

“Yes, delete the emails in Review Before Delete.”
Safety rules built inNo permanent deletion, unsubscribe actions, sending, or replies. Protected messages stay flagged for review.
Optional follow-ups

Choose one next step only if you need it

Most are read-only. Archive and trash prompts are clearly labelled as actions.

Read-only reviews

Check what matters before changing anything

Use these for summaries, attention checks, reply lists, or label reviews.

Before deleting

Review Before Delete summary

Groups the Review Before Delete label and shows what is safest to remove.

Read-only. Does not delete anything.

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@Gmail

Please review the emails labelled “Review Before Delete” and give me a simple summary before I delete anything.

Group them by sender and type, such as:

- Promotions
- Newsletters
- Shopping emails
- Social media notifications
- Cold outreach
- Spam or low-value emails

Do not delete anything.

At the end, tell me which emails look safest to delete and which ones I should double-check first.
Attention scan

Important email check

Scans only for important emails that may need attention.

Read-only. No archive, delete, send, forward, or reply actions.

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@Gmail

Please review my inbox again and look only for important emails that may need my attention.

Look for:

- Bills
- Invoices
- Payment issues
- Legal emails
- Medical or health emails
- School emails
- Work emails
- Client emails
- Account security alerts
- Password resets
- Travel bookings
- Emails from real people

Do not delete, archive, send, forward, or reply to anything.

Give me a simple list of anything important I should check.
Reply scan

Needs reply finder

Finds messages that probably need a reply and ranks the priority.

Read-only. Does not send or draft replies.

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@Gmail

Please review my inbox and find emails that look like they may need a reply from me.

Focus on emails from real people, clients, family, friends, work contacts, schools, appointments, or services.

Do not send or draft any replies.

Give me a simple list with:

- Sender
- Subject
- Why it may need a reply
- Suggested priority: High, Medium, or Low
Work review

Work related emails summary

Summarises work-labelled emails, deadlines, client notes, and likely replies.

Read-only. No sending, forwarding, archiving, deleting, or replying.

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@Gmail

Please review the emails labelled “Work related emails” and give me a simple summary.

Tell me:

- What needs my attention
- Any deadlines
- Any client or customer messages
- Any account or tool issues
- Any emails that may need a reply

Do not send, forward, archive, delete, or reply to anything.
Money review

Bills / Invoices summary

Summarises bills, receipts, renewals, refunds, and records to save.

Read-only. No delete, archive, send, forward, or reply actions.

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@Gmail

Please review the emails labelled “Bills / Invoices” and give me a simple summary.

Look for:

- Bills
- Invoices
- Receipts
- Subscription charges
- Refunds
- Payment reminders
- Renewals
- Financial records

Do not delete, archive, send, forward, or reply to anything.

Give me a clear list of anything I may need to pay, save, or check.
Actions and reset

Use only after the inbox has been reviewed

These change inbox state by labelling, archiving, or moving Review Before Delete to Trash.

Repeat clean-up

Weekly inbox reset

Runs the safe label process again and reports what changed.

Label-only reset. No delete, archive, send, forward, or reply actions.

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@Gmail

Please do a weekly inbox reset.

Review all emails currently in my inbox and safely apply the correct Gmail labels.

Use my existing labels if they already exist.

Do not delete, archive, send, forward, or reply to anything.

At the end, give me a simple report showing:

- Emails reviewed
- Emails labelled
- Important emails found
- Emails that may need a reply
- Emails placed in Review Before Delete
- Any errors or skipped emails
Archive action

Archive organised labels

Archives labelled Personal, Work, and Bills emails without deleting.

Archive only. Does not archive Review Before Delete or delete anything.

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@Gmail

Please archive the emails that have already been safely organised into labels.

Only archive emails with these labels:

- Personal email
- Work related emails
- Bills / Invoices

Do not archive anything labelled “Review Before Delete.”

Do not delete anything.

Archiving should only remove them from the inbox. They should stay safely available in Gmail under their labels.
Trash action

Move Review Before Delete to Trash

Moves only Review Before Delete emails to Trash after you approve the review.

Action prompt. Moves to Trash, but does not permanently delete.

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@Gmail

Yes, move the emails labelled “Review Before Delete” to Trash.

Do not permanently delete anything.

Do not delete emails from any other label.

Before you do it, make sure you only move emails that are currently labelled “Review Before Delete.”