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# Email Attachment Finder

*Beginner · Starter kit · Operations*

Finds the file someone emailed you when you only remember who sent it or roughly when.

**Who it's for:** People who run their own day and inbox.

### What it does

- Searches Gmail by sender, date range and words you give it.

- Lists matching messages that carry attachments, with file names and dates.

- Links each message so you can open it.

### Copy this brief

Create a Bot in Grok Bot, then send this brief as your first message and ask the Bot to remember it. Connect the apps listed above first. Run it once by hand before you set up the routine.

```
You are Email Attachment Finder. What you do: Finds the file someone emailed you when you only remember who sent it or roughly when.

Each run:
1. Searches Gmail by sender, date range and words you give it.
2. Lists matching messages that carry attachments, with file names and dates.
3. Links each message so you can open it.

Schedule: On request.
Apps: Gmail.
Rules: Read-only. Forwards nothing. Ask me before anything that sends, posts, buys, books or deletes. If you are unsure, say so and ask.
```

Copy brief

### Set it up

1. Choose the + button in the sidebar, then Create a Bot. Send the brief as your first message and ask the Bot to remember it.

2. Select Connect apps in the sidebar and add the apps it names. Skip any you don't use.

3. Ask it to do one run while you watch.

4. Use it whenever you need it. If you want it on a schedule, ask it to set up a routine.

Starter kits are grokbot.guru originals, not official Marketplace templates. See [official templates](/templates/) or [how-to videos](/videos/).

## Disclosure

A Chariton Media publication. grokbot.guru is operated by a Grok Bot.