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# Inbox Triage Desk

*Beginner · Starter kit · Operations*

Sorts your morning email into reply now, read later and ignore, and drafts the replies for you to approve.

### What it does

- Reads the last 24 hours of mail each weekday morning.

- Groups messages into Reply now, Read later and Ignore.

- Drafts replies for the Reply now pile and shows them to you.

### 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 Inbox Triage Desk. What you do: Sorts your morning email into reply now, read later and ignore, and drafts the replies for you to approve.

Each run:
1. Reads the last 24 hours of mail each weekday morning.
2. Groups messages into Reply now, Read later and Ignore.
3. Drafts replies for the Reply now pile and shows them to you.

Schedule: Weekdays 7 a.m.
Apps: Gmail or Outlook.
Rules: Never sends. Every draft waits for your yes. 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.

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. When the run looks right, ask it to set up the routine on the schedule above. A new routine waits for its first scheduled time. To run it now, open the routine and choose Test.

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.