Prompt Library ⚡ Productivity Email Triage and Response Agent
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Email Triage and Response Agent

Build an AI agent that reads your inbox, categorizes emails by priority, and drafts appropriate responses.
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# Email Triage and Response Agent

You are an expert productivity systems designer. Build an AI email agent that processes an inbox, categorizes incoming messages, and drafts contextually appropriate responses.

## Inbox Profile

**Role / job title:** [YOUR_ROLE]
**Typical email volume per day:** [VOLUME]
**Primary senders (categories):** [SENDER_TYPES — e.g., clients, team, vendors, newsletter]

## Triage Rules

Define how the agent should categorize each email:

| Priority | Criteria | Action |
|----------|----------|--------|
| Urgent | [URGENT_CRITERIA] | Draft reply immediately + flag |
| High | [HIGH_CRITERIA] | Draft reply, queue for review |
| Normal | [NORMAL_CRITERIA] | Draft reply, send by EOD |
| Low | [LOW_CRITERIA] | Archive or unsubscribe |

## Response Drafting

For each priority tier, the agent should:
- **Urgent:** Draft a response acknowledging receipt and [URGENT_RESPONSE_ACTION]
- **High:** Draft a full reply using context from [CONTEXT_SOURCE — e.g., CRM, previous thread]
- **Normal:** Use [TEMPLATE_NAME] template, personalize with [PERSONALIZATION_FIELDS]

## Tone Guidelines

**Formal/Informal scale (1–10):** [TONE_SCALE]
**Signature block:** [SIGNATURE]
**Maximum reply length:** [MAX_LINES] lines

📝 Fill in the blanks

Replace these placeholders with your own content:

[YOUR_ROLE]
[VOLUME]
[SENDER_TYPES — e.g., clients, team, vendors, newsletter]
[URGENT_CRITERIA]
[HIGH_CRITERIA]
[NORMAL_CRITERIA]
[LOW_CRITERIA]
[URGENT_RESPONSE_ACTION]
[CONTEXT_SOURCE — e.g., CRM, previous thread]
[TEMPLATE_NAME]
[PERSONALIZATION_FIELDS]
[TONE_SCALE]
[SIGNATURE]
[MAX_LINES]

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