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Turn an overnight inbox into a short list

A short digest that names the messages needing a reply and compresses everything else. Built for anyone who opens the laptop to fifty unread messages.

Uses
  • Gmail
  • Slack

4 steps2 integrationsRuns weekdays 8am

Fifty unread, two that matter. What it costs while the work is still done by hand.

  • 01Most of the fifty need nothing at all.
  • 02The two that matter are somewhere in the middle.
  • 03Triage by scrolling costs the first hour.
overnight-digest · d3721ae5succeeded · 7s
  • Read inbox52 unread · since 6pm
  • Split by need4 need a reply · 48 info
  • Summarise48 compressed to 6 lines
  • Send digestpost_message · replies first
what a run leaves behind

One workflow, four steps. ModuleX drafts this graph from a single sentence, and every step stays editable.

  1. 01Read the unread messages.Gmail
  2. 02Separate what needs a reply from what is only information.ModuleX
  3. 03Summarise the rest in a few lines.ModuleX
  4. 04Send the summary to you, with the must-answer items first.Slack

The workflow is an editable graph. Reading runs freely; send the summary to you, with the must-answer items first waits for your opt-in approval until you loosen it. The graph is the receipt.

The short list. Paste this into ModuleX chat, or hit Use this workflow.

turn an overnight inbox into a short list: read the unread messages; separate what needs a reply from what is only information; summarise the rest in a few lines; send the summary to you, with the must-answer items first. Ask me before anything is sent or written.

to: composer
Copy the promptUse this workflow

Or skip the workflow entirely. Ask the assistant in chat and it runs the same job agentically: it picks the right actions, chains them, and reports back. The composer is for when you want it repeatable.

assistant · chatlive

Turn an overnight inbox into a short list. A short digest that names the messages needing a reply and compresses everything else.

  • slack · post_message

A short digest that names the messages needing a reply and compresses everything else.

Reply…gpt-5.5

Where this fits. The tools it runs on, and the teams that run it.

About this use case.

  • No. It reads and reports; your inbox is untouched.