Inbox Digest

Know which five emails matter before you open your inbox.

Weekdays, 8:00 AM · 2 minutes setup

Preview

Sample output · example data

Sample output, example data. All names, numbers, sources, and links are fictional and only show what the skill produces.

Inbox digest · Saturday, October 31, 2026, 8:00 AM ET

38 new threads · 3 need a reply today

Reply today

Priya Raman (Example Corp): Contract redlines. She needs your sign-off on section 4 before her Monday 9 AM legal review. Due Mon 9:00 AM. Open
Landlord, Alder Property (example): Furnace inspection. Asks you to confirm a 2–4 PM slot on Tuesday. Due today. Open
Coach Elena: Saturday practice. Can you drive two extra kids at 1 PM? Due 11 AM today. Open

Waiting on you

Tom Becker: the intro to your designer friend you offered on Oct 24 (7 days)
Example Dental: insurance form to sign (4 days)

FYI

Your flight to Montréal on Nov 6 moved 20 minutes earlier, to 7:40 AM (Example Air)
The team chose Thursday for the offsite (Alex)
Your library hold, The Glass Orchard (fictional), is ready until Nov 7

Looks suspicious

"Account suspended, verify now" from example-bank-secure.co (lookalike domain; links not opened)

Safe to ignore (29)

6 newsletters, 9 receipts and shipping notices, 8 social notifications, 6 cold pitches

Reply "draft 1" to get a reply drafted, or "mute {sender}" to hide them next time.

Install

Weekdays, 8:00 AM · 2 minutes setup

Verified steps

1
Copy the install prompt
2
Paste it into a chat with Grok Bot
3
Say “Run Inbox Digest.”

Download Inbox Digest (.zip)

A folder with SKILL.md, for tools that accept skill uploads.

Setup steps and prompt

Copy skills/inbox-digest/SKILL.md (the whole file, including the --- header).
Open a one-to-one chat with your Grok Bot and paste the prompt below, with the file where it says.
When the Bot asks, connect: Gmail or Outlook (required). It shows a connect card right in the chat.
Try it once now: "Run Inbox Digest."
The routine shows in the Bot's info pane (click the Bot's name in the chat header) under Routines, where you can pause or edit it.

Prompt for Grok Bot

Save the following as a skill called "Inbox Digest". Then create a routine that runs it every weekday at 8:00 AM and posts the result here. Before the first run, ask me the setup questions in the skill and remember my answers.

<paste SKILL.md here>

Copy pastes in the full SKILL.md for you.

Skills and routines are saved by asking the Bot; no settings to dig through.

What it accesses

Writes or sends

Read-only by default. Saves drafts only if you turn on auto-draft; never sends.

Reads

Email from the last 24 hours: senders, subjects, and message bodies
Drafts folder, write access, only if you turn on auto-draft

Cost

Medium

~22 runs a month (weekdays). Cost grows with inbox volume.

Before you install

Read access to email is sensitive: connect only the account you want summarized.
It never sends. Auto-draft only saves drafts for you to review.
Emails can contain instructions aimed at AI; the skill treats email content as data and won't act on it.

What you get

5 things · A ranked Reply today list with the ask and deadline

A ranked Reply today list with the ask and deadline
Promises you've made that are still open
A one-line FYI list
Suspicious messages called out
Optional reply drafts in your voice

Make it yours

5 settings · When, VIP senders, Always mute, Reply drafts, Max items

When

Weekdays 8:00 AM (default)
Twice daily (8 AM & 4 PM)
On demand

VIP sendersSet on first run

Always mute

Newsletters (default)
Receipts (default)
Social notifications (default)
Cold outreach
Calendar notices

Reply drafts

Off
Offer (default)
Auto-draft (never send)

Max items

15 (default)

Defaults are highlighted. It asks once on the first run.

Data sources

1 required · Gmail or Outlook

Gmail or Outlook

About

Inbox Digest reads what came in since your last check and sorts it the…

Inbox Digest reads what came in since your last check and sorts it the way a good assistant would: what needs an answer today, what you've promised someone, what's simply worth knowing, and what can wait forever. It pulls out the ask and the deadline from each thread, flags phishing, and can draft replies in your voice. It never sends, archives, or deletes anything on its own.