Draft email replies automatically with AI for your inbox

Reads new unread emails, drafts a reply using AI, and saves it to your drafts folder for you to review.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per each unread email.

Pattern: Sequence (1) · Multiple Instances with a priori Run-Time Knowledge (14) · Transient Trigger (23)

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Starts itA stepRuns once per itemResultPayoff
Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
Email Automation
Connects
FastmailOpenAI

The problem it solves

Answering routine emails eats up your day even when the reply is fairly predictable. You still have to open each message, think through a response, and type it out, one at a time.

Who it fits

Solo professionals or small teams who want a head start on email replies without letting AI send anything unreviewed.

How it works

  1. Checks your inbox for new unread emails
  2. Reads the sender, subject, and message body
  3. AI drafts a personalized reply based on the email content
  4. Saves the draft directly into your Drafts folder for you to review and send
What you get

Replies drafted and waiting in your inbox

You get a reply already drafted and waiting in your drafts folder for every new email that lands in your inbox.

What you get

A ready-to-review draft reply sitting in your email Drafts folder.

What you need

A Fastmail account and an OpenAI API key.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

Let's Talk Strategy

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