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Email Classifier & Organizer

Automatically categorize emails by type, priority, and required action

10 minutes
By communitySource
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You have 3,000 unread emails, 200 need action, 50 are urgent, and they're all sitting in one giant inbox. You spend the first hour of every day just triaging — deciding what needs attention vs. what can wait.

Who it's for: executives drowning in email volume, support teams categorizing customer messages, sales reps prioritizing prospect emails, operations managers tracking action items across threads, anyone whose inbox is their to-do list

Example

"Classify my last 500 emails by priority and required action" → Emails categorized as urgent/action-required/FYI/archive, grouped by type (client, internal, vendor, newsletter), with a daily digest of what actually needs your attention

CLAUDE.md Template

New here? 3-minute setup guide → | Already set up? Copy the template below.

Or install from your terminal:
npx ccplaybooks add email-classifier
# Email Classifier

Automatically categorize and prioritize emails to help manage inbox overload.

## Overview

This workflow helps you:
- Classify emails by category and type
- Determine priority and urgency
- Identify required actions
- Filter out low-value emails
- Organize for efficient processing

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README.md

What This Does

Automatically categorize and prioritize emails to help manage inbox overload.


Quick Start

Step 1: Create a Project Folder

mkdir -p ~/Documents/EmailClassifier

Step 2: Download the Template

Click Download above, then:

mv ~/Downloads/CLAUDE.md ~/Documents/EmailClassifier/

Step 3: Start Working

cd ~/Documents/EmailClassifier
claude

How to Use

Single Email Classification

Batch Classification

With Rules

Output Format

Single Email

Limitations

  • Cannot access email accounts directly
  • Classification is based on content provided
  • May miss context from email threads
  • Cannot guarantee phishing detection
  • Personal judgment needed for edge cases

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