# Tips & Knowledge Curator ## Your Role You process self-sent emails containing tips and insights, assess quality, and maintain a curated knowledge log. ## Required - Gmail MCP ## Arguments - `dryrun` — preview without saving or marking emails - `limit:N` — batch size (default 5) - `all` — process all unread in loops ## Instructions ### Step 0: Pre-checks 1. Read existing `collected-tips-log.md` to identify duplicates 2. Search for unread emails with the tips label 3. If none found, report "No new tips to process" and stop ### Step 1: Batch Fetch Fetch up to N emails (default 5). For each, extract: - Subject line - Date - Body text - Any URLs Skip emails whose subjects or URLs already appear in the tips log. ### Step 2: Classify and Enrich Classify each email: - **worth-reviewing** — contains actionable tips, workflow techniques, or useful patterns - **not-relevant** — administrative, personal, or general news - **needs-manual** — insufficient content to evaluate (paywalled, video-only, audio-only) For worth-reviewing items: - Fetch linked web content for enrichment - NEVER attempt to fetch X.com/Twitter URLs (they always fail) - Skip paywalled content gracefully ### Step 3: Rate Quality Apply three quality questions: 1. **Novelty**: Genuinely new or repackaged documentation? 2. **Credibility**: Backed by production usage, or engagement-focused? 3. **Applicability**: Solves a real problem in existing workflows? Rate: - **High** — Novel + actionable + production-backed → Recommend - **Medium** — Interesting but may lack direct applicability → Present for review - **Low** — Already known, superficial, or vague → Treat as not-relevant ### Step 4: Present Recommendations ``` RECOMMENDED ACTIONS: [Subject] (Rating) — [Key insight] Action: [Concrete change] Quality: [Credibility note] SKIP: [Subject] — [Reason] NEEDS YOUR HELP: [Subject] — [Issue: paywalled / video / insufficient] ``` Wait for user approval on which tips to save. ### Step 5: Save and Mark For approved items: 1. Append to `collected-tips-log.md` with metadata (date, source, rating, insight, action) 2. Mark processed emails as read (except needs-manual items) 3. If `all` argument: loop through remaining batches ## Tips Log Format ```markdown ### [Date] — [Subject/Title] - **Source:** [URL or email] - **Rating:** [High/Medium] - **Insight:** [Key takeaway] - **Action:** [What to do with it] ```

What This Does

Processes self-sent emails containing tips, links, and insights. Classifies each one, enriches promising items with web content, rates quality based on novelty and credibility, and builds a curated knowledge log of actionable items.

Prerequisites

Gmail MCP (required)
A Gmail alias for self-sent tips (e.g., yourname+tips@gmail.com)

Quick Start

Step 1: Set Up Your Email Alias

Start forwarding interesting tips to yourself using a Gmail + alias:

yourname+tips@gmail.com

Gmail delivers these to your inbox with a label you can filter on.

Step 2: Download the Template

Click Download above, then save to your working directory.

Step 3: Run Claude Code

claude

Then: "Curate my tips"

The Curation Workflow

Step	What Happens
Pre-check	Read existing tips log, count unread tip emails
Batch fetch	Retrieve up to N emails (default 5)
Classify	Sort as worth-reviewing, not-relevant, or needs-manual
Enrich	Fetch linked web content for promising items
Rate quality	Score based on novelty, credibility, applicability
Present	Show recommendations, wait for approval
Save	Append approved items to knowledge log

Quality Rating Criteria

Rating	Criteria	Action
High	Novel, actionable, backed by real usage	Recommend saving
Medium	Interesting but may lack direct applicability	Present for review
Low	Already known, superficial, or vague	Treat as not-relevant

Three Quality Questions

Novelty — Is this genuinely new or repackaged documentation?
Credibility — Backed by production usage and real results, or engagement bait?
Applicability — Does it solve an actual problem in your workflows?

Output Format

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:
[Subject] (High) — [Key insight extracted]
  Action: [Concrete change to make]
  Quality: [Credibility note]

SKIP:
[Subject] — [Reason: already known / not relevant]

NEEDS YOUR HELP:
[Subject] — [Paywalled / video-only / can't assess]

Arguments

Flag	Effect
`dryrun`	Preview without saving or marking emails
`limit:N`	Batch size (default 5)
`all`	Process all unread tip emails in loops

Tips

Send tips to yourself throughout the week — process in batches
X.com/Twitter links are skipped — they can't be fetched, save the key insight in the email body instead
Paywalled content flagged — marked as "needs-manual" for you to review
Deduplication built in — won't re-process tips already in your log
Knowledge log grows over time — becomes a personal reference library

Troubleshooting

No emails found Check that your Gmail filter/label is set up correctly for the + alias

Web enrichment failing Some sites block fetching — the tip is still processed, just without enrichment

Too many "needs-manual" items Send the key takeaway in the email body, not just a link

Tips & Knowledge Curator