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inbox-sweepPurpose, usage and source

Batch-process unread customer emails - classify, prioritize, and draft replies. Use when the user asks "sweep my inbox", "what customer emails need a reply", "draft replies to my customer emails", or "what needs a response".

Source retrieved: 2026-10-29

Source repository: anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins
SKILL.md: sales/skills/inbox-sweep/SKILL.md
Repository stars: 34,049
Repository updated: 2026-10-30
Categories: Business
Last collected: 2026-10-31 10:38 UTC+08:00

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Source SKILL.md

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What this Skill does

How the upstream workflow works

Step 1 - Ground and learn the voice

Check which tools are connected (plus any org facts the user or the project instructions already gave), and take the internal domain from the signed-in mailbox so internal mail is excluded. Voice: use the voice learned in setup or from pasted sent emails if available; otherwise read 30-40 recent sent emails (external recipients only) and build an implicit style profile; files-only: use pasted sent emails or an uploaded style guide when provided, else a neutral, concise tone, and say which greeting, length, sign-off, formality - used silently so drafts sound like the rep.

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Step 2 - Find candidate emails

Email: unread, last [lookback], in inbox, not from the internal domain. If the window returns no customer emails, say so, name the newest customer email found outside the window with its date, and offer to widen - never widen silently. Files-only: the sweep set is every pasted or uploaded email - the unread, lookback and inbox filters do not apply, and sender-domain matching is skipped when senders share a consumer domain (say so). No email connected and nothing pasted: ask the user to paste the emails or upload an export, and stop.

Upstream passage · L55 ↗

Step 3 - Classify each email

Read the whole thread, not just the latest message. Search results may show only the oldest messages of a thread: open the full thread before characterizing it, and never classify or summarize from a search preview. Buckets:

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tiers:
  files-only:   classification + priority + paste-ready replies from
                pasted/exported emails and the uploaded book
  read-only:    live email sweep + crm matching + calendar availability;
                replies land as drafts
  gated-writes: reply sends the user asks for, within the email
                connector's permissions; logging hands to log-activity

Requirements and setup

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Source retrieved: 2026-10-29T09:32:23Z
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