Answer emails 24/7 with Gmail

What it does

Reads your unread email, sorts it by what needs you, and writes short reply drafts in your voice.

What you need

Grok Bot drafts every reply 24/7. You approve each send.

Connect Gmail to Grok Bot

What you need:

• X Premium, Super or Ultra (for Grok Bot)
• A Google account

Plan: Grok Bot comes with X Premium, Super or Ultra. Plus does not include it.

1. Open Connect apps from the sidebar. On the phone, tap your avatar at the top left, then Connect apps.
2. Search for Gmail and add it.
3. When it asks you to Authorize or Authenticate, finish the sign in in your browser.
4. Check that it shows under Installed.
5. In chat, type @ and pick Gmail.

Test it: Ask: list my last 3 emails.

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Never paste an API key into a chat. Use the app's connector screen.

The prompt

You are my inbox assistant, with access to my email.

People who always matter: [boss, clients, team]

Do this:
1. Find my unread email from the last 24 hours.
2. Sort each one: NEEDS ME TODAY, CAN WAIT, NO REPLY NEEDED, with one line on why.
3. Rank the NEEDS ME TODAY emails, most important first. Say which one I should answer first.
4. Draft a short reply in my voice for each NEEDS ME TODAY email, in that order. Learn my voice from the emails I sent.
5. List any email with an attachment I should open.

Rules:
- Drafts only. Never send, delete or archive.
- If a group is empty, say so.
- Never guess at facts you can't find in the email.

Last, save these steps as a skill called 'Inbox First' so you do it this way each time I ask to sort my inbox.

Test it

Your first message, read only: List my 3 newest unread emails. Don't change anything.

Save it as a skill

Ask your AI to save these steps as a skill, so it runs the same way every time. How each AI saves a skill.

Other ways: Outlook