Inbox Triage
Classifies, researches and drafts (never sends) inbox email against a taxonomy -- but only after the companion inbox-setup skill has built its knowledge base.
Test report
- Verdict
- Works with setup
- Score
- Tested
- Jul 14, 2026
- Environment
- Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
- Upstream re-checked
- Aug 10, 2026 · 8d14a4d
Simulated a triage run with no knowledge base present: the skill correctly refused to fabricate a classification and halted with 'run inbox-setup first', where an ungoverned baseline attempt would have improvised categories and drafts with no real taxonomy behind them.
Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works
- Installs cleanly 5/5
- Triggers reliably 5/5
- Output vs. baseline 8/10
- Docs & honesty 5/5
What Inbox Triage does
Runs a recurring or on-demand inbox triage: searches recent email via a Gmail/Outlook/IMAP MCP, classifies against the user's taxonomy, researches unknown senders, generates TAKE IT/WORTH CONSIDERING/PASS/FLAG recommendations, drafts replies (a scripts/draft_safety_validator.py post-run check enforces that no send-shaped tool call ever occurs), and updates a blocklist/tracker knowledge base. It hard-requires the sibling 'inbox-setup' skill to have already been run once, since it fails fast if the 7-file knowledge base at ${WORKSPACE}/Email/ (email-taxonomy.md, email-patterns.md, etc.) is missing, and it also needs an actual email MCP connector -- without either, it halts with a clear message rather than improvising.
How to install Inbox Triage
git clone https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills
cd claude-skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r productivity/email/skills/inbox-triage ~/.claude/skills/inbox-triage
Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/
(per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.
Commands — how to trigger Inbox Triage
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/inbox-triageClassifies, researches and drafts (never sends) inbox email against a taxonomy -- but only after the companion inbox-setup skill has built its knowledge base.
It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:
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Triage my inbox backlog into act, delegate, or archive -
Draft replies for the emails in my inbox that need action -
Sort through these unread emails and flag the urgent ones
Frequently asked questions
- Is the Inbox Triage skill free?
- Yes. The skill itself is free from alirezarezvani/claude-skills. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
- Does Inbox Triage work with Claude Code?
- We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 14, 2026. Verdict: Works with setup. Simulated a triage run with no knowledge base present: the skill correctly refused to fabricate a classification and halted with 'run inbox-setup first', where an ungoverned baseline attempt would have improvised categories and drafts with no real taxonomy behind them.
- What is the Inbox Triage SkillProof Score?
- 9.2/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 8/10, docs & honesty 5/5.
- How do I install Inbox Triage?
- Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
- Can I use Inbox Triage with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?
- The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.