This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by gabe raeder
This is a submission for the Runner H “AI Agent Prompting” Challenge
title: “Inbox Zen in 200 Words — My Runner-H Daily Focus Capsule Agent”
published: true
tags: [runnerhchallenge, ai, productivity, gmail]
TL;DR
One prompt + four tool-calls = a morning and evening digest that rescues you from inbox + calendar overload.
No new apps, no paid APIs—just Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Tasks you already have.
The everyday pain
- I open my laptop at 8 a.m. and spend 15 + minutes digging through email, calendar, and to-dos before I even start real work.
- By 5 p.m. I’m not sure what actually got done—or what fires are waiting for tomorrow.
What the Daily Focus Capsule delivers
| Time | Capsule contents | Sent to you as… |
|---|---|---|
| 07:00 | • top 5 unread + important emails • today’s meetings • tasks due in ≤ 3 days • one-line pep talk |
Clean email titled “ Today Capsule — May 24”
|
| 17:00 | • emails you replied to today • tasks you completed • meetings attended + 1-line takeaway • tasks left open (auto-rescheduled to tomorrow 3 p.m.) • gratitude prompt |
Email titled “ Evening Capsule — May 24”
|
No scrolling, no tab-hopping—just read, breathe, go.
The entire Runner-H prompt (copy ⟶ paste)
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# MORNING DIGEST (07:00 local)
Pull up to five Gmail threads labeled Inbox + Important,
today’s Google Calendar events, and all Google Tasks due
within the next three days. Summarize in < 200 words under
three headings:
1. Critical
2. Nice-to-do
3. Meetings
If a section is empty, write ‘None’. End with one upbeat,
one-sentence motivational quote.
# EVENING DIGEST (17:00 local)
List Gmail threads I replied to today, tasks completed today,
and meetings attended with a one-line takeaway each.
Surface any remaining open tasks and reschedule them to
tomorrow 15:00. Finish with “Today I’m grateful for _____.”
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by gabe raeder