Summarize Today's Unread Emails
For the morning you open Gmail to 60 unread. DuckyHelper reads them all through Gmail's own web API, folds each thread to its latest reply, and tells you out loud what matters, starting with the one that needs an answer today.
“Summarize today's unread emails and tell me which one needs a reply.”
- 01Turn Gmail's own requests into an APIIt watches Gmail's own requests once and saves them as actions. Kept on your device.
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- 02Pull every unread thread from today in one call
- 03Read each thread to its latest replyA thread with five replies counts once.
- 04Sort into needs you, FYI and noise
- 05Tell you the top five out loud, must-answer firstIf Gmail is open, it circles that email on your screen.
You getFive lines instead of sixty emails. You know what landed, what can wait, and the one thing to answer before lunch. Tomorrow it already knows Gmail, so the digest comes back in seconds.
A run, drawn from this page · early access on Mac
Nothing to send, so it runs straight through.
Nothing in this job sends a message or pays for anything, so it works through to the end and tells you when it's done. If a step ever would, it's built to stop and ask you first.
If it hits a sign-in, you sign in yourself. It's built not to type your passwords or card numbers.
Do it once. Then let it repeat.
When it's done, it offers to keep doing it: every weekday at 8:00 AM. Each run goes through the API it learned the first time, so it's quick, and it's still built to ask before it sends or pays.
Always-on automations are in early access on Mac.
Before you ask it.
What do I say?
Press fn (Ctrl+Shift+Space on Windows and Linux) and ask out loud, in your own words, like "Summarize today's unread emails and tell me which one needs a reply."
Why is the second time faster?
The first time, it writes small JavaScript tools for Gmail and builds an API from each site's own buttons, forms and requests. After that it calls them directly, so the job runs in one go instead of click by click. It costs less and breaks less.
Will it send anything without me?
It's built to ask first before it sends a message or pays for anything, and to wait for your yes. It may not recognize every send or payment, so keep an eye on tasks that involve messages or money. It's built not to type your passwords or card numbers: you sign in yourself, and it picks up from there.
Why not just do it by hand?
Most unread mail is noise, but you still have to open it to know. The one email that matters sits somewhere in the middle.
Can it keep doing this on its own?
Yes. When it's done it offers to make it automatic (every weekday at 8:00 AM). Each run goes the same way and is still built to ask before it sends or pays.
Can I use this today?
Doing jobs in your apps is in early access on Mac. Talking to DuckyHelper, and having it see your screen and draw on it, works today on Mac, Windows and Linux.
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Do anything
Ask it a question or hand it a job, in any app.
Doing jobs for you is in early access on Mac. Asking works on Mac, Windows and Linux.