Mailpilot

Personal Inbox Recipe

Configuration for organizing personal email with inbox zero approach.

Goal

Automatically organize:

  • Newsletters → Newsletters folder
  • Shopping → Receipts folder
  • Social → Social folder
  • Important → Flag and keep in INBOX

Configuration

folders:
  mode: predefined
  allowed:
    - Important
    - Personal
    - Receipts
    - Newsletters
    - Social
    - Archive

accounts:
  - name: personal
    imap:
      host: imap.gmail.com
      port: 993
      username: you@gmail.com
      password: ${GMAIL_APP_PASSWORD}
    folders:
      - name: INBOX
        llm_provider: openai-mini
        prompt: |
          Classify personal email for inbox zero:
          
          VIP Senders (flag + keep in INBOX):
          - Family members
          - Close friends
          - Urgent matters
          
          Rules:
          - Marketing emails → Newsletters
          - Order confirmations, receipts → Receipts
          - Social media notifications → Social
          - Everything else worth keeping → Archive

llm_providers:
  - name: openai-mini
    provider: openai
    model: gpt-4o-mini

Cost

~$0.05/month for 500 emails/day

Next Steps