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10-Minute Job-Search Inbox Cleanup: AI Sort + Draft in Your Voice

Input last 20 subject lines & senders + one sample email you wrote → AI sorts into three buckets and drafts 2 key replies → you review and send

BeginnerStepsPromptTip
Who
Job seekers drowning in recruiter emails, rejections, and calendar links
You get
Sort emails into reply-today / reply-this-week / archive, plus 2 drafted replies under 80 words each in your voice
You need
ChatGPT · Gemini

Constraints

Requires an account with access to ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini. Materials needed: last 20 email subject lines + senders (no bodies), and one recent email you wrote as a voice reference. Consider removing sensitive personal info before pasting.

What they did

Author @tdesseyn designed a 10-minute AI-assisted inbox cleanup workflow during job searching: extract only subject lines and senders (no bodies) plus one sample email, then use a structured prompt to get AI sorting and drafting.

How it went

Author-reported (author_report) expectations: archive bucket usually larger than expected; AI hallucinations of names/dates require manual correction; send replies tonight rather than Monday. No specific success rate or A/B data provided.

Worth knowing

1) Privacy: subject lines and senders may still reveal job-search status, company names, etc. Users should judge redaction needs. 2) Limitation: this handles only the 'last 20' and does not solve long-term archiving or automation rules. 3) Author presents this as one 'sunday ai experiment,' not the only/best method. 4) Not tested by this site; actual results vary by model version and email content.

Steps

  1. Gather materials

    Open your inbox and copy the last 20 email subject lines and sender names/addresses (only these two fields, no bodies). Find one email you recently wrote and copy the full text as a voice reference.

  2. Paste into AI and run the prompt

    Open ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini, paste the copied materials, then send the following prompt in the same conversation.

    Execution prompt · Source text。ChatGPT / Claude / Gemini conversation input

    sort these into three buckets: reply today, reply this week, archive. one line on why for each. then draft the 2 replies that matter most for my job search, under 80 words each, in the same voice as the email i pasted. if you're missing something, ask me instead of guessing.

  3. Review AI output

    Check the AI's sorting and drafts. Pay special attention: if the AI fills in a name, date, or detail you didn't provide, that's a hallucination you must correct. The archive bucket is usually larger than expected.

  4. Send the key replies

    Send the two reviewed drafts. The author recommends sending them tonight rather than delaying until Monday morning when they compete with everyone else's emails.

Prompt you can copy

Setup guidance · Source text。Give to setup assistant to confirm user has materials ready and understands privacy risks

This block is the prompt. Ads are never placed here.

sort these into three buckets: reply today, reply this week, archive. one line on why for each. then draft the 2 replies that matter most for my job search, under 80 words each, in the same voice as the email i pasted. if you're missing something, ask me instead of guessing.

Use the prompt verbatim; do not rewrite. Double-check that the AI did not invent any details you didn't provide.

Source

求职季 10 分钟清邮箱：只贴 20 个主题和发件人 + 一封自己写的邮件，让 AI 分三档并按你的语气起草 2 封关键回复 · tdesseyn · X · 2026-10-25T15:02:18.000Z

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