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)
text # 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 _____.” 
Top comments (1)
Wow! Super original idea and great post!
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