Always-on agent: Gmail triage + 8am email briefing
Part of a 15-cron home setup. It triages Gmail every hour (labels actionable items, archives noise) and emails a daily briefing with weather, calendar, system stats and tasks.
- Level Intermediate
- Setup1–3 hrs (estimated)
- Evidence Some evidence
- CostNot stated in source
- No-codeNo
What this is
A real workflow someone ran with an AI agent. Copy the prompt into your agent, connect the listed tools, and it runs for you.
- Copy the prompt below.
- Paste it into your agent (we recommend Grok Bot) and connect the tools listed: whatever the prompt mentions.
- Run it once, check the result, then put it on a schedule if it repeats.
What you get
Part of a 15-cron home setup. It triages Gmail every hour (labels actionable items, archives noise) and emails a daily briefing with weather, calendar, system stats and tasks.
The prompt
Cleaned version rewritten from the source — not a direct quote.
Hourly: scan my inbox, label anything actionable, archive noise. Daily 8am: email me a briefing with weather, both our calendars, system stats, and yesterday's task activity.
Recommended
Try it in Grok Bot
- Copy the prompt (button below).
- Open Grok Bot chat and paste it. Replace any [bracketed] placeholders.
- Connect the listed tools (as needed) as connectors when Grok Bot asks.
- If the task repeats, ask: “Make this a daily routine.”
Alternatives: the same prompt works in OpenClaw, Claude, ChatGPT Agent.
Set it up
Tools: — · Stack: OpenClaw ('Reef')
- Read the original source for full context.
- Connect the tools your agent needs.
- Paste the prompt and replace [bracketed] placeholders.
- Run once manually and check the output before scheduling it.
Generic suggested steps, not from the source.
Pitfalls & reliability
- Detailed personal write-up listing all 15 jobs and 24 scripts.
Evidence
Detailed personal write-up listing all 15 jobs and 24 scripts. Marketing check: PASS: individual blog (Nathan Broadbent). Duplicate check vs agentusecases.ai: POSSIBLE DUPE: run-claude-on-a-cronjob-for-morning-briefings-and-email-task, automate-freelance-admin-with-a-morning-briefing-agent
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