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# Triage a busy inbox into reply, read later and ignore

A morning pass over your mail, with drafts ready for the easy ones.

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Opens BotBento. Paste the prompt into a bot; nothing is preconfigured.

- On a scheduleEvery morning
- ThenSorts unread mail
- ResultDrafts you can edit

Have a bot sort incoming mail into a few buckets and draft short replies for the simple ones. Nothing is sent until you approve it.

## Prompt to start with

BotBentoRecommended

```
Every morning, look at unread email from the last day. Group it into needs my reply, read later and newsletters. For needs my reply, draft a short answer I can edit. Never send or delete anything.
```

CopyHermes AgentSetup sketch

```
Every morning, look at unread email from the last day. Group it into needs my reply, read later and newsletters. For needs my reply, draft a short answer I can edit. Never send or delete anything.
```

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Hermes Agent's messaging gateway lists email among its supported channels. [Docs ](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/messaging/)

## Tools it uses

EmailCalendar

## Works with

BotBentoHermes Agent

## Tags

- email
- inbox
- triage

## Source

[Show HN: Inbox Zero – open-source email assistant](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38809770)
Hacker News · checked 2026-10-14

Summarized in our own words. Any results described there are the authors’ own, not measured by BotBento.

By BotBento Editorial · Added 2026-10-14 · Updated 2026-10-14 · [Suggest a correction](/contact/)

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