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Inbox De-clutter

Stop reading newsletters. Get one daily digest summarising the substance of every subscription, then archive the originals.

Productivityeasy~15m setup
Tools
gmail
Channels
telegram
Uses
cron

Newsletters are the most common reason inboxes feel out of control — they arrive constantly, individually low-value, but skipping them feels like missing something. Replace the read-or-archive guilt with a single daily digest.

What it does

  • Runs daily at a time you choose
  • Scans the last 24h of mail in a designated Newsletters label
  • Summarises each newsletter in 2–3 sentences
  • Highlights anything that calls for action (events, deadlines, replies)
  • Archives originals after summarisation
  • Delivers the digest to Telegram

What you'll need

  • Gmail integration — read + archive permission
  • A Gmail filter that routes newsletters to a Newsletters label
  • Telegram channel for delivery
  • Cron

Setup

1. Funnel newsletters into a label

In Gmail, create a label called Newsletters and set up filters:

  • from: for known senders
  • unsubscribe keyword in body
  • list-id: header present

Anything matching gets the label automatically.

2. Tell Flowly to digest the label

Send to Flowly
Every weekday at 6:30 PM: 1. List all messages in my Gmail "Newsletters" label received in the last 24 hours 2. For each message, write a 2-3 sentence summary capturing the substance (skip pleasantries, sponsorships, generic intros) 3. Flag anything that needs action — events with dates, surveys, replies expected 4. Group the summaries by source (sender or publication name) 5. Archive every newsletter you summarised 6. Send the digest to my Telegram. Lead with the action-needed items. If a digest would exceed 600 words, pick the 10 most relevant and tell me how many you skipped.

Tips

  • First week, audit the filters. If important emails get the Newsletters label by accident, they'll be summarised and archived. Spend a week reviewing what landed in there.
  • Tune the senders list. After a few weeks you'll know which newsletters consistently produce nothing useful. Add unsubscribe to the prompt: "if a sender's last 3 newsletters had nothing actionable, ask me whether to unsubscribe."
  • Archive vs delete. Archiving keeps a searchable trail; deleting loses it forever. Default to archive — Gmail storage is cheap, recovery isn't.
  • Add a weekly summary. A Sunday cron that summarises the previous week's digests catches patterns daily reads miss.