The latest articles on DEV Community by gabe raeder (@raeder20). https://dev.to/raeder20 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3254169%2Fed88b529-b942-4247-b5a0-487f3ca7f839.jpg https://dev.to/raeder20 en gabe raeder Tue, 10 Jun 2025 01:59:28 +0000 https://dev.to/raeder20/inbox-zen-in-200-words-my-daily-focus-capsule-6jk https://dev.to/raeder20/inbox-zen-in-200-words-my-daily-focus-capsule-6jk <p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/runnerh">Runner H "AI Agent Prompting" Challenge</a></em></p> <h2> <img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fol9c6k45pd71ulnhndqa.jpg" alt="Image description" width="800" height="1733"> </h2> <p>title: "Inbox Zen in 200 Words — My Runner-H <strong>Daily Focus Capsule</strong> Agent"<br> published: true</p> <h2> tags: [runnerhchallenge, ai, productivity, gmail] </h2> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fyour-screenshot-cdn%2Fbanner.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fyour-screenshot-cdn%2Fbanner.png" alt="capsule-banner" width="800" height="400"></a></p> <blockquote> <p><strong>TL;DR</strong><br><br> One prompt + four tool-calls = a morning <em>and</em> evening digest that rescues you from inbox + calendar overload.<br><br> No new apps, no paid APIs—just Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Tasks you already have.</p> </blockquote> <h2> 🥵 The everyday pain </h2> <ul> <li>I open my laptop at 8 a.m. and spend <strong>15 + minutes</strong> digging through email, calendar, and to-dos before I even start real work. </li> <li>By 5 p.m. I’m not sure what actually got done—or what fires are waiting for tomorrow.</li> </ul> <h2> 🚀 What the <strong>Daily Focus Capsule</strong> delivers </h2> <div class="table-wrapper-paragraph"><table> <thead> <tr> <th>Time</th> <th>Capsule contents</th> <th>Sent to you as…</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>07:00</strong></td> <td>• top 5 unread + important emails<br>• today’s meetings<br>• tasks due in ≤ 3 days<br>• one-line pep talk</td> <td>Clean email titled <strong>“✨ Today Capsule — May 24”</strong> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>17:00</strong></td> <td>• emails you replied to today<br>• tasks you completed<br>• meetings attended + 1-line takeaway<br>• tasks left open (auto-rescheduled to tomorrow 3 p.m.)<br>• gratitude prompt</td> <td>Email titled <strong>“✅ Evening Capsule — May 24”</strong> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> <p>No scrolling, no tab-hopping—just read, breathe, go.</p> <h2> 🤖 The entire Runner-H prompt (copy ⟶ paste) </h2> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code> 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 &lt; 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 _____.” </code></pre> </div> devchallenge runnerhchallenge ai machinelearning