AI Email Triage — Focus on What Matters

Emil sorts every incoming email by priority and urgency, gives you one-line summaries, and drafts responses for routine messages. See your 10 most important emails instead of scrolling through 200.

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Why Use Emil as Your AI Email Triage

Priority Inbox on Steroids

Emil goes beyond Gmail's priority inbox. It understands your business context — who your investors are, which clients are high-value, what deadlines are approaching — and triages accordingly.

One-Line Summaries

Every email gets a one-line summary so you can scan your inbox in 30 seconds and decide what needs your attention right now versus later.

Auto-Archive Low Priority

Newsletters, notifications, marketing emails, and low-priority updates get summarized and archived. Available if you want them, but out of your way.

Urgency Detection

Emil detects urgency signals — deadlines mentioned, escalation language, VIP senders — and flags messages that need immediate attention, even outside your normal email hours.

AI Email Triage in Action

You ask:

Triage my inbox for today. What's the most important stuff?

Emil responds:

Here's your inbox triage for today (47 new emails): 🔴 Act Now (4 emails): 1. Board member requesting emergency call — governance issue 2. Largest client threatening to churn — wants a call with you personally 3. Stripe flagged unusual charge pattern — needs your authorization 4. Job offer to candidate expires today — needs your approval 🟡 Important Today (8 emails): 5. Investor update draft feedback from your co-founder 6. PR agency needs quote approval for TechCrunch article by 3 PM 7. New lead from YC partner referral — warm intro 8-12. [5 more with one-line summaries] 🟢 Can Wait (14 emails): Summarized and batched by category 📦 Archived (21 emails): Newsletters, notifications, promotions Draft responses ready for items 2, 4, and 6. Want me to show them?

You ask:

Set up email triage rules for me. Investors and clients are always high priority. Marketing emails always low.

Emil responds:

Got it. I've set up your triage rules: Always High Priority: • Emails from your investor list (Sarah Chen, Mark Thompson, James Rivera, +4 others) • Emails from client domains (@stripe.com, @notion.so, @linear.app, +12 others) • Emails containing 'urgent,' 'deadline,' 'overdue,' or 'escalation' • Emails from your lawyer, accountant, and co-founder Always Low Priority: • Marketing and promotional emails • Newsletter subscriptions (32 identified) • Automated notifications from tools • Social media alerts Medium Priority (default): • Everything else — I'll use context to sort within this tier I'll apply these rules starting tomorrow's briefing. You can adjust anytime by telling me to add or remove senders from any tier.

How It Works

1

Send an Email

Email emil@heyemil.com with your request. Attach files if needed.

2

Emil Handles It

Emil reads your email, analyzes context, and handles the task like an experienced executive assistant.

3

Get Your Answer

A detailed, personalized response arrives in your inbox. Reply to continue the conversation.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is this different from Gmail's priority inbox?

Gmail's priority inbox uses general signals like read frequency. Emil understands your specific business context — your investors, clients, deadlines, and current priorities — and triages with that knowledge.

Will I miss important emails?

No. Emil triages but never deletes. All emails remain accessible. Low-priority emails are summarized and archived, not discarded. You can always ask Emil to find any email.

Can I override Emil's triage decisions?

Absolutely. Mark any email as higher or lower priority and Emil learns from the correction. Over time, the triage gets more aligned with your preferences.

Does Emil work with email labels or folders?

Emil's triage is presented in your daily briefing email. It doesn't modify your Gmail labels or Outlook folders unless you explicitly grant that access and request it.

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Get Emil as Your AI Email Triage

Email emil@heyemil.com to get started. Get a quote for white-glove setup.

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