A Make agent sorts email and drafts replies, never sends
Opeyemi, who runs many client projects at once, wrote up the Make scenario he uses on his own inbox. Every 15 minutes, a Make AI agent reads new email (skipping promotions and social), sorts each message into one of four priority levels, adds a Gmail label and writes a draft reply for the two most urgent levels. Where a fact is missing, like a date or price, the draft leaves a marked gap instead of making one up. Nothing is ever sent automatically: he reviews and sends each draft himself. He says sorting is right about 90% of the time on clear emails and less on very short replies.
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Help me set up a Make scenario for my Gmail. Every 15 minutes, take new unread emails that aren't from me and aren't promotions or social. Use a Make AI agent to sort each one as Urgent, Today, This week or FYI, using these examples: [2 OR 3 EXAMPLES PER LEVEL]. Add a Gmail label for the level. For Urgent and Today, create a draft reply in the same thread. Where a fact is missing, write [INSERT: what's needed] instead of guessing. Never send anything. Mark each email as processed so it isn't read twice, and explain each step in plain words.
Our own prompt, written from what the source describes. We haven't run it ourselves. Text in [BRACKETS] is what you replace.
Watch out for
- Keep the send step for yourself, as he does. A wrong auto-reply to a client costs more than the time saved.
- Every email the agent reads uses Make credits. Start with a few emails per run and check your monthly use.
- Add a label like ai-processed at the end of every path, or the same emails get picked up again and again.
Where this comes from
Original post by Opeyemi Emmanuel Matiluko on Medium, Oct 27, 2026. We rewrote it in our own words. The result is what the poster reports.
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