Daily Email Digest: AI Reads Your Inbox So You Don't Have To
An AI agent connects to Gmail, categorizes emails by priority, suggests actions, and delivers a daily digest on autopilot — setup takes 3 minutes.
Your inbox, summarized daily
3 min
Setup time
100%
Emails categorized
45 min
Daily time saved
Before
Manually scanning your inbox every morning
- Opening 50+ emails to figure out what matters
- Missing urgent requests buried in newsletters
- No system for follow-ups or action items
- Starting every day reactive instead of proactive
After
AI-generated priority digest waiting at 9 AM
- Emails categorized by urgency automatically
- Suggested actions for every important message
- Daily schedule runs without you thinking about it
- Start the day knowing exactly what needs attention
What this solves
You wake up, open your inbox, and there are 47 unread emails. You start scrolling. Newsletters, CC chains, automated notifications, a Jira update from three days ago. Somewhere in there is the email from your biggest client asking about a deadline change, and the one from your co-founder about the board deck that’s due today.
By the time you’ve figured out what actually matters, 30 minutes are gone — and you haven’t done any real work yet.
The daily email digest fixes this. An AI agent reads your inbox before you do, categorizes everything by priority, tells you what needs a reply, and surfaces the messages that actually matter. You get a clean summary instead of a wall of unread threads.
How the agent works behind the scenes
When you ask for a digest, the foreground agent delegates to a background worker. That worker runs inside a secure E2B sandbox where your Google OAuth token is injected as an environment variable. It connects to the Gmail API, fetches your unread messages, analyzes their content, and categorizes them.
The result is injected back into your chat as a structured digest: high-priority items at the top, suggested actions next to each one, and a summary of everything else you can safely ignore.
The entire process runs in isolation. Your credentials never leave the server. The sandbox is destroyed after each run.
The schedule changes everything
A one-time digest is useful. A daily schedule is transformative.
Once you tell the agent to run this every morning at 9 AM, it creates a cron job on LikeClaw’s infrastructure. Every day, before you even open the app, your digest is already waiting. No manual trigger needed.
This is the difference between a tool you remember to use and a system that works for you automatically. If you’re already using LikeClaw for task automation or product monitoring, the daily digest fits right into the same workflow — same platform, same sandbox, same transparent pricing.
Watch the full demo
The video above walks through the entire flow in under 3 minutes: logging in, connecting Google, requesting a digest, reviewing the results, and scheduling it daily. Everything you see runs on production — no mock data, no scripted responses.
How it works
- 1
Connect Google via OAuth
One click to authorize Gmail access. Your credentials are encrypted and never stored in plaintext. The connection runs through an isolated sandbox.
- 2
Ask for a digest
Tell the agent: 'Give me a digest of my important unread emails from the last 24 hours. Categorize by priority and suggest actions.' It handles the rest.
- 3
Schedule it daily
Say 'Set this up as a daily schedule at 9 AM every morning.' The agent creates a cron job. Tomorrow's digest runs automatically.
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Questions about the daily email digest
Does the agent read all my emails?
The agent accesses your Gmail via the API using your OAuth token. It fetches unread messages, reads their content to categorize them, and summarizes the results. All of this happens inside an isolated E2B sandbox that's destroyed after each run. Your data never leaves the sandbox and is never used for training.
How long does the digest take to generate?
Usually 45-90 seconds. The agent delegates email processing to a background worker running in a secure sandbox. You'll see the results appear in your chat once it's done.
Can I customize what counts as 'important'?
Yes. You can tell the agent your priority rules in natural language — VIP senders, specific keywords, project labels. Or just let it categorize based on standard signals like sender frequency, urgency cues, and whether a reply is expected.
What if I use Outlook instead of Gmail?
Outlook support is available through the same OAuth connection flow. Connect your Microsoft account in settings, and the same digest workflow applies.
Is the daily schedule reliable?
Schedules run on LikeClaw's infrastructure using cron jobs. They're as reliable as any server-side scheduled task. You can view, edit, or delete your schedules from the app at any time.