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Email

Draft a fresh email to someone 
Send an email to [PERSON] about [TOPIC].
  • "Send an email to Robert at Shepherd Ventures asking if we're still meeting today and where"
  • "Send an email to Seth about saying hello and ask if we have any SID exhibition code"
  • "Send an email to Peter from Acorai asking to reschedule to early next week"
  • "Help me draft an email"
  • "Draft me an email to the QA team about the launch slip"
  • "Send a quick note to Connor about the bug I just filed"
Create an inbox rule 
Any email from [SENDER OR DOMAIN] should go to the [FOLDER NAME] folder.
  • "Create a new move rule for outlook called Wework"
  • "Add a Gmail filter to automatically archive any reddit emails"
  • "All DMARC emails should be routed to the DMARC folder"
  • "Any email coming from fentonfinancial.com.au should go into the Respond Today folder"
  • "Emails from Jez are to go into the FYI folder"
  • "Whoever replied on 2026 PMF company related conversation should mark as VIP contacts"
Triage my inbox by importance 
Triage my inbox. Show me what needs my attention vs what can wait.
  • "Sort my unread by urgency."
  • "What's actually urgent in here?"
  • "Group my inbox into now / today / later / archive."
  • "What should I read first?"
Bulk delete or move emails 
Delete all emails from [SENDER OR DOMAIN].
  • "Delete all the reddit emails from my inbox"
  • "Remove all emails from haystack"
  • "Move all wework emails into the Wework folder"
  • "Any PDF Expert / Readdle emails, delete from the inbox"
  • "Move all of the emails titled '4 West 101st Street #53' into the folder of the same name"
  • "Cleanup all my emails by deleting marketing and promotional emails"
Draft a follow-up to a thread 
Draft a follow-up to my thread with [PERSON], polite, no pressure, just nudging for an update.
  • "Send a follow-up to that Acme thread, but make it warmer."
  • "Nudge John on our Q3 proposal, third follow-up, escalate slightly."
  • "Draft a follow-up to my thread with Sarah from last Tuesday."
  • "since this is not cold email. he knows me well so make it more warm email"
  • "Can you draft a response to Martynana's last email. Thanking her for meeting and let her know we'll prepare job description and a few tasks for her next week"
  • "Draft me a reply"
Find an email from someone about a topic 
Find the email from [PERSON] about [TOPIC].
  • "Where's that email from Sarah last week with the proposal?"
  • "Find emails from anyone at Acme this month."
  • "Pull up the thread about the Q3 budget."
  • "What was that email Dave sent about the contract?"
Send an intro using a saved template 
Send [TEMPLATE NAME] intro to [PERSON OR EMAIL]
  • "Send DeltaX intro email to changsup.moon@qcells.com"
  • "Send Raven intro to attached person"
  • "Send Zetic intro to this person"
  • "Send intro email to Jeff at Bosch"
  • "Send DeltaX intro to those 3 people, put changsup as To and the other two as CC"
  • "Use the Raven-RAM template for a personalized email to Chen Su, auto nudge on"
Save a new intro template 
Add a new [TEMPLATE NAME] intro template that includes the following context: [BODY]
  • "Can you add new Raven-RAM intro template that includes the following context?"
  • "Save this as my DeltaX intro template"
  • "Add a Zetic intro template, subject 'Quick intro', body below"
  • "Update the Raven display template, replace the second paragraph"
Summarize a thread 
Summarize my thread with [PERSON], what's the current ask, what's still open, and what did I last commit to?
  • "TL;DR my thread with the Acme team."
  • "What's the latest on the contract thread?"
  • "Summarize this email (when viewing a thread in Web Chat)"
  • "What is Peter from RK looking for me to do?"
  • "What do I owe or do we owe to Jordan from capital power"
  • "Resumo dos emails"
Who am I behind on replying to? 
Who am I behind on replying to?
  • "What emails am I dropping the ball on?"
  • "Show me threads where someone's waiting on me."
  • "Who haven't I gotten back to this week?"
  • "What replies do I owe right now?"
Set up a 5-folder triage system 
Prioritize my whole inbox into 5 folders: 1 - Urgent Action Required, 2 - Respond Today, 3 - Delegate, 4 - FYI Read Later, 5 - Junk Ignore.
  • "Are you able to prioritize the whole of the inbox and move the relevant emails into one of the 5 folders... 1 - Urgent Action required 2 - Respond today 3 - Delegate 4 - FYI read Later 5 - Junk Ignore"
  • "What do you suggest for sorting out my inbox"
  • "Set up the 5-folder triage system on my Outlook"
  • "Apply the urgent / respond / delegate / FYI / junk system to everything from this week"
Forward an email with added context 
Forward this to [PERSON] and add: [YOUR NOTE]
  • "Forward this email to Margaret and ask her to update the itinerary, one less night in Warsaw, Sunday in Narvil, one extra day in Krakow"
  • "I got a few amazon orders this morning, can you forward them to my wife"
  • "Forward this to Connor with 'thoughts?'"
  • "Forward the contract to legal and ask them to review by Friday"
Set an auto-reply or out-of-office 
Set an out-of-office reply from [START] to [END] saying: [MESSAGE]
  • "Set an automatic reply on my email from now to the end of my England trip next week"
  • "Any emails that ask for opening times, autoreply 'We open at 8am and close at 6pm every day.'"
  • "Turn off my OOO"
  • "End my auto-reply"
Pull tasks out of an email 
Pull all the tasks out of this email, anything I need to do or that I committed to.
  • "What did I just commit to in this thread?"
  • "Make tasks for everything Acme asked for."
  • "Convert this whole email into tasks for me."
  • "Make a task from this email"
  • "Rever emails e identificar tarefas que tenho de fazer"
Snooze an email until later 
Snooze this email until [TIME].
  • "Snooze this until Monday morning."
  • "Hide this from my inbox until tomorrow at 9am."
  • "Remind me about this email next week."
  • "Bring this back to the top of my inbox Friday afternoon."
Decline a meeting request 
Decline this meeting politely. Offer async over email instead.
  • "Say no to this but suggest we just handle it over Slack."
  • "Decline and offer Tuesday 2pm or Wednesday morning instead."
  • "Reply that I can't make it and don't need to reschedule."
  • "Push back on this meeting — we can handle it in writing."
Escalate an email thread to someone 
Escalate this to [PERSON]. Include the relevant context and what I need from them.
  • "Forward this to Dave with a quick summary."
  • "Loop in legal — explain the contract concern in one paragraph."
  • "Send this to my manager and tell her what I'd recommend."
  • "Pass this thread to Sarah, she's the right owner."
Unsubscribe from newsletters and noise 
Unsubscribe me from any newsletters I haven't opened in 30 days.
  • "Find me 10 things to unsubscribe from."
  • "Kill the marketing emails from companies I'm not buying from."
  • "Show me my biggest noise senders and let me unsubscribe in bulk."
  • "Clean up my newsletter subscriptions."
Draft a cold outreach email 
Draft a cold email to [PERSON] about [TOPIC].
  • "Write a cold intro to a VC about our Series A."
  • "Draft a cold email to the head of partnerships at Stripe."
  • "Reach out to Sarah Smith on LinkedIn — I want to interview her for a podcast."
  • "Cold outreach to a potential design partner for our beta."

Calendar

Add something to my calendar 
Schedule [EVENT] on [DATE/TIME] with [PERSON].
  • "Schedule a Zoom call on May 8th 6am PST with Dylan and Hart regarding the Raven discussion"
  • "Setup a meeting for us at 2pm PST for 90 mins. Include a Google Meet link."
  • "Send invite to Meti Basiri for 30 mins at 3pm"
  • "Put a meeting on my calendar tomorrow for football 3-4pm and include mom"
  • "Calendar 'stables 6pm on Monday'"
  • "Set a reminder on my calendar for tomorrow to look at the storage space on my Mac"
What's on my calendar? 
What's on my calendar?
  • "What's on my calendar today?"
  • "What's on my calendar tomorrow?"
  • "How is my calendar looking the next couple of days?"
  • "What's on my calendar for the rest of next month?"
  • "When's my touchpoint with Dinesh?"
  • "What's my schedule tomorrow?"
Find a time that works for everyone 
Find 30 minutes that works for me, [PERSON 1], and [PERSON 2] next week, afternoons preferred.
  • "When can the four of us meet for an hour before Friday?"
  • "Find me 30 min with Marc this week."
  • "Three options for a 1-hour call with Acme between Wednesday and Friday."
  • "Setup a meeting for us at 2 pm pst for 90 mins. Include a Google meets link in the invitation."
  • "Send invite to Meti Basiri for 30 mins at 3 pm"
  • "schedule zoom call on May 8th 6am PST with Dylan and Hart regarding raven discussion"
Move a meeting (no apology email) 
Move my [TIME] meeting to [NEW TIME].
  • "Move that to tomorrow at 8am"
  • "Push the 3pm to 4pm"
  • "Move the Dr Gurfien call to tomorrow at 10am"
  • "Shift my afternoon to tomorrow"
  • "Push my 1:1 with Marc by an hour"
Find time when multiple people are free 
Find a 30-minute window when [PERSON A], [PERSON B], and I are all free this week.
  • "When can the four of us meet next week for an hour?"
  • "Find me overlap between my calendar and Sarah's for tomorrow."
  • "What's the earliest hour Dave and I are both free?"
  • "Suggest three times next week the leadership team is all open."
Reschedule a meeting 
Move my [DAY] [TIME] meeting with [PERSON] to [NEW TIME], and apologize on my behalf.
  • "Push the 3pm to 4pm."
  • "Reschedule Friday's standup to next Monday morning, draft the apology."
  • "Move my 1:1 with Marc to later this week, give me three options."
  • "Move the Dr Gurfien call to tomorrow at 10 AM"
  • "Move that to tommorw at 8 am"
Block focus time on my calendar 
Block 2 hours tomorrow morning for deep work.
  • "Reserve 9-11am tomorrow as focus time."
  • "Block the rest of today for writing — set as busy."
  • "Find me two 90-minute focus blocks next week."
  • "Hold a 3-hour focus session Wednesday afternoon."
Prep me for a meeting 
Prep me for my [TIME] with [PERSON], who they are, what we last talked about, and anything I owe them.
  • "What should I know before the 3pm with Acme?"
  • "Brief me on John before our 1:1."
  • "Pull together everything you know about the Acme team."
  • "Prep me for my touchpoint with Dinesh"
  • "Can you write me a briefing on what's currently outstanding and been discussed based on all emails also include anything in last 3 months from Matt Davis"
Show me an end-of-day summary 
Give me an end-of-day summary.
  • "What happened today?"
  • "Wrap up my day — what did I do and what's open?"
  • "Brief me on what came in this afternoon I haven't seen yet."
  • "Summarize today and tell me what I should handle before I sign off."
Protect my mornings from meetings 
Don't let anyone book me before 11am on weekdays. Reply politely when they try.
  • "Block 8-11am on my calendar every weekday as focus time."
  • "Reject any meeting requests for mornings unless I say otherwise."
  • "Push all morning meeting requests to afternoon."
  • "Set a policy: no meetings before noon."
Audit my recurring meetings 
Audit my recurring meetings. Which ones should I kill?
  • "List all my standing meetings with their annual time cost."
  • "What recurring meetings haven't generated a decision in a month?"
  • "Find me 3 meetings to cancel this week."
  • "Which weekly meetings am I just sitting through?"

Tasks

Add a task to my list 
Add [TASK] to my todo list.
  • "Add 'apply to weights and biases' to my todo list"
  • "Add reach out to Ben Li's uncle as an item on my to do list"
  • "Add a task to call the dentist next Monday at 9am"
  • "Add to my task list: check cash flow and order pipelines"
  • "Task. Due date by 5pm today. Reminders at 12pm, 1pm, 3pm."
  • "Reminder, priority high, 'Nag Max Arad'"
What needs my attention? 
What needs my attention?
  • "Check my inbox"
  • "Show me my day"
  • "Wrap up my day"
  • "Hi, can I get a rundown please"
  • "What have people asked of me in the last 72hrs?"
  • "What's my first task this morning?"
  • "Yes, give me a summary of what's waiting for me"
What's on my list? 
What are my tasks?
  • "Tasks?"
  • "Todos?"
  • "Any important task today?"
  • "What's on my list today?"
  • "Show me my tasks for the week"
  • "What are the 3 overdue?"
  • "What tasks do I have for the Acme project?"
Remind me about something 
Remind me [WHEN] to [DO X].
  • "Remind me Friday to talk to Sam about saac bank account setup"
  • "Remind me in 28 days to evaluate if I want to cancel alfred_ or keep"
  • "Remind me at 3pm to call the dentist"
  • "Remind me tomorrow morning about the client deck"
  • "Every Monday at 9am, remind me to review the metrics"
What's overdue? 
What's overdue right now? Sort by how late.
  • "What did I commit to this week and not finish?"
  • "Show me everything overdue from [CLIENT]."
  • "What promises have I broken in the last 14 days?"
  • "What are the 3 overdue"
  • "What have people asked of me in the last 72hrs?"
Snooze a task until later 
Snooze this task until [TIME].
  • "Push this to next week."
  • "Hide this task until after the launch."
  • "Snooze until I hear back from Sarah."
  • "Move this to Q3 — not relevant right now."
Mark a task done and notify the person waiting 
Mark this done and tell [PERSON] it's sent.
  • "Done — let Sarah know."
  • "Close this task and email the client an update."
  • "Mark complete and Slack the team."
  • "Done; reply to the original thread saying it's handled."
Group my tasks by project or context 
Group my overdue tasks by project.
  • "Sort my tasks by which client they're for."
  • "Show me everything related to the launch."
  • "What tasks are tied to my 1:1 with Dinesh?"
  • "Bundle my tasks by context — phone calls, writing, meetings."
Break a big task into smaller steps 
Break this task down into smaller steps.
  • "Decompose 'launch the new pricing page' into 5-10 sub-tasks."
  • "What are the actual steps to do this?"
  • "Turn this into a checklist."
  • "Split this into a first step I can do in 15 minutes."

Notes

Make a new note 
Make a note called [NAME] about [TOPIC].
  • "Make a note called '2026 PMF' tracking all 10 companies in our pilot"
  • "Create a note for the Acme deal"
  • "Start a note for my Q3 planning"
  • "Make a note from this meeting"
Show me my note 
Show me my [NOTE NAME] note.
  • "Show me 2026 PMF note"
  • "What's in my Acme deal note?"
  • "Show me 10 PMF"
  • "Search my notes for anything about Q3"
  • "What notes do I have?"
Rename or clear a note 
Rename my [OLD NAME] note to [NEW NAME].
  • "Rename '2026 PMF update' to '2026 PMF'"
  • "Clear my Q3 planning note and start fresh"
  • "Delete my old Acme deal note"
  • "Archive the 2025 fundraising note"
Summarize my recent notes 
Summarize my notes from this week.
  • "What have I been writing about?"
  • "Pull the key points from my notes since Monday."
  • "Give me a recap of my notes from the Acme project."
  • "Summarize my meeting notes from this month."
Find what I wrote about a topic 
Find what I wrote about [TOPIC].
  • "What did I note about the pricing change?"
  • "Pull up everything I've written on the Q3 strategy."
  • "Where did I capture the feedback from the customer interviews?"
  • "Find my notes about Sarah's onboarding."

Kanban

Show me my board 
Show me my board.
  • "What's on my board?"
  • "Show me the Acme project board"
  • "What's in my backlog?"
  • "What's in progress?"
  • "What's in my Done column this week?"
Add a card to my board 
Add a card to my [COLUMN]: [TITLE]
  • "Add a card to backlog: 'Review the Q3 contract'"
  • "Add 'Ship the migration' to In Progress"
  • "New card on the Acme board: 'Schedule kickoff'"
  • "Add a high-priority card to Today: 'Finalize the deck'"
Move a card to a new column 
Move "[CARD TITLE]" to [COLUMN].
  • "Move 'Finalize the deck' to Done"
  • "Move card #3 to In Progress"
  • "Mark 'Ship migration' as done"
  • "Archive everything in Done from last week"
  • "Move all my Today cards to Tomorrow"

Cross-tool

Find a contact by description 
Who's my contact at [DESCRIPTION]?
  • "What was my old client who is located in Azusa?"
  • "Do I have any EPRI contact from my old emails?"
  • "Which VIP contacts do I have in industrial companies, Siemens, Honeywell, Schneider Electric?"
  • "Find the Pablo contact info"
  • "Can you remember who Peter from RK is based on this result?"
  • "What is Peter from RK looking for me to do?"
What do you know about [person]? 
What do you know about [PERSON]? Pull everything, recent threads, meetings, notes, and anything I asked you to remember about them.
  • "When did I last hear from [PERSON]?"
  • "Brief me on [PERSON], full context."
  • "What's my history with the Acme team?"
  • "Can you write me a briefing on what's currently outstanding and been discussed based on all emails also include anything in last 3 months from Matt Davis"
  • "What is Peter from RK looking for me to do?"
Schedule a meeting from an email thread 
Set up a meeting to discuss [THREAD/TOPIC], schedule it and email them.
  • "Next week's ARM meeting in calendar, add Zetic, and also send an email to Zetic about it"
  • "I need to setup a time to discuss the term sheet with Mike Schoenenberger at Enfinite"
  • "Setup a time to discuss the Wilhelm email, propose multiple slots Monday between 8am and 5:30pm"
  • "Send an email to Robert at Shepherd Ventures asking when we can sync, propose 3 times next week"
Track a topic in a running note 
Summarize any [TOPIC] activity from the last [TIME] and append to my [NOTE NAME] note.
  • "Last 10 days, summarize any activities that mentioned those 10 companies and append to my 2026 PMF note"
  • "Append a summary of this thread to the Acme deal note"
  • "Update my Q3 strategy note with anything from email this week"
  • "Add today's meeting summary to my Wilhelm note"
Teach alfred_ something to remember 
Remember that [FACT].
  • "Remember that Sarah prefers Loom videos over written updates."
  • "Remember I never take meetings before 9am."
  • "Remember the Acme renewal is due in October."
  • "Remember my dog's name is Murphy and he comes up sometimes."
  • "Forget what I told you about [thing]."
  • "you have golden rule. To for work email, BCC to personal email. In case no work email, personal email should go to To"
  • "Whoever replied on 2026 PMF company related conversation should mark as VIP contacts"
Run a recurring summary or check-in 
Every [CADENCE], summarize [TOPIC] and [DELIVER WHERE].
  • "Every day at 9am, summarize any activities that relate to those 10 PMF companies"
  • "Set my morning briefing to 6:30am"
  • "Every Monday morning, give me a status on the Acme deal"
  • "Every Friday at 5pm, summarize what got done this week"
  • "Pause the 2026 PMF digest"
Walk me through my morning 
Walk me through my morning routine.
  • "Get me started for the day."
  • "Brief, drafts, then my first meeting."
  • "Run my morning sequence."
  • "What should I do first this morning?"
Run my weekly review 
Run my weekly review.
  • "What happened this week and what's open?"
  • "Friday wrap-up — what did I accomplish and what slipped?"
  • "Walk me through my week and queue up Monday."
  • "Help me close the week cleanly."
What am I waiting on? 
What am I waiting on?
  • "Show me everything I'm blocked on."
  • "Who owes me a reply?"
  • "What deliverables haven't come back yet?"
  • "List my open loops."
Brief someone on a project state 
Brief [PERSON] on the [PROJECT] state.
  • "Compile a handoff doc for Sarah on the Q3 launch."
  • "What does Dave need to know to take over the Acme account?"
  • "Write a one-page brief on where we are with the redesign."
  • "Summarize everything about the migration for the new PM."
Turn a meeting into tasks 
Turn the notes from my last meeting into tasks.
  • "What did I commit to in the 3pm with Sarah?"
  • "Pull action items out of this meeting recap."
  • "Make tasks for everything we agreed in the leadership sync."
  • "Convert this meeting's notes into a checklist for the team."