Find an email from someone about a topic
Search your inbox in natural language — by sender, topic, time range, or any combination.
The prompt
Find the email from [PERSON] about [TOPIC].
Email search inside Gmail and Outlook is faster than scrolling but still requires the right keywords. alfred_ searches in natural language and ranks by relevance, not just keyword match.
What alfred_ does
- Parses the request to extract sender, topic, and time range cues
- Searches your connected inbox(es) using semantic understanding plus keyword matching
- Returns the most relevant 1-3 results with a one-line summary of each
- Offers to open, reply, summarize, or extract tasks from any result
Tips
- Combine attributes: “from anyone at Acme, last 2 weeks, about the renewal”
- Use approximate time: “last spring”, “before the holidays”, “around the kickoff”
- Follow up on the result: “Open the second one. Now draft a reply asking for the updated PDF.”
Related
Variations
- 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?
Best for
When you remember an email exists but can't find it through manual scrolling, especially across long threads or older mail.