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Five Beginner setups pulled from AI Setups That Work. Each with the exact prompt from the site and a one-line how-to. Adapt bracketed fields; keep send, pay, and delete off until you approve.

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Setup 1

Morning inbox briefing and multi-inbox triage

How to run it: Pick a morning delivery time (sources often use ~6:45–7:00 a.m.).

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Every morning at [time], review my email, LinkedIn messages and calendar invites. Block or flag obvious spam and cold pitches using these rules: [rules]. Send me a short briefing of only the critical items needing my attention today, and ask me before deleting anything or replying on my behalf.

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Go through my inboxes at [email accounts] and sort messages into needs reply, FYI and junk, then draft replies for the ones that need me. Show me the drafts and do not send, cancel or delete anything until I approve each one.

Full walkthrough, sources, and snags: open the setup page.

Setup 2

Prep for meetings from the right email thread

How to run it: Connect email + calendar; prefer read-only scopes where offered.

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For my meeting with [person or topic] on [date], find the right email thread in my [Gmail] and summarize where things stand, with open items and what I should bring. Then cross-check my unread emails from the past [3] days against my calendar and flag any scheduling conflicts or requests that clash with existing events. Give me the results as one short list and don't reply to or send anything.

Full walkthrough, sources, and snags: open the setup page.

Setup 3

Track recurring software spend and idle charges

How to run it: Connect email; ask for 12 months of recurring charges in a table.

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Scan my connected [email and accounts] for receipts and renewal emails from the past [12] months for AI tools and software subscriptions. Give me a table with service, price, billing frequency, next renewal date, and flag any that overlap in function. Note which accounts you could not check, and do not cancel or change anything.

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Review my receipts and invoices from [email or folder] for the past [12 months] and find charges for services I'm not using. List each with monthly cost and total paid. For the top one, draft a polite message to [provider] asking for a refund or waiver, and show it to me before sending.

Full walkthrough, sources, and snags: open the setup page.

Setup 4

Weekly personal brief from calendar and inbox

How to run it: Pick a fixed time (e.g. Sunday evening) and connect calendar + personal mail read-only.

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Every [day] at [time], review my personal calendar for the next 7 days and scan my inbox at [email] for bills, renewals, and messages that still need a reply. Ignore newsletters and promotions using these rules: [rules]. Send me one short briefing with: appointments, money due, and reply-needed threads. Do not send email, pay anything, or delete mail until I approve each action.

Full walkthrough, sources, and snags: open the setup page.

Setup 5

Compare a big purchase with a saved research brief

How to run it: Write 3–5 decision criteria (budget, size, battery, warranty, etc.).

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I'm deciding on [product category] with a budget of [amount]. My must-haves are: [criteria list]. Research three strong options. For each, give price range, key specs, pros/cons against my criteria, and links to official specs plus two independent reviews. Put it in a comparison table. Do not tell me to "just buy" one. Highlight tradeoffs. Save the output to [doc or note title].

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Each month on the [day], re-check prices and whether a newer model replaced any of the three finalists in my [doc]. Append a short "what changed" section. Do not purchase anything.

Full walkthrough, sources, and snags: open the setup page.

Keep going

Work through these on the Start here path, or browse all beginner setups. Weekly email adds three more sourced workflows. Same format, linked sources.

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