Email Classifier

claude-office-skills/email classifier

Automatically categorize emails by type, priority, and required action

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Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository

npx skills add https://github.com/claude-office-skills/skills --skill Email Classifier

The instruction itself

25 sections, as written by the author

Email Classifier

Automatically categorize and prioritize emails to help manage inbox overload.

Overview

This skill helps you:

Classify emails by category and type
Determine priority and urgency
Identify required actions
Filter out low-value emails
Organize for efficient processing

Classification Categories

Primary Categories

| Category | Description | Examples |

|----------|-------------|----------|

| Action Required | Needs your response/action | Requests, approvals, questions |

| FYI | Informational, no action needed | Updates, announcements, reports |

| Waiting | You're waiting for others | Follow-ups, pending responses |

| Delegated | Forward to someone else | Wrong recipient, team matters |

| Archive | Keep but no action | Confirmations, receipts |

| Delete | Low value, can remove | Spam, irrelevant promos |

Email Types

| Type | Description |

|------|-------------|

| Meeting | Invites, updates, cancellations |

| Task/Request | Someone asking you to do something |

| Question | Needs your answer |

| Update/Report | Status updates, progress reports |

| Approval | Needs your sign-off |

| Newsletter | Subscribed content |

| Marketing | Promotional content |

| Alert/Notification | System alerts, notifications |

| Personal | Non-work related |

| Spam/Phishing | Unwanted or suspicious |

Priority Levels

| Priority | Response Time | Indicators |

|----------|---------------|------------|

| 🔴 Urgent | Within hours | Deadline today, executive request, blocking issue |

| 🟠 High | Within 24h | Important client, time-sensitive, direct request |

| 🟡 Normal | Within week | Standard requests, routine matters |

| 🟢 Low | When convenient | FYI, newsletters, non-urgent updates |

How to Use

Single Email Classification

"Classify this email: [paste email content]"

Batch Classification

"Classify these emails and organize by priority:
1. [Email 1]
2. [Email 2]
3. [Email 3]"

With Rules

"Classify my emails. Treat anything from @client.com as high priority"

Output Format

Single Email

## Email Classification

**From**: [email protected]
**Subject**: Q1 Budget Approval Needed

| Attribute | Value |
|-----------|-------|
| **Category** | Action Required |
| **Type** | Approval |
| **Priority** | 🔴 Urgent |
| **Deadline** | EOD Friday |
| **Sender Importance** | High (CFO) |

### Recommended Action
Review attached budget and approve/reject by Friday EOD.

### Suggested Response Time
Within 4 hours

### Labels/Tags
`finance`, `approval`, `q1-budget`, `executive`

Batch Results

## Email Classification Results

**Total Emails**: 15
**Processing Date**: 2026-01-29

### Summary
| Category | Count | % |
|----------|-------|---|
| Action Required | 4 | 27% |
| FYI | 6 | 40% |
| Delete/Spam | 3 | 20% |
| Waiting | 2 | 13% |

### 🔴 Urgent (2)
1. **[Subject]** from [Sender] - [Action needed]
2. **[Subject]** from [Sender] - [Action needed]

### 🟠 High Priority (3)
1. **[Subject]** from [Sender] - [Type]
2. ...

### 🟡 Normal (5)
1. ...

### 🟢 Low/FYI (5)
1. ...

Custom Rules

Define Your Rules

## My Email Rules

### VIP Senders (Always High Priority)
- CEO, CFO, CTO
- Direct manager
- Key clients: @bigclient.com

### Auto-Archive
- Newsletters (unless from [specific])
- Automated reports (after reading)
- CC-only emails (if no @mention)

### Auto-Delegate
- IT support requests → it-team@
- HR questions → hr@

### Red Flags (Mark Urgent)
- "URGENT" in subject
- Legal/compliance mentions
- Customer complaints

Spam/Phishing Detection

Warning Signs

## Suspicious Email Indicators

**Risk Level**: 🔴 High / 🟠 Medium / 🟢 Low

### Red Flags Detected
- [ ] Sender domain doesn't match display name
- [ ] Urgency pressure tactics
- [ ] Request for credentials/personal info
- [ ] Suspicious links (hover to check)
- [ ] Unexpected attachments
- [ ] Grammar/spelling errors
- [ ] Generic greeting ("Dear Customer")

### Recommendation
[Do not click links / Report as phishing / Safe to proceed]

Workflow Suggestions

Processing Order

## Recommended Processing Order

### Morning (30 min)
1. 🔴 Urgent emails first (2 emails, ~10 min)
2. 🟠 High priority (3 emails, ~15 min)
3. Quick wins under 2 min (5 emails, ~5 min)

### Batch Later
- 🟡 Normal priority - schedule 1 hour block
- 🟢 Newsletters - end of day or weekend

### Delegate Now
- Forward [Email X] to [Person] for handling

Suggested Folder Structure

📁 Inbox
├── 📁 Action Required
│   ├── 📁 Today
│   ├── 📁 This Week
│   └── 📁 Waiting For Response
├── 📁 FYI / Read
├── 📁 Reference
│   ├── 📁 Projects
│   ├── 📁 Clients
│   └── 📁 Receipts
└── 📁 Newsletters

Integration Ideas

Calendar Integration

Meeting emails → Check/update calendar
Deadline mentions → Create calendar reminder

Task Integration

Action items → Create tasks
Follow-ups → Set reminder

CRM Integration

Client emails → Log in CRM
Lead inquiries → Create lead record

Limitations

Cannot access email accounts directly
Classification is based on content provided
May miss context from email threads
Cannot guarantee phishing detection
Personal judgment needed for edge cases

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take claude-office-skills/email classifier from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.