Inbox Zero Workflow

An opinionated triage loop that gets a buried inbox to zero in about twenty minutes.

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About this skill

The Inbox Zero Workflow is the free, opinionated process that gets you unstuck. It walks you through your inbox in a single pass with one rule per message: do it now, defer it with a date, delegate it, or delete it.

It removes the part that stalls everyone — re-reading the same email five times — by forcing a decision each time and giving you the two-line reply or the task to capture it. Twenty focused minutes and the backlog is gone.

It pairs naturally with the Email Triage Agent once you want the sorting automated, but on its own it costs nothing and works today.

Best for anyone staring at four figures of unread mail who just needs a way in.

SKILL.md preview

---
name: Inbox Zero Workflow
description: "An opinionated triage loop that gets a buried inbox to zero in about twenty minutes."
version: 1.0.0
category: Productivity
author: AgentVolt
license: proprietary
tags:
  - free
  - productivity
  - email
  - inbox
  - workflow
---

# Inbox Zero Workflow

An opinionated triage loop that gets a buried inbox to zero in about twenty minutes.

## Overview

The Inbox Zero Workflow is the free, opinionated process that gets you unstuck. It walks you through your inbox in a single pass with one rule per message: do it now, defer it with a date, delegate it, or delete it.

It removes the part that stalls everyone — re-reading the same email five times — by forcing a decision each time and giving you the two-line reply or the task to capture it. Twenty focused minutes and the backlog is gone.

It pairs naturally with the Email Triage Agent once you want the sorting automated, but on its own it costs nothing and works today.

Best for anyone staring at four figures of unread mail who just needs a way in.

## How to use

1. Unzip the skill into your agent's skills directory.
2. Reference it by name (`Inbox Zero Workflow`) when prompting your agent.
3. The skill loads its instructions, prompt patterns, and any
   supporting files automatically — no extra setup.

## Works with

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