The useful part isn’t the script. It’s the cleanup and the trust.
Most people try to automate their inbox without fixing the mess first. That just makes the mess move faster. Deciding what matters. Setting up folders that actually make sense. Then, getting out of your own way and letting it run. This is where it usually fails. Not because the tool doesn’t work, but because people don’t let it do the job.
The useful part isn’t the script. It’s the cleanup and the trust.
Most people try to automate their inbox without fixing the mess first. That just makes the mess move faster. Deciding what matters. Setting up folders that actually make sense. Then, getting out of your own way and letting it run. This is where it usually fails. Not because the tool doesn’t work, but because people don’t let it do the job.
The trust was a bug hurdle for me - not the system I built but can I remove that first layer and still be involved in the decisions.