AI-Powered Email Inbox Manager with GPT-4, Gmail, and Slack Integration

Email Inbox Manager System

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Email Automation

AI-Powered Operations

Internal Productivity Tools

This workflow builds a fully automated AI-powered email categorization and response assistant. It intelligently processes, categorizes, labels, and drafts replies to incoming Gmail messages in real time using AI with zero manual involvement. Perfect for support, sales, finance, and internal operations.

Benefits

Automated Email Triage** – Every unread email is instantly read, analyzed, and classified

AI-Powered Categorization** – Uses GPT-4 to understand content and apply correct labels

Smart Response Generation** – Automatically drafts accurate replies based on category

Slack Notifications** – Instantly notifies your team about internal or sales-related messages

Seamless Gmail Integration** – Labels, drafts, and marks emails directly in your inbox

Custom Classification Rules** – Tailored to internal, support, sales, finance, and promotional needs

How It Works

Gmail Trigger:

Monitors Gmail inbox in real-time for new unread messages

Triggers the workflow every minute with no need for manual refresh

Smart Classification:

Feeds email body to AI-powered Text Classifier

Categories include: Internal, Customer Support, Promotions, Admin/Finance, and Sales Opportunity

Classification based on sender domain, keywords, and context

AI-Based Labeling:

Applies appropriate Gmail label based on classification result

Helps keep inbox clean, organized, and easily searchable

AI Reply Generation:

Specialized GPT-4 agents generate replies tailored to each category:

Internal:** Polished team replies

Customer Support:** Clear and professional customer responses

Promotions:** Summarizes and evaluates promotional value

Admin/Finance:** Extracts invoice/payment information

Sales Opportunity:** Drafts personalized replies and sales notifications

Auto-Drafting + Slack Alerts:

Replies are saved as Gmail drafts, ready for review or direct send

Sends Slack notifications for Internal or Sales Opportunities

Includes subject lines and quick message previews

Smart Decision-Making:

Promotional emails are evaluated with AI for usefulness

Only valuable offers are flagged or responded to

Automatically marks emails as read after processing

Business Use Cases

Customer Support Teams** – Automatically categorize and prep replies to client messages

Sales Reps** – Instantly receive drafted responses to new inquiries

Operations Managers** – Keep internal comms clear and responsive

Finance Departments** – Auto-extract and review payment/invoice messages

Founders** – Never miss an important email while your AI sorts and replies for you

Difficulty Level: Intermediate Estimated Build Time: 2–4 hours

Monthly Operating Cost: $20–80 (depending on OpenAI usage and Slack volume)

Required Setup Gmail Integration Set up Gmail OAuth2 connection Create labels: Internal, Customer Support, Promotions, Admin/Finance, Sales Opportunity OpenAI Integration Connect GPT-4 or GPT-4o account Configure role-based prompts for each email category Output structured response data (subject, body, notification) Slack Integration Set up Slack OAuth2 connection Configure target Slack channel

Notify team when important categories are triggered

System Architecture The workflow follows a powerful 6-stage automation:

Trigger – Poll Gmail for new unread emails

Classify – AI categorizes the email into the right bucket

Label – Applies Gmail label for search and visibility

Generate Reply – GPT-4 crafts draft email reply

Draft Email – Saves response in Gmail

Notify – Optional Slack message alerts for priority emails

Why This System Works Inbox Clarity – Keeps your inbox categorized and organized

Human Quality Replies – AI-generated messages sound professional and personalized

Time-Saving Automation – Handles support, sales, internal ops, and finance without touching your inbox

Multi-Agent Architecture – Each email type is handled by a specialized GPT-4 prompt

Real Time Reactions – From email receipt to Slack notification in under a minute