WLIH/The Inbox
Recipe No.2 · The Inbox

Make your inbox
answer itself.

Your inbox and your DMs are a part-time job you never applied for. Here's how to hand most of it to AI, in your voice, so you get your mornings back. Tick what you automate and watch the hours add up.

You're getting back
0 hrs
a week
per year0 hrs

Each card is a recurring inbox job AI can take. Copy the prompt, fill the pink parts, paste it into Claude, and tick Hand it over. Teach it your voice once with the primer from The Swap and every reply sounds like you.

The handoff list
The big one
Draft my replies, in my voice
3 hrs
/wk

The handoff: Paste any message and get back a reply that sounds like you, not a bot. You read it, tweak a word, send.

Paste into Claude
Here's a message I got: [PASTE IT].
Write my reply in my voice: warm, clear, not stiff.
Match their energy, answer what they actually asked, and end with
a clear next step. Keep it short. Give me two versions.
Triage
Sort the chaos in 30 seconds
2 hrs
/wk

The handoff: Dump a screenshot or a list of unread messages and get a clean triage: who needs you now, who can wait, what to ignore.

Paste into Claude
Here's my inbox right now (paste or screenshot): [PASTE].
Sort it into three piles: Reply now, Reply later, Ignore.
For each "Reply now," give me a one-line draft so I can fire back fast.
Stop retyping
Your five saved replies
2 hrs
/wk

The handoff: The same five questions, answered once, beautifully, ready to paste. Build them, save them, never type them again.

Paste into Claude
These are the questions I get over and over: [LIST 5].
Write me a warm, on-brand saved reply for each, in my voice.
Short, kind, with a clear next step. Label each one so I can find it.
DMs
Turn your DMs into a system
2 hrs
/wk

The handoff: The "how much is it," the "do you have time," the "can you help with." Patterns, with kind replies ready, and a soft pitch where it fits.

Paste into Claude
Here are the DMs I get most: [LIST]. I sell [OFFER, price].
Write me a friendly reply for each that answers them and, where it
fits, points to my offer without being pushy. My voice, not a salesbot.
Get the yes
The follow-up that lands
1 hr
/wk

The handoff: The gentle nudge to people who went quiet. Warm, never needy, the kind that actually gets a reply.

Paste into Claude
I need to follow up with someone who went quiet about [CONTEXT].
Write me a short, warm nudge that doesn't sound desperate and gives
them an easy way to say yes or not now. Two versions, different tones.
The hard one
The kind no
1 hr
/wk

The handoff: The decline you keep avoiding, written so it's warm and final. Send it and close the loop instead of letting it sit.

Paste into Claude
I need to say no to this without burning the relationship: [CONTEXT].
Write me a kind, clear decline. Grateful, honest, no over-explaining,
no door left awkwardly open. My voice.
Your nine-dollar receipt ✨
0 hours
a week, back in your life
That's 0 hours a year. Imagine what you build with that instead of clearing an inbox.
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