Audit active subscriptions from email receipts with Gemini in Gmail
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A poster asked Gemini in Gmail to pull all their active subscriptions and say which were actually useful. The poster says it found Google One, Pokémon subscriptions, X Premium, Spotify, Claude Pro and more, and suggests doing it once a year.
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Pull all of my active subscriptions and tell me which ones are actually useful or not.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Find every active subscription in my email and help me decide which to keep. Fill in before running: - Email account (connected): [ACCOUNT] - How far back to look: [e.g. 12 months] - Services I know I want to keep: [LIST] Rules: - Search receipts and renewal notices; list each service with price, billing cycle and last charge date. - Mark ones that look duplicated or unused. - Don't cancel anything; give me the cancel link or steps for each. - Note any that renew soon. - If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me. - Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. - Cross-check the list against my bank statement for charges with no email receipt. Output: A subscription table with keep/review/cancel suggestions. You'll know it worked when: I know every recurring charge and which to cancel this month. Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Find every active subscription in my email and help me decide which to keep. Fill in before running: - Email account (connected): [ACCOUNT] - How far back to look: [e.g. 12 months] - Services I know I want to keep: [LIST] Rules: - Search receipts and renewal notices; list each service with price, billing cycle and last charge date. - Mark ones that look duplicated or unused. - Don't cancel anything; give me the cancel link or steps for each. - Note any that renew soon. - If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me. - Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. - Cross-check the list against my bank statement for charges with no email receipt. Output: A subscription table with keep/review/cancel suggestions. You'll know it worked when: I know every recurring charge and which to cancel this month. Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.
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https://x.com/cylim87/status/2090444517812175100
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