Catch up on a long group-trip email thread with Gemini in Gmail
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Looped into a never-ending email thread about planning a weekend trip, Android Police's Ben Khalesi tapped Gemini's summary in Gmail instead of reading about 20 messages. He says it returned a neat recap: the Airbnb in Perth booked for July 12–14, who was handling groceries, the 9 am meeting point and a reminder to bring sunscreen.
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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: Summarize this long email thread into the decisions, who's doing what, and anything I still need to do. Fill in before running: - The thread: [OPEN IT / PASTE IT] - What I care about most: [dates, costs, my tasks] Rules: - List confirmed decisions separately from things still being discussed. - Give each task with the person responsible. - Include dates, times and places exactly as written in the emails. - Don't reply to anyone. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. Output: A short recap: decisions, who's doing what, meeting times, and my open to-dos. You'll know it worked when: I could join the plan without reading the whole thread.
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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: Summarize this long email thread into the decisions, who's doing what, and anything I still need to do. Fill in before running: - The thread: [OPEN IT / PASTE IT] - What I care about most: [dates, costs, my tasks] Rules: - List confirmed decisions separately from things still being discussed. - Give each task with the person responsible. - Include dates, times and places exactly as written in the emails. - Don't reply to anyone. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. Output: A short recap: decisions, who's doing what, meeting times, and my open to-dos. You'll know it worked when: I could join the plan without reading the whole thread.
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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: Summarize this long email thread into the decisions, who's doing what, and anything I still need to do. Fill in before running: - The thread: [OPEN IT / PASTE IT] - What I care about most: [dates, costs, my tasks] Rules: - List confirmed decisions separately from things still being discussed. - Give each task with the person responsible. - Include dates, times and places exactly as written in the emails. - Don't reply to anyone. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. - If two emails contradict each other, quote both and say which is newer. Output: A short recap: decisions, who's doing what, meeting times, and my open to-dos. You'll know it worked when: I could join the plan without reading the whole thread. 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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