Email Thread Reducer
Reduce an email thread to a chronological decision and action record.
Get a deduplicated timeline, current commitments and unresolved questions.
Free · 2 KB · SKILL.md, instructions and example files. Provide the thread with dates, participants and quoted-message boundaries.
A worked example
A small example to try before using your own data.
Input
Oct 14 09:00 Ana: Let us meet Tuesday. Oct 14 10:00 Ben: Tuesday is unavailable; Wednesday? Oct 14 11:00 Ana: Wednesday works. I will send the invite. [quoted copy of 09:00 message]
Expected result
Decision: meet Wednesday (11:00). Superseded proposal: Tuesday (09:00). Action: Ana sends the invite; no deadline stated. The quoted 09:00 message appears once.
What to check: Do not report Tuesday as the current meeting day or invent a due date for the invitation.
Limits: Relative dates need the thread’s calendar context; missing attachments and off-thread decisions remain outside scope.
Worked example included. Model-specific performance and vendor compatibility have not been benchmarked.
🧠 Why it works
Do not report Tuesday as the current meeting day or invent a due date for the invitation.
⚙️ How it works
- Separate original messages from quoted copies and sort by timestamp with timezone where known.
- Deduplicate repeated quoted content without dropping distinct replies.
- Track when a proposal is accepted, changed or superseded; preserve the latest supported decision.
- Extract actions with named owners and stated deadlines, keeping ambiguous commitments unresolved.
- Return a short timeline and current-state recap with message locators.
Description
Get a deduplicated timeline, current commitments and unresolved questions.
Provide the thread with dates, participants and quoted-message boundaries.
Limits: Relative dates need the thread’s calendar context; missing attachments and off-thread decisions remain outside scope.
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