Mark Smith
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Dream or reality?
This post was originally published in 2024. Some details may have changed since then.
Imagine having all your email responses automatically drafted for you, placed in a DRAFTS folder, and ready for review. Dream or reality?
When it comes to email, how sick are you with friction?
I have searched for tools to make email as friction-free as possible for months.
I live in Outlook when it comes to email and hoped that with Copilot, I would start having all my email responses drafted for me and placed in the DRAFTS folder for me to review before sending.
I did a market scan to see if any startups were tackling this problem. I found many old companies, like Microsoft, jumping on the AI bandwagon and adding AI to their email products - but in the most lack last later way.
In many cases, adding more friction forces me to think.
Yesterday, I opened my ChatGPT 4o and started a conversation with Sky, and she blew my mind; I asked her if I could make my email more friction-free and automatically draft a response to all emails sent to me, placing the draft response in my drafts folder ready for my approval. She said sure and asked me a range of questions to build a working solution for me. Questions like what automation tool I wanted to use, Power Automate or Zapper. I said I use Windows 11 and have Power Automate Desktop installed. From there, she provided detailed step-by-step instructions on how to configure a flow between my email account and the OpenAI API that, once authenticated, would do just as requested.
So, let's see how it works over the coming week as I test it.
Get in touch to find out how I can help.
Mark Smith
Principal AI Strategist · Microsoft MVP
Helping people build practical AI skill in the Intelligence Age.
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