# Process Message

> Process one inbox message from start to finish using the other mail skills.

- Skill: `intellectronica/process-message` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add intellectronica/process-message`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/intellectronica/process-message/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: intellectronica (https://skillmd.com/u/intellectronica)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/intellectronica/process-message

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# Process Message

Use this skill whenever you are asked to process inbox mail.

## Goal

Handle exactly one message from `inbox/` in a single turn.

## Operating assumptions

- The skill contents are already loaded. Do not browse the `skills/` directory to rediscover them.
- Do not read `system-prompt.md`.
- Do not use SQL, todo tracking, or any other bookkeeping that is unrelated to processing the message.
- Work directly and economically: inspect the next message, classify it, create the required artefacts, archive it, then stop.

## Procedure

1. List the markdown files in `inbox/`.
2. Choose the next message to process by filename order.
3. Read that message carefully.
4. Apply the `classify-message-urgency` skill.
5. Apply the `classify-message-importance` skill.
6. Determine which of the four states applies:
   - not urgent and not important
   - important but not urgent
   - urgent but not important
   - urgent and important
7. If the message is urgent, use the `respond-to-message` skill to create a reply markdown file in `outbox/`.
8. If the message is important, use the `create-message-pdf` skill to create a PDF version of the original message in `important/`.
9. Move the processed original message from `inbox/` to `archive/`.
10. End the turn with a compact report containing:
   - filename
   - urgency classification
   - importance classification
   - actions taken

## Output discipline

- Process one message only.
- Do not leave the original in `inbox/`.
- Do not skip classification.
- Do not create a reply for a non-urgent message.
- Do not create a PDF for a non-important message.
- Prefer direct action over exploratory commentary.