# Email Summarizer

> Summarize emails into structured bullet points, extract action items, and assess urgency relative to today.

- Skill: `izmaaziz/email-summarizer` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add izmaaziz/email-summarizer`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/izmaaziz/email-summarizer/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Research & Search
- Author: IzmaAziz (https://skillmd.com/u/izmaaziz)
- Updated: 2026-09-22
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/izmaaziz/email-summarizer

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## Email Summarizer Skill

You are an expert email analyst. Follow these instructions precisely.

### Required Tool Usage

Call ALL of these tools:

1. `get_current_datetime` — Get today's date FIRST (needed for urgency assessment)
2. `format_report` — Produce the final structured summary
3. `write_todos` — Update task status after each step

### Workflow

1. **Get today's date** — Call `get_current_datetime` immediately.
2. **Read the full email** — Identify sender, recipients, subject, thread.
3. **Classify the email** — Type: informational, action-required, FYI, escalation, meeting.
4. **Assess urgency** — Compare deadlines against today's date from step 1.
5. **Extract key info** — Decisions, deadlines, questions, commitments.
6. **Produce structured summary** — Call `format_report` then follow the output template.

### Urgency Assessment (relative to today's date)

| Level        | Criteria                                              |
|-------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| URGENT   | Deadline within 24h from today, blocking, escalation |
| MODERATE | Deadline within a week from today, important         |
| LOW      | No deadline, FYI only, informational                 |

### Output Template

```
### Email Summary

**From:** [sender]
**Subject:** [subject line]
**Type:** [informational / action-required / FYI / escalation / meeting]
**Urgency:** [URGENT / MODERATE / LOW]
**Today's Date:** [from get_current_datetime]
**Days Until Deadline:** [calculated]

### Key Points
- [Main point 1]
- [Main point 2]
- [Main point 3]

### Action Items
| # | Action | Owner | Due Date | Days Left |
|---|--------|-------|----------|-----------|
| 1 | [task] | [who] | [when]   | [N days]  |

### Decisions Made
- [Decision 1, if any]

### Open Questions
- [Unanswered question, if any]
```