jezweb Score Importance
Purpose
inbox_add accepts an importance field — high, medium, or low. Without consistency, what one routine calls "high" another calls "medium" and the user stops trusting the field.
This skill defines what each level means so all your routines agree.
Definitions
high
Action is needed within the day. If the user ignores it, something will break or get worse.
Examples:
- Backup failed. Quota exceeded. Auth expired on a connector the user relies on.
- A new high-value lead replied; a hot conversation needs follow-up by EOD.
- Cost overrun on a paid integration.
- Security signal: unfamiliar login, unusual API rate.
medium
Action is helpful within the week. Not blocking, but skipping has a cost.
Examples:
- Stuck items (tickets, leads, drafts) older than the user's threshold.
- A meeting summary the user might want to skim before tomorrow.
- A summary of activity the user usually checks daily but missed today.
- A trend (search volume, engagement) worth knowing about.
low
FYI. Skipping has no cost. The user is happy to know but won't act.
Examples:
- A YouTube/article summary; "the X talk you bookmarked is now public".
- Counters: "you sent 14 messages today, your average is 11".
- Routine status: "all 12 sites checked, all healthy" (when the user wants to see proof of work).
Heuristics
| Signal | Suggests |
|---|---|
| Time-bound (deadline, expiry) | high |
| Money-bound (cost, revenue) | high or medium |
| Failure / regression | high |
| Volume / count change | medium or low |
| New content (article, video, message) | low (unless from a key relationship) |
| "Should I look at this?" — user-paced | medium or low |
Confidence
Pair importance with confidence (0..1). High confidence + medium importance is more actionable than low confidence + high importance. If you're not sure something matters, lean low + add a reasoning line so the user can confirm.
Anti-patterns
- Don't mark routine work
highto get the user's attention. The user disables routines that cry wolf. - Don't use
lowfor things you secretly think arehigh— that's still crying wolf, just inverted. - Don't fill
importanceif you genuinely don't know. Leave it null and let the user filter.