Looking for a Local-First Gmail Automation Solution
MaximumSafety8706 · reddit · 2026-07-18
The poster is looking for a local-first Gmail automation solution, aiming to avoid handing over mailbox permissions to cloud-based AI agents (including Claude connectors).
Desired features include:
- Cleaning up old emails
- Summarizing newsletters and important emails
- Determining which emails need replies
- Categorizing notifications with TTL / auto-expiry rules
- Downloading only genuinely relevant attachments
Additionally, they noted that Claude Code / agents seem to burn through tokens incredibly fast in Gmail-heavy workflows: while using Opus 4.6, a single session exhausted the token budget in about 20 minutes. They are wondering if this is normal or if their workflow is inefficient.
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