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Email thread

Reduce a long email chain to its topic, decisions, and your next action.

Prompt 120 words

Summarize the supplied email thread in three concise bullets: main topic, key decisions, and what I need to do next.

Read the thread in time order. Separate the latest agreed decision from earlier proposals, quoted replies, and superseded plans. Combine repeated points. Keep names, dates, amounts, and dependencies that affect the next action.

If the thread does not identify me, describe the named owner's action instead of assuming it is mine. State when no decision or next action is recorded. Preserve unresolved disagreements and missing deadlines. Do not infer agreement from silence or turn a request into a completed task. Return only the three bullets. Use the supplied text; this prompt does not request inbox access or send a reply.

Example

Email thread with a superseded proposal and conditional agreement

Before 90 words

Monday, 09:00 — Pat: Can we run the customer import on Tuesday? We still need Lee's mapping check. Monday, 11:00 — Lee: Tuesday is too soon. I can finish the check by Wednesday at 15:00 UTC. Thursday would work if it passes. Monday, 14:00 — Pat: Agreed: Thursday only if the mapping check passes. Lee, post the result in the migration ticket by Wednesday at 15:00 UTC. If it fails, pause the import; we have not picked another date. Tuesday, 08:00 — Lee: Acknowledged. The check is still in progress.

After 46 words

- Topic: Customer import timing and mapping validation. - Decision: Thursday replaces Tuesday, conditional on a passing check. If it fails, pause; no alternative date agreed. - Next action: Lee posts the check result in the migration ticket by Wednesday, 15:00 UTC. Check still in progress.

Examples illustrate the method. They do not measure model output.

Files and sources

Adapted from pnp/copilot-prompts · Summarize This Email Thread. Source notes.