Pre-Filled Template
Microsoft Outlook AI Email Assistant with contact support from Monday and Airtable.json
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"content": "## Outlook Business with filters\nFilters:\n```\nflag/flagStatus eq 'notFlagged' and not categories/any()\n```\n\nThese filters ensure we do not process flagged emails or email that already have a category set."
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"content": "## Sanitise Email \nRemoves HTML and useless information in preparation for the AI Agent"
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"content": "## Get Rules & Categories\nEdit the airtables to set your own categories, rules, contacts and/or delete rules. "
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"text": "=Categorise the following email:\n<email>\n{{ $('Loop Over Items').item.json.toJsonString() }}\n</email>\n\n<Contact>\n{{ $('Contact').all().toJsonString() }}\n</Contact>\n\n<DeleteRules>\n{{ $('Delete Rules').all().toJsonString() }}\n</DeleteRules>\n\n<Categories>\n{{ $('Categories').all().toJsonString() }}\n</Categories>\n\nEnsure your final output is valid JSON with no additional text or token in the following format:\n\n{\n \"subject\": \"SUBJECT_LINE\",1\n \"category\": \"CATEGORY\",\n \"subCategory\": \"SUBCATEGORY\", //use sparingly\n \"analysis\": \"ANALYSIS_REASONING\"\n}\n\nRemember you can only use ONE of the following category 'Name' values from the 'Categories' defined above. No other categories can be used. Use the subcategory for additional context, for example, if a client email requires action or if a supplier email requires action. Do not create any additional subcategories; you can only use ONE of the category 'Name' values from the 'Categories' defined above.",
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"content": "## CRM Contact List Integration \nFor this workflow I am retrieving supplier & client contacts from Monday.com the email assistant has better context to categorise, prioritise and reply to emails.\nThe list is updated daily or you can change the scheduler trigger to update more or less frequently.\nYou could replace this with your own CRM."
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