Recipe: Vacation Catchup

Process a large email backlog after vacation or extended absence. Prioritize ruthlessly, batch-archive noise, and surface only what truly needs attention.

Prerequisite: Read the use-spark base skill for command reference and filter syntax.

Access level required: triage.

Steps

Step 1: Assess the backlog

Count unread emails by category for the absence period. Adjust the time window to match how long the user was away:

spark emails Inbox --filter "category:priority is:unread newer_than:14d"
spark emails Inbox --filter "category:personal is:unread newer_than:14d"
spark emails Inbox --filter "category:invitation newer_than:14d"
spark emails Inbox --filter "category:notification is:unread newer_than:14d"