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Productivity · Inbox
Inbox triage
RecommendedPower-user setup with Superhuman
Superhuman handles the keyboard speed, Claude drafts replies in your voice, Granola backfills meeting notes so emails never re-ask the question.
· 4 months ago
PRODUCTIVITYBEGINNERBeginnerFrom $18/mo
The stack
Splits + snippets + scheduled send + AI compose. Everything is a hotkey.
$30/mo Starter · $40/mo Business
Claude
Reply drafts
Better tone-matching than the built-in AI; you paste in your last 5 replies for voice.
Free · $20/mo Pro · $100/mo Max 5x · $200/mo Max 20x · Sonnet API $2/$10 per M tokens (input/output)Alts: ChatGPT
Real monthly cost
small
$18/mo
1 inbox
- gmail$6 Workspace
- superhuman$25 (annual: $25)
- claude$0 free tier
- + avg-$13
medium
$51/mo
1 inbox + assistant
- gmail$6
- superhuman$25
- claude$20
heavy
$120/mo
EA + 3 inboxes
- gmail$36
- superhuman$75
- claude$20
- + misc-$11
Workflow
- 1SplitsSuperhuman
Superhuman: VIP / Newsletters / Action. Triage in that order daily.
- 2DraftsClaude
Claude in a side window. Paste the email + 3 of your past replies; ask for a draft.
Prompt · Reply draft in your voiceDraft a reply to this email in my voice. Email I received: """ {{paste email}} """ 3 of my recent replies (for voice anchoring): """ {{paste 3 replies}} """ Intent: {{e.g. "decline politely", "say yes and propose Tue 2pm", "ask one clarifying question"}}. Constraints: - Length: same length as my voice samples, no longer. - Open without "Thanks for reaching out" or "I hope you're well". - One specific reference to something they said. - One clear next step. - Sign off the way I sign off in the samples. Output the reply only. - 3Schedule sendsSuperhuman
Send between 7–9am local. Reply rates jump.
What it produced
Solo founder, 220 emails/day
From 90 min/day on email to 35 min/day. 0 inbox-zero panic days in the last 3 months.
Common pitfalls
Auto-replies sound generic
Don't ship Claude's first draft. Always one human pass.
Snippet sprawl
Cap snippets at 30. Past that you can't find them anyway.
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