Orchestrate email, todos and deadlines with an agent
The author uses an agent to manage email and track todos and deadlines across life and projects, after moving from OpenClaw to Claude Cowork. ·
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- What they did
- The author uses an agent as an orchestrator for life and projects: it manages email and tracks todos and deadlines. They tried OpenClaw for about a month six months ago, then decided the labs would build those features better and ported their work to Claude Cowork. They currently use OpenAI's dot for this.
- How it went
- The source gives no numbers or results. The author says the use cases could grow as the labs add integrations and as they come to trust the agent more.
- Worth knowing
- The author dropped a self-assembled OpenClaw setup for lab-built tools, expecting the labs to ship better versions of those features.
Try it yourself with Claude Cowork
Go through my inbox and calendar for the last [number] days and build a single list of todos and deadlines, grouped by [projects or areas of my life]. Flag anything due within [number] days and draft replies for emails that need an answer. Do not send any email or change calendar events without showing me first, and end with a prioritized list for this week.
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Source: HN · Nov 5, 2026
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