Email triage
What it is: Orbit sorts your inbox for you. Every incoming email gets classified and labeled, and you only get texted when something genuinely needs you. The inbox stays organized; your phone stays quiet.
Try it
Inbox triage is on. New email gets sorted under Orbit/ labels (To Respond, FYI, Newsletter, Notification, Invoice, Promotion) and I’ll only text you when something is genuinely urgent.
The labels
Every email gets exactly one:
| Label | What lands there |
|---|---|
| Orbit/To Respond | A human wrote to you and expects a reply |
| Orbit/FYI | Human-written, no reply needed |
| Orbit/Newsletter | Subscription content |
| Orbit/Notification | Automated tool and system mail |
| Orbit/Invoice | Bills, receipts, payment confirmations |
| Orbit/Promotion | Marketing |
All Orbit labels live under their own Orbit/ folder in Gmail, so they never mix with labels you manage yourself.
When Orbit texts you
Only for the emails you’d want to be interrupted for: a clear deadline or explicit ask, a reply you’re waiting on, a meeting coming up, or a sender you’ve told Orbit is important. Newsletters, notifications, and promotions never page you.
Want a one-time cleanup instead? Say “catch me up on my inbox” and Orbit does a single labeling pass over recent unread mail, then texts you a short list of what actually needs a reply.
What Orbit will never do
- Delete or trash mail — the capability isn’t even loaded.
- Archive anything unless you explicitly ask.
- Touch labels you created yourself.
What it needs
- Gmail connected.
- A verified number for the urgent texts.