01 — VIP
02 — Action needed
09 — Read later
Turn Gmail into a smart, self-labelling inbox
A privacy-minded Apps Script that identifies VIP, action, money, meeting, travel, document, update, and read-later threads—then keeps organising every hour.
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Small scripts, smarter setups, and field-tested workflows for the work people repeat every day. Follow the guide yourself—or ask Chaitanya to set it up with you.
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01 — VIP
02 — Action needed
09 — Read later
A privacy-minded Apps Script that identifies VIP, action, money, meeting, travel, document, update, and read-later threads—then keeps organising every hour.
+orders
+news
+support
Use addresses such as yourname+orders@gmail.com and filters to identify exactly where mail came from without creating another inbox.
Intro
Need details
Gentle follow-up
Turn repeated introductions, document requests, payment reminders, and support replies into consistent Gmail templates.
09:30 triage
14:00 reply
17:30 close
A simple daily operating pattern: scan urgent messages, convert work into tasks, schedule replies, and close the inbox.
01 Operations
04 Delivery
99 Archive
A scalable folder map for operations, finance, sales, delivery, people, assets, and archive—with ownership built in.
Public links
External people
Old access
A repeatable Google Drive sharing review that focuses first on finance, contracts, people data, and departed collaborators.
New lead
Next action
Won / lost
A compact pipeline with owners, stages, next-action dates, values, and overdue highlighting—without buying a CRM too early.
TRIM
LOWER
Duplicate flag
Use a repeatable staging sheet to remove stray spaces, standardise casing, normalise phones, and flag duplicates before migration.
Encoding
Required keys
Row count
Catch delimiter, encoding, blank key, duplicate, and date-format problems before data enters a live system.
Scan
OCR
Verify
A clean OCR workflow for invoices, certificates, manuals, and old records, including spot-checking and sensible file names.
2026-08-15
Acme-CRM
Proposal-v03
Use date, client, project, document, and version in a predictable order so files remain understandable outside their folders.
Old name
Proposed name
No changes yet
Generate an old-name/new-name mapping first, inspect collisions, and only then perform a controlled batch rename.
SHA256 hash
Grouped matches
Human review
Hash files to identify true duplicates, export the groups, and review them manually before considering any removal.
00 Inbox
File it
Archive it
A single temporary intake folder plus a short daily review keeps Downloads and Desktop from becoming permanent storage.
HTTP 200
Redirect chain
Response time
Use a lightweight header request to see status, redirects, server timing, and cache information during a quick incident check.
Issued to
Issuer
Not after
Inspect the live TLS certificate and record renewal ownership before visitors encounter a browser warning.
Mobile page
Core metrics
Next bottleneck
Measure representative pages on mobile, record the environment, then improve one bottleneck at a time.
404
Redirect
Fixed
Review internal links, redirects, downloadable files, mail links, and the most valuable outbound references.
Backup set
Isolated restore
Verified login
A backup is only credible after files, database, secrets, and media have been restored into an isolated environment.
Who sends?
Authenticate
Monitor
Document every legitimate sender, then build email authentication records that improve trust without accidentally blocking real mail.
Private vault
Team vault
Recovery owner
Introduce a business password manager with named access, shared vaults, recovery ownership, and a simple adoption plan.
MFA method
Backup codes
Second admin
Record who owns each critical account, how recovery works, and where backup codes are securely held.
Role profile
Accounts
Confirmed
A role-based onboarding sequence covering identity, device, apps, data, security, training, and accountable ownership.
Transfer
Suspend
Verify
Coordinate account suspension, ownership transfer, device return, forwarding decisions, and retention in the right order.
What failed?
Who owns it?
Fallback
Put critical services, owners, fallback channels, recovery order, vendors, and decision thresholds on one usable page.
Sent
Follow-up due
Decision
Track sent date, validity, decision owner, planned follow-up, objections, and final outcome in one visible workflow.
FY26-27
INV
00042
Use one controlled sequence with financial year, type, and padded number—then keep a register to prevent silent duplicates.
Name
Context
Open WhatsApp
Create ready-to-review click-to-chat links using a phone, name, and context—while keeping the human in control of sending.
Decision
Owner
Due date
Separate decisions, actions, owners, and dates so a conversation becomes observable work instead of another document.
Trigger
Do + check
Exception
Capture trigger, inputs, exact steps, checks, exception path, and owner while someone performs the task once.
New leads
Cash due
At risk
Bring leads, cash due, delivery risk, support issues, and today’s decision into one small morning view.
Scan
Choose action
Connect
Use a short owned URL behind the QR code so the destination can evolve from contact details to booking, catalogue, or support.
Captured
Assigned
Responded
A form is useful only when submissions are stored, notified, assigned, acknowledged, and followed through.
30 days
Owner
Renew / retire
Track provider, asset, owner, cost, payment method, expiry, notice period, and business impact before a renewal becomes urgent.
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