✉️ productivity recipe
Newsletter Digest AI Routine for Gmail on Mac
Roll up all the newsletters cluttering your inbox into one digest of what is actually worth reading.
Who it's for
People subscribed to more newsletters than they can read, who want the good parts pulled out and the rest cleared.
What lands in your morning
A weekend digest that rolls up every newsletter in your inbox into one read: the genuinely interesting items summarized, the rest noted and clearable, so your inbox stays clean.
The exact prompt
Paste this into a new routine.
Find all the newsletters that landed in my Gmail this week and roll them into one digest. For each newsletter, pull out only the items genuinely worth my attention with a one-line summary and the source, and group them by theme rather than by sender. List the newsletters that had nothing new so I can archive them in one pass. Keep the whole digest to something I can read with my coffee.
Schedule
Every Saturday at 8:00 AM
cron: 0 8 * * 6
Intelligence
Fast tier
Set per routine to control spend.
Required connectors
Set it up
Running in under a minute.
Step 01
Install Routines
Download the DMG, drag to Applications, and sign in with Google once.
Step 02
Connect Gmail
One-click OAuth connects one or more Gmail accounts. Tokens stay on your Mac.
Step 03
Pick the Newsletter Digest recipe
Choose Newsletter Digest from the library, or paste the example prompt into a new routine.
Step 04
Set the schedule
Keep the default Saturday 8:00 AM for a weekend read, or run it daily if you prefer.
Sample output
What a run looks like.
Newsletter digest · Saturday
Done- Worth reading (5): two AI launches, a hiring guide, a deal.
- By theme: product, fundraising, and a design longread.
- Nothing new (8): listed, ready to archive in one pass.
Saved to your local output history · never uploaded
FAQ
Questions about this recipe.
How does it tell a newsletter from a real email?
It looks at the typical signals, sender patterns, list-style formatting, and unsubscribe footers. You can also name your newsletter senders in the prompt to make detection precise.
How is this different from the Email Digest recipe?
The Email Digest ranks all your unread mail by importance. This recipe focuses only on newsletters, pulls out the worthwhile items across all of them, and groups by theme so you read once instead of opening each.
Does it unsubscribe or delete anything?
No. It reads and summarizes, and tells you which newsletters had nothing new so you can clear them yourself. Nothing is deleted without you.
Does my email leave my Mac?
No. Gmail tokens are encrypted locally and the routine reads your mail through the running app. No BinarCode server sees your inbox.
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Run Newsletter Digest on your Mac.
Install Routines, paste the prompt, set the schedule. It runs locally and the output stays on your machine.
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