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Get a daily email summary on WhatsApp

Each evening you get a short WhatsApp summary of the day's emails, grouped by what needs a reply.

Runs
On a schedule
Apps
Gmail, WhatsApp Business
AI
Yes, uses the built-in AI allowance
Access
Gmail readonly; WhatsApp messaging

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Create a ClickRuntime automation: every day at 6pm, summarise the emails I received in Gmail today and send the summary to me on WhatsApp, with anything that needs a reply listed first.

Paste it into your assistant. It tells you what it will send or change before it runs live.

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Why use it

Why teams use this automation

Busy owners and managers often go through the day without properly reading their inbox, then sit down in the evening to a wall of unread messages and no idea which ones matter.

A short summary on WhatsApp at the end of the day, with the emails that need a reply listed first, shows you at a glance whether there's anything to deal with tonight or whether it can wait until morning.

What you get out of it

  • The day at a glance

    A few lines tell you what came in. No scrolling through an inbox.

  • Replies listed first

    Emails that need an answer are at the top, so they don't get lost.

  • Read anywhere

    The summary is on your phone, on the train or at home.

  • Peace of mind

    You know nothing important slipped by today.

How it works

What happens, step by step

  1. Every evening it lists the emails you received in Gmail today.

  2. AI writes a short summary, with emails that need a reply listed first.

  3. The summary is sent to you on WhatsApp.

Before it runs live

  • Connect Google through your own Google app (a one-time, 10-minute setup), so it works with your own Gmail
  • Connect WhatsApp Business

What you get

RunsOn a schedule
Get a daily email summary on WhatsApptoday, 9:00Succeeded
WhatsApp · Daily summary📬 Today's email (34): Needs reply: Acme wants a revised quote by Thursday. Northwind confirmed the 2pm call. 12 newsletters.

Build your own

Need it to work differently?

This template is a starting point. Copy the prompt and change it, or describe a different automation from scratch, with your own conditions, more apps or an AI step. Your assistant writes it, tests it and runs it on ClickRuntime.
  • Your own rules

    Conditions, thresholds, filters and exceptions, written the way you'd explain them to a colleague.

  • Any number of apps

    One automation can read from one app and update several others. Over 248 apps are ready, and anything with an API works too.

  • AI where it helps

    Summaries, classification, extraction and drafts use ClickRuntime's built-in AI, with no extra key.

  • On a schedule or on each event

    Runs as often as every 5 minutes, or the moment an app sends an event, and keeps track of what it already handled.

Changes you can ask for

  • Run it at a different time, more or less often, or only on weekdays
  • Change what the AI looks for, or how it writes the result
  • Add another app, for example also send it to Slack
  • Combine it with other Gmail and WhatsApp Business steps into one automation

Under the hood

The code that runs this automation

This is the Python script that runs each time the automation starts. Your AI assistant writes it for you when you send the prompt, and you allow each step in your assistant. To change how the automation works, describe the change to your assistant and it updates the script for you. For every function it can use, see the script reference.
daily_email_summary_on_whatsapp.pyexample
from google.oauth2.credentials import Credentials
from googleapiclient.discovery import build
from clickruntime import on_trigger, credentials, http, ai

MY_PHONE = "447700900123"
WA = "https://graph.facebook.com/v20.0/your-phone-number-id/messages"

def wa(to, text):
    http.post(WA, headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {credentials.secret('WHATSAPP_TOKEN')}"},
              json={"messaging_product": "whatsapp", "to": to, "type": "text", "text": {"body": text}}).raise_for_status()
gmail = lambda: build("gmail", "v1", credentials=Credentials(credentials.connection("google", "work")), cache_discovery=False).users()

@on_trigger
def run(event):
    ids = gmail().messages().list(userId="me", q="in:inbox newer_than:1d", maxResults=50).execute().get("messages", [])
    if not ids:
        wa(MY_PHONE, "No new emails today.")
        return {"emails": 0}
    lines = []
    for m in ids:
        msg = gmail().messages().get(userId="me", id=m["id"], format="metadata", metadataHeaders=["From", "Subject"]).execute()
        head = {h["name"]: h["value"] for h in msg["payload"]["headers"]}
        lines.append(f"{head.get('From', '')[:60]} | {head.get('Subject', '')[:100]} | {msg['snippet'][:150]}")
    summary = ai.generate("\n".join(lines), max_output_tokens=400,
                          system="Summarise today's emails in up to 10 short lines. List ones needing a reply first, then the rest grouped.").text
    wa(MY_PHONE, f"📬 Today's email ({len(ids)}):\n{summary.strip()}")
    return {"emails": len(ids)}

FAQ

Common questions

Does it include newsletters?
They're grouped into one line at the end, or left out if you prefer.
How long is the summary?
Usually ten lines or fewer. Busy days are grouped by sender.
Does it change anything in Gmail?
No. It only reads today's emails.
What permissions does it need?
Gmail readonly; WhatsApp messaging. Nothing else in your accounts is used.
Does it need AI?
Yes. It uses ClickRuntime's built-in AI, so you don't need an OpenAI or Anthropic key. Every plan includes a monthly AI allowance.
How many runs does it use?
One run each time it runs (on a schedule). Checks that find nothing to do and stop right away aren't counted.
Can I change how it works?
Yes. Describe the change to your AI assistant, for example a different schedule, channel or filter. It updates the automation, tests it and tells you what changed.

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