The Underrated AI Tool That Actually Fixed My Inbox
A small fix that made a big difference.
Email Wasn’t Always Like This
I didn’t plan to write about email. But here I am — writing about email in an email. Hope this one finds you well.
There was a time when email felt useful. A place to check in, respond, stay connected. Now it feels like something to manage. Something that builds up while you’re doing actual work — and waits to ambush you every morning.
It’s wild how quickly that shift happened. One day you’re reading newsletters with your coffee, the next you’re deleting 47 unread emails just to find one thread you actually care about.
A couple of weeks ago, I noticed I had completely stopped opening most of the newsletters I was subscribed to. Not because they weren’t good — just because my Gmail inbox felt like a landfill. 2,300+ unread emails, and growing.
Gmail tabs weren’t helping. Filters were too manual.
So, like most people would, out of pure inbox desperation, I started looking for an AI email assistant that could help me manage the mess. That’s when I found Forage Mail — an AI tool that eliminates email overwhelm by giving you one less thing to think about.
It just does the job without getting in the way.
What It’s Not
Forage isn’t a productivity cult tool. It’s not trying to gamify your inbox or score your focus. It’s not going to write better replies for you. And it doesn’t pretend to make your email “fun.”
It just gives you space.
Space to breathe.
Space to read what matters.
Space to ignore the rest, without feeling guilty.
In a world where every AI tool wants to “optimize” your life, this one quietly subtracts. And honestly, that’s the part I needed most.
What It Does?
You connect Forage to your Gmail. That’s it. No new inbox, no learning curve. It just starts working in the background.
The concept is simple:
Emails from real people and actual priorities stay in your inbox.
Newsletters, promos, shipping notifications, and irrelevant updates get filtered into one daily email summary.
The summary is clean — bullet-point recaps of newsletters, estimated read times, and unsubscribe options. You can skim the whole thing in under a minute.
It’s not trying to replace you. It just clears the digital clutter so your inbox isn’t a mental drain.
Forage didn’t magically fix everything. But it gave me enough of a reset to actually use email again — on my own terms.
Why It Works
Because it solves a real problem: attention clutter.
Most people don’t need AI that does everything. They need AI that does the boring stuff well. Forage handles the inbox triage — the emails that pile up and distract you before the day even starts.
You check your Gmail inbox and only see what matters. Everything else is swept into a daily digest. The summaries are smart. The one-click unsubscribe is satisfying.
It’s like having a chief of staff for your inbox — minus the meetings.
Bonus: Deep Clean Feature
Forage also has a feature called Deep Clean. It helped me bulk unsubscribe from dozens of senders I wasn’t going to read again anyway — and archive hundreds of unread emails in seconds.
The result? A cleaner Gmail inbox with zero guilt.
Final Take
Most AI productivity tools try to do too much. Forage does one thing well — and that’s why it works.
It doesn’t promise magic. It just gives you breathing room. And in a world where inboxes are constantly overflowing, that might be the most underrated superpower.
If you’re tired of sorting and just want to prioritize important emails, this one’s worth trying.
Try Forage Mail
It’s free to start. Takes under a minute. And it might just change how you handle email.