PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY
Triage OOO approvals and route by amount to the right backup
An agent reads each approval that arrives during your OOO, classifies urgency and dollar amount.
How it runs
The automated pipeline, trigger to output.
- TriggerApproval email arrives during OOO windowOutlook
- ActionAgent extracts amount, deadline, and typeOpenAI
- LogicBranch on amount and urgency thresholds
- ActionForward low-risk approvals to backupOutlook
- ActionEscalate high-value or urgent items to managerSlack
- OutputLog routing decision and reasoning
What it does
Applies decision logic to approvals that land while you are out. The agent reads the request, estimates urgency and monetary impact, and chooses a destination: routine, low-amount approvals go to your backup, while high-value or time-critical ones escalate to your manager. Every routed item is logged so you have an audit trail on return.
When to use it
Not every approval should go to the same person. You want small things handled by a peer and big-ticket or urgent decisions surfaced to a senior approver, all while OOO.
How it works
- 1Trigger: an approval email arrives during your active OOO window.
- 2Action: the agent extracts amount, deadline, and request type from the email.
- 3Logic: branch on amount and urgency thresholds you define.
- 4Action: forward low-risk approvals to the backup via Outlook.
- 5Action: escalate high-value or urgent approvals to your manager in Slack.
- 6Output: record the routing decision and reasoning for your return.
Set it up
What you configure once, before turning it on.
- 1Connect OutlookMail, calendar, contacts.
- 2Connect SlackChannels, DMs, threads, mentions.
- 3Connect OpenAIModels, embeddings, files.
- 4Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
- 5Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
- 6Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.
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