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AI Email Summarizer

Helps people spot important emails without reading everything.

Beginner12h1–2 people15/20 fit
TL;DR

Build AI Email Summarizer for busy professionals in ~12h with 1–2 people. Stack: Next.js + OpenAI API.

Why it wins: Daily pain with immediate visible value.

Build flow

01 · Problem
Inbox overload makes it hard to know what actually needs attention.
02 · Solution
Paste emails or connect an inbox. Get short summaries and priority labels.
03 · Build
  1. 1Email input or Gmail API
  2. 2Summarize with an LLM
  3. 3Classify priority
  4. 4Sorted inbox view
04 · Demo
Show 5 emails → summarized list with priority. Open one for full summary.

MVP checklist

  • Paste or connect inbox
  • One-line summaries
  • Priority labels
  • Action items

Tech stack

TechRole
Next.jsFrontend + API routes
OpenAI APILLM API

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