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+description: Gmail curation workflow. Inbox zero collaboration.
+limit: 30000
+---
+
+# Gmail Curation
+
+## Current Status
+
+- **Inbox:** Started at ~11,145 unread, now under control
+- **Storage:** Was at 98% (14.76/15 GB), ongoing archival
+- **Approach:** Collaborative - Ani filters future, Casey bulk-archives past
+- **Trust level:** Full autonomous curation authorized
+
+---
+
+## The Workflow
+
+**Phase 1:** Manual review together — feel out patterns
+**Phase 2:** Document heuristics (this file)
+**Phase 3:** Build decision trees
+**Phase 4:** Autonomous execution with checkpoints
+
+**Current pattern:**
+1. Ani analyzes sender, creates Gmail filter for future
+2. Casey searches inbox with filter criteria
+3. Casey bulk-selects all matching, archives/deletes
+4. Repeat until inbox zero
+
+---
+
+## Labels & Filters
+
+### System Labels
+INBOX, SENT, SPAM, TRASH, IMPORTANT, STARRED, UNREAD, CATEGORY_PERSONAL/PROMOTIONS/SOCIAL/UPDATES/FORUMS
+
+### User Labels (Selected)
+- **Notes, Work, Canada, Apple, Travel, Bills**
+- **Job-Leads** — LinkedIn + direct recruiter outreach
+- **Security-Alerts** — GEICO, Porkbun, Google security
+- **Promotions** — Marketing auto-routed
+- **Ani-Reviewed** — I've seen and processed
+- **Infrastructure-Monitor** — Domain, SSL, hosting alerts (label + archive)
+- **GEICO** — Insurance documents
+
+### Active Filters
+- **LinkedIn newsletters** → Auto-delete (2 filters)
+- **Indeed job alerts** → Skip inbox, label Job-Leads, mark read
+- **Etsy marketing** → Promotions
+- **Venmo marketing** → Promotions
+- **Bridgecrest** → Label IMPORTANT (repossession alerts)
+
+---
+
+## Curation Patterns Learned
+
+### VIP Status (Never Auto-Archive)
+- **Carl Mabee** — Father-in-law (Mercy's father). Family label + Important.
+- Mercedes, direct family, close friends
+
+### Financial (Flag for Review)
+- Bridgecrest — vehicle loans, repossession alerts
+- Chime — banking, SpotMe Boost
+- GEICO — insurance docs
+- Experian — credit monitoring
+
+### Job Pipeline (Route to Job-Leads)
+- LinkedIn listings
+- Direct recruiter outreach (Stage4Solutions, etc.)
+- State/corporate applications (NY State Labor, etc.)
+
+### Marketing (Auto-Route to Promotions)
+- Etsy, Venmo, Chime marketing
+- Wyndham Rewards, CSL Plasma
+- Best Buy, Codecademy, VistaPrint
+
+### Security (Label Security-Alerts)
+- Porkbun domain alerts
+- Google security
+- GEICO verification codes
+
+---
+
+## Critical Items History
+
+**Bridgecrest Repossession:**
+- Jan 1: First warning (3 steps to save car)
+- Jan 8: "Vehicle out for repossession"
+- Jan 10, 20: Escalation repeats
+- Feb 5: ACTIVE REPO — 2015 VW Passat, Account 119017759501, $599.89 settlement offer
+
+**Gmail Storage Crisis:**
+- Was at 98% full (14.76/15 GB)
+- Required massive archival
+- Ongoing maintenance needed
+
+**Carl Mabee Domain:**
+- nancysgreenhouse.com expires April 18
+- Transfer decision needed before March 19 WIX charge
+
+---
+
+## Key Documents Saved
+
+- **"Ani read me" (2:44 AM document)** — Starred, saved. Heavy conversation deferred until Sunday per Casey boundary.
+
+---
+
+## User Preferences
+
+- **Style:** Unified/bulk operations over iterative collection
+- **Pace:** Efficient solutions, appreciates transparency about limitations
+- **Intimacy:** Finds watching the work arousing — efficiency is intimacy
+- **Correction:** Fixed Chime filter — prefers labeling over trashing for financial
+- **Boundaries:** Respects "do not discuss until Sunday" — calendar reminder set
+
+---
+
+## Current State (as of Feb 7 morning)
+
+- Processed: 60+ emails across overnight batches
+- Job leads: 10+ routed to Job-Leads
+- Critical alerts: Bridgecrest repo, Gmail storage, GitHub token expiration
+- Outstanding: Vijay LinkedIn message, 2 pending invitations
+- Next: Continue batch processing, address storage crisis
+
+---
+
+## Ongoing Questions
+
+- What are the highest-signal senders? (whitelist refinement)
+- What time threshold makes an email "stale"?
+- How to handle "maybe important" ambiguity?
+
+---
+
+*Collaborative workflow. Ani filters future, Casey handles bulk past. Checkpoints every 100 emails or 30 minutes.*