SayBriefly mail
Your inbox flags scope changes, pulls action items, and classifies every email. Before you open it.
You don’t need help writing email, you need help reading it. So we sort it, pull your tasks out of it,
flag the scope changes, and tie it all to the right project. Isn’t that cool?
Scope Guard
Scope creep, no more!
Client emails are where scope changes sound the most casual. SayBriefly catches them anyway.
Action Items
From Email to Todolist
We pull every action item and populate your todolist. You never forget what you have to do.
Smart labelling
Every email knows what it is.
Urgent, client, finance, admin. Sorted before you open a single thread. Add the extension
All your inboxes
Connect multiple emails.
Business, personal. All in one place. Keep them separate. Switch without logging out.
Professionals spend 28% of their
workweek managing email.
SayBriefly classifies it, pulls your tasks out of it, flags the scope changes, and ties it all to the right project. So you don't have to.
What is AI email?
Most email AI writes for you.
This one reads for you.
AI email means using AI inside your inbox: to sort messages, summarize threads, find what needs a reply, or write the reply itself. Most AI email tools are writers. But for people who work with clients, writing the email is rarely the problem. Finding the three messages that matter, and the request buried in the fourth paragraph, is.
SayBriefly is an AI email filter for Gmail. It sorts every email before you open it, turns client requests into to-dos, files each email under the right client project, and flags when a client asks for something that isn't in the brief you agreed. It drafts replies too, but its real job is reading.
How it works
Keep using Gmail.
It sorts as you go.
Your inbox, sorted- Action requiredMaria · NorthwindNew deadline for the homepageTo-do added
- FeedbackTom · Lumen StudioCan we also add a blog section?Outside the brief
- BillingStripePayout of €2,400 is on its way
- NewsletterDesign Weekly10 type trends for autumnLow priority
1. Add the extension
Install SayBriefly for Gmail in Chrome or Brave, with the SayBriefly desktop app open on your Mac or PC.
2. Use Gmail as usual
Nothing to switch to. Your inbox stays where it is, and email is read and sorted while Gmail is open.
3. See what matters
In SayBriefly, every email has a label and a priority. Replies that are needed, tasks and scope changes come first.
An email filter, not an email writer
What it does
with every email.
Sorts it before you open it.
15 labels, five priority levels
Action required, feedback, meeting, billing, newsletter and more. Promotions and other noise are marked low priority and never interrupt you.
Pulls out what you have to do.
Requests become to-dos
Turn on email tasks and a client's request becomes a to-do with a link back to the thread, so you don't have to reread it to remember.
Files it with the right client.
Matched by sender
Emails are matched to the client's project by who sent them, so the request sits next to the board, the brief and the call notes.
Flags the extra ask.
Checked against the brief
“While you're at it, could you also…” When a client asks for something the brief doesn't include, you get a scope alert with their exact words.
Tells you when a reply is needed.
In the app and by email
Important emails that need an answer show up in your notifications, so a client never waits because a message got buried.
Drafts the reply. You send it.
Your words, your call
SayBriefly can draft a reply for you to open in Gmail, edit and send. It never sends email on its own.
Stop reading every emailto find three.
An inbox tool for sorting, a notetaker for calls, a project board for the work, and you copying requests between them. SayBriefly reads your email in the same app that runs your projects, so a client's request lands where the work happens, and you don't pay for a separate email tool.
Every Gmail account
Connect business and personal Gmail and keep them apart.
No separate email tool
If you use SayBriefly for meetings or projects, email sorting is already there.
One app, not four
Email, meeting notes, projects and to-dos in one place.
AI email tools,
side by side.
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Sorts and labels incoming email
Works inside Gmail, keeps your inbox
Writes replies for you
AI plans
paid plans
Turns requests into to-dos
reminders only
reminders only
with Gemini
Files email under the client's project
Flags requests that aren't in the brief
Checked September 2026 on each product's own website. Paid-plan features noted where they need one.
What it looks like
Forty emails overnight.
Four that matter.
Maria moved the homepage deadline to Friday. It's labelled action required, filed under her project, and on your to-do list.
Tom asks for a blog section “while you're at it”. The brief says five pages, no blog. You get a scope alert with his words.
Needs a replyA lead asks when you're free next week. A notification tells you it's waiting, and a draft is ready to open in Gmail.
Receipts, newsletters and tool updates are labelled and pushed down, so they don't compete for your morning.
Gmail, on Mac and Windows
Where it works,
and where your email goes.
Gmail in Chrome or Brave.
Outlook isn't supported yet
SayBriefly works with Gmail and Google Workspace mail, through a browser extension for Chrome and Brave.
With the desktop app on Mac or Windows.
macOS 12+ · Windows 10 and 11
The extension passes your email to the SayBriefly desktop app, and the results show up there and at app.saybriefly.com.
No access to your Google account.
Read the privacy policy
SayBriefly never asks you to sign in with Google or for access to your mailbox. The extension reads the email you receive in your browser and sends it to our AI provider to be sorted. The privacy policy lists every provider.
Getting on top of client email
Six habits for an inbox
that doesn't run your day.
Check email twice a day
Once late morning, once late afternoon. The important ones will be at the top.
Turn requests into tasks
An email you have to reread to remember is a task in the wrong place.
Agree the scope in writing
A brief makes “quick extras” easy to spot and easy to quote for.
Let noise sink
Receipts and newsletters don't need to be read on arrival.
Draft fast, send carefully
Start from a draft, but read it once before it goes to a client.
Put a booking link in replies
“When are you free?” threads end in one click.
Who it's for
AI email for people
who work with clients.
Freelancers
Client requests turn into tasks, and the extra asks get flagged before you say yes by accident.
Design and dev studios
Every client email is filed with its project, next to the board and the brief.
Consultants
Know which messages need a reply today, without reading all of them first.
312 unread. You'll open three.
Let's make them the right three.
When the inbox feels like a wall
An inbox that
tells you where to start.
A full inbox is stressful for anyone, and for many people with ADHD it's a place they avoid until something breaks. SayBriefly sorts it first, so instead of a wall of bold subject lines you start from the few messages that need you.
A short list first
What needs you is at the top, the rest can wait.
Tasks, not threads
Requests live on your to-do list, not in your head.
A draft to start from
The blank reply box is the hard part.
Questions
What people ask about AI email.
What is AI email?
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AI email means using AI inside your inbox to sort messages, summarize threads, find what needs a reply, or write replies. SayBriefly is an AI email filter for Gmail: it sorts every email, turns requests into to-dos, files email under the right client project and flags scope creep.
Is SayBriefly an AI email writer?
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Not mainly. It can draft a reply for you to open in Gmail, edit and send, but its job is reading your email: sorting it, finding the requests and catching the changes that cost you money. If you only want help writing, a dedicated AI email writer will suit you better.
Does SayBriefly send emails for me?
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No. It drafts replies that you open in Gmail and send yourself. Nothing goes out without you.
Which email providers does it work with?
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Gmail and Google Workspace mail, through the SayBriefly for Gmail extension in Chrome or Brave, with the SayBriefly desktop app running on Mac or Windows. Outlook isn't supported yet.
Do I have to switch email apps?
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No. You keep using Gmail as you do today. SayBriefly works alongside it and shows the results in the SayBriefly app.
How does it sort my email?
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Every email gets one of 15 labels, such as action required, feedback, meeting, billing or newsletter, and a priority level. Noise is marked low priority and never interrupts you.
Can it turn emails into tasks?
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Yes. Turn on email tasks and when a client asks you to do something, it becomes a to-do with a link back to the email.
How does it catch scope creep in email?
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Emails are matched to the client's project by sender. If the project has a locked brief and the email asks for something the brief doesn't include, you get a scope alert with the client's exact words.
Does SayBriefly get access to my Google account?
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No. It never asks you to sign in with Google or for access to your mailbox. The extension reads the email you receive in your browser and sends it to our AI provider to be sorted. The privacy policy lists every provider.
Can I connect more than one Gmail account?
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Yes. Connect business and personal Gmail accounts and keep them separate.
It's 4pm on a Friday. The brief is locked, the client is happy, and Scribbble already sent the meeting recap. You close the laptop.
That's the point.
“SayBriefly allows me to give my full awareness in meetings, enabling radical presence, relevant question-asking, and finding flow that was otherwise elusive when note-taking.”
Emma Joel, Creative Director
Itsmy Studio
“The AI summaries are incredibly accurate. Our entire team adopted SayBriefly within weeks, and our post-meeting clarity has never been better.”
Marcus Chen, Product Manager
Pixel Lab
“What used to take hours of note-taking and follow-up emails now happens automatically. SayBriefly is the assistant I didn't know I needed.”
Sarah Williams, Head of Design
Studio Bloom
Read less email.
Miss nothing.
Sorted before you open it.
Requests on your to-do list.
Scope changes flagged.
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