How can I build a custom AI tool to organize a flood of school emails? (Hobby project / No paid apps)
Hey everyone,
I’m at a breaking point with school emails in gmail account. I’m getting at least 10 emails a day across my kids' classes—newsletters, sports updates, permission slips, deadline reminders, etc. Half the time, the important dates are buried deep inside a PDF attachment or a flyer image.
I want to completely automate this so I don’t have to dig through my Gmail inbox every evening.
Ideally, I want an AI automation tool that can scan these incoming school emails, figure out which kid it's for, pull out any deadlines or action items, download the attachments to a safe folder, and organize everything into a clean daily dashboard (like Notion, a spreadsheet, or even a daily digest text).
Has anyone successfully set up a system like this? I’m looking for ideas on how to achieve it. I come from a tech background and would love to work on this as a hobby project.