# Pull the commitments, deadlines, and open questions out of my emails

Scans your emails for promises you made, deadlines, follow-ups, and questions nobody answered, so nothing slips.

- Topic: Email & Workplace Communication
- Framework: RTF
- Level: Advanced
- Tags: Email, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/pull-the-commitments-deadlines-and-open-questions-out-of-my-emails

## Prompt

```text
Go through these emails and find everything I could drop the ball on.

**Emails (including ones I sent):** [PASTE EMAILS with sender, date, and body]
**My name as it appears in the emails:** [NAME]
**Today's date:** [DATE]

Find and list:
1. **Commitments I made** - anything I said I would do ("I'll send", "let me check", "I'll get back to you"), even casually.
2. **Commitments others made to me** - what I'm waiting on, and from whom.
3. **Deadlines** - every date or time frame mentioned, including relative ones ("by end of next week"), converted to actual dates using the email date.
4. **Unanswered questions** - questions asked to me, or to the group, that no later message answers.
5. **Follow-ups due** - threads that have gone quiet and need a nudge.

Return one table:
| Type | What | Owner | Due date | Source email (sender + date) | Status (open / overdue / done) |

Sort it with overdue items first, then by due date.

Then:
- **My top 5 to do today.**
- **Short reply drafts** for any unanswered question where the answer is clear from the emails.

Rules:
- Quote the exact phrase that created each commitment so I can verify it.
- Mark anything ambiguous ("soon", "shortly") as [NO DATE] rather than guessing.
- Don't mark items done unless a later email shows they were.

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## What to fill in

- PASTE EMAILS with sender, date, and body
- NAME
- DATE
- NO DATE

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