Email to Action Items
Turn a long, rambling email into a crisp list of tasks with owners and deadlines. Never miss a buried request again.
3 stepsWorkflow Steps
Paste the Email
Copy the email body and paste it into Echoo. Include the full thread if multiple action items are spread across replies.
command: action-itemsExtract Action Items
Echoo's action-items command scans the text and pulls out every task, request, or follow-up buried in the email.
command: action-itemsFormat for Your Task Manager
Optionally convert the list to markdown checkboxes so you can paste it straight into Notion, Todoist, or your preferred tool.
command: to-markdown
Example
Input
Hey Sarah, thanks for the update on the Henderson project. Can you send me the revised budget by Thursday? Also, make sure to loop in DevOps about the staging environment -- they mentioned needing access credentials before end of week. Oh, and one more thing: the client asked for a progress deck for their board meeting next Tuesday, so we'll need slides by Monday at the latest. Let me know if you need anything from my side.
Output
- [ ] Send revised budget to sender -- **due Thursday** - [ ] Contact DevOps re: staging environment access credentials -- **due end of week** - [ ] Prepare client progress deck -- **due Monday** (client board meeting Tuesday) - [ ] Reply to sender confirming / flag any blockers
Tips
Include the full email thread so context-dependent tasks are not missed.
Run the action-items command first, then to-markdown for clean formatting.
Tag extracted items with priorities by adding a follow-up prompt.
Works great with forwarded emails -- just paste the forwarded body.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. The AI understands context, so phrases like "we'll need slides by Monday" are recognized as tasks even without an explicit "please do X" structure.
Yes. By default you get a bullet list. Chain the to-markdown command to get checkboxes, or ask for a numbered list in your prompt.
Echoo attributes each action item to the person it was assigned to in the email, so you can filter by owner.
It does. Paste the entire thread including forwarded headers and Echoo will parse through all layers.
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