Examples

Real email patterns you can copy — subject and body shown as you'd type them

BCC with command in subject

To: client@example.com
BCC: c4f8xxxx@airbox.fyi
Subject: @claude #summarize

Hi Sarah — forwarding the contract draft below for your review.

Command in the body (subject unchanged)

Subject: Q3 Budget review

(* @claude #summarize -short *)

Hi team — see the numbers below.

(Revenue table…)

Same trusted surface as the subject — handy when you don't want to edit the subject line

Instruction block above a forward

Subject: Fwd: Invoice 4471

(* @claude #extract *)

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: vendor@acme.com
Subject: Invoice 4471
Amount due: $1,200 by July 1

Bare forward (no instruction)

Subject: Fwd: Weekly update

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: team@company.com
…

Airbox defaults to summarize + extract action items

Silent processing

Subject: (* !noreply @claude #summarize *)

(Forwarded newsletter content…)

Processed and logged; no reply email sent

Notion page from email

Subject: (* @notion/Tasks #create "Vendor follow-up" *)

(Forwarded thread…)

Plain writing is not a command

Subject: Q3 Budget review

Hi team, see below for the numbers.

(Revenue table…)

No command symbols and no (* … *) block → Airbox just summarizes