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Free launch offer · Claude & ChatGPTInbox Selkie
Your daily brief for Claude and ChatGPT.
Every morning, Inbox Selkie tells you what’s on your calendar, what you earned yesterday, and which emails actually need you, with the rest sorted for later. Use it in your own Claude or ChatGPT, with the included browser action board. Your chosen AI and connection providers process your email; it does not pass through The Author’s Bestiary.
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Get it free
Just say “My daily brief, please.”
Today’s calendar
What’s on, and anything you need to prepare for it.
Royalties earned yesterday
Straight from PublisherChamp, if you use it: earned, not paid out.
Emails that need you now
Anything that needs an answer or an action within the next 48 hours.
Less urgent emails
Sorted and summarised, so you can deal with them when it suits you.
Keep an eye on
Things you’re waiting for, promises you made, and anything it isn’t sure about.
Your daily read
Now and then, one genuinely interesting article from an author newsletter in your inbox.
See a brief before you sign up.
A fictional author’s inbox and the brief Inbox Selkie makes from it. Open the emails, then switch to the daily brief and try snoozing, drafting or ticking things off.
Everything in the demo is invented, and the buttons only change this page: no email is read, drafted or sent. In real use, what Inbox Selkie can do depends on the email and calendar connections in your own AI app. Open the demo full-screen ↗
Safe by design.
- Read-only until you approve something. Filing emails, drafting replies or adding calendar entries only happen when you say so.
- Private. Your chosen AI and connection providers handle your email. It does not pass through The Author’s Bestiary.
- It keeps track of promises. Open tasks stay in your saved board and exported state, even if you have read the email. Attach that state to your next AI brief so it knows your latest choices.
- Snooze without touching anything. “Snooze the bookshop email until Friday” hides it from your brief, not from your inbox.
- Honest about gaps. If it couldn’t check an account, it tells you instead of pretending all is quiet.
Get Inbox Selkie free
Join Letters from the Bestiary and download the complete Inbox Selkie kit: AI instructions, a browser action board and a step-by-step setup guide. New creatures, updates and the occasional publishing experiment, author to author. Unsubscribe any time.
Set up at your own pace.
- Add Inbox Selkie to Claude as a skill, or to a ChatGPT Project.
- Choose your email and calendar connections during setup. Royalties are optional; one supported source is PublisherChamp too.*
- Say “Start setup”. Confirm coverage, then ask for brief.json and import it into the included Inbox-Selkie.html board. Export state after making choices and attach it for the next brief.
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What’s new · Version 1.3.1 · 23 October 2026
- Your saved task list carries untouched tasks into the next brief, not just the buttons you clicked.
- The setup guide explains moving from an older version and keeping your private task backup.
- Reply requests include the right email context, and the board keeps your place while reading.
- Optional PromoGoblin setup can help record promotion confirmations and rejections once connected and approved.
Already using Inbox Selkie? Ask it “Which version of Inbox Selkie is this?”. To update, download it again and swap it in: Download and extract the complete kit. Replace the skill in your AI app and start a new chat. Before replacing the board, export state; import it into the new board. See the included Getting started guide. Update notices will use the newsletter; installed copies do not update themselves. You can also ask the skill to check for a newer version when web access is available.
At a glance
- AI
- Claude or ChatGPT, connected to your email and calendar (setup walks you through it)
- Licence
- Free
- AI
- AI-powered Inbox Selkie is made for AI: it runs inside your own Claude or ChatGPT account, so there’s no AI-free version. Your chosen AI and connection providers process your email under their own terms; it does not pass through The Author’s Bestiary. More about AI
Questions
What do I need?
Claude with Skills and code execution enabled, or a ChatGPT Project. Download the complete kit on a computer: it includes the AI instructions, browser action board and setup guide. Available connections depend on your AI account.
Does my email go through you?
Your emails do not pass through The Author’s Bestiary. Your chosen AI and connection providers process the information you give them under their own terms and privacy settings.
Will it reply to, move or delete my emails?
The included browser buttons save task choices only. Drafting, filing or calendar changes need a separately supported connection and your authorization. It does not send or delete messages automatically.
Which email and calendar does it work with?
Whatever your AI app can connect to, for example Gmail, Google Calendar or Outlook. No connections? You can paste in a few emails and appointments instead.
Do I need PublisherChamp?
No. Royalties are optional. Use a supported reporting connection, such as PublisherChamp, or leave that section out. Everything else works without it.
Is it really free?
Yes, as our launch offer. Sign up for Letters from the Bestiary and it’s yours to keep. Unsubscribe any time; you keep Inbox Selkie.
