# Define the deliverable before automating
Author: shancha | Synthetic practice article | 2026-10-17

[F01] This exercise uses 8 synthetic emails covering requirements, waiting, bills, receipts, subscriptions, reference material and insufficient context. They are not from a production inbox.
[F02] The rules use 6 business labels plus Review. Each email receives one primary workflow label.
[F03] Deliverables are a classification table, 2 reply drafts and a daily brief. Drafts exist on the practice page only; none was saved to Gmail or sent.
[F04] Unknown meeting times, prices and delivery dates must remain pending; drafts cannot promise them.
[F05] Validate small samples first, inspect real account capabilities separately, then run a small trial before saving a Skill or considering a Routine.
[F06] Time savings, accuracy and revenue changes were not measured. Real inbox automation is unverified; do not infer performance numbers.

The order matters: define outputs and acceptance, preserve uncertainty, then decide which part is worth repeating. Rewritten content should keep every claim tied to the source; the author decides scheduling and publication.