Email Thread Catch-Up Summarizer

WHAT IT DOES

Email Thread Catch-Up Summarizer reads your long email thread or message conversation and generates a concise summary that captures what you need to know. It extracts key discussion points, decisions made, action items, and outstanding questions—all in one place. Choose your summary format: Bullet Points (clear and scannable), Paragraph (flowing prose), or Brief (1-2 sentences). Toggle action items and decisions on or off. Perfect for catching up on long threads after vacation, joining a conversation late, or simply not wanting to read through 50 messages to find the important parts.

WHERE IT RUNS

Any webpage with email threads, message conversations, or discussion threads—Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo Mail, LinkedIn messages, Slack threads, and more. The script scans the page for conversation context: subject lines, sender information, message bodies, and quoted replies. No site-specific configuration needed; the detection algorithm adapts to the page structure automatically.

HOW TO USE

Install the script and navigate to any long email thread. Click "Generate Catch-Up Summary" in the panel—the tool extracts the conversation context and sends it to the AI. Choose your summary format, and toggle action items and decisions on or off. The summary appears in the panel. Review it, edit if needed, then click "Insert Summary" to place it into your reply field, or "Copy" to paste elsewhere. Settings persist per site and globally—the tool remembers your format, actions, and decisions preferences. Keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl+Shift+U to generate, Ctrl+Shift+R to regenerate, Ctrl+Shift+I to insert.

TECHNICAL MECHANISM

The script extracts email content using a cascading DOM selector strategy: it targets subject lines (h1[data-thread-perm-id], .hP, .subject), sender information (.gD, .go, [email]), message bodies (.ii.gt, .a3s, .msg-body, [role="article"]), and quoted replies (.gmail_quote, blockquote[type="cite"]). Collected text is concatenated with labels into a structured input. The AI prompt requests a catch-up summary in the selected format (bullets/paragraph/brief) with action items and decisions included based on toggles. The model identifies key discussion points, extracts decisions, pulls out action items (verbs and commitments), and flags outstanding questions. The response is displayed in a textarea with Insert and Copy buttons. Reply insertion uses native value setting with both "input" and "change" events for React/Vue compatibility. The script prefers WebMCP (navigator.modelContext) when available, falling back to DOM scraping when not.

THE PANEL

The tool runs inside BGPanel, a lightweight UI system built into the BotGentz extension. Drag the panel by its header to reposition it anywhere on screen—it snaps to edges and remembers its position per site. Click the header to collapse the panel into a small bubble; click again to expand. Resize the panel by dragging its bottom-right corner. Press Escape at any time to close the panel. The panel stays out of your way but is always accessible via the extension's toolbar.

PLEASE NOTE

Requires the free BotGentz browser extension and an active monthly subscription—the AI backend uses credits for each generation. One generation per click; regenerate counts as a new generation. The script reads only what is visible on the page—it cannot access iframes or shadow DOM. AI-generated summaries are suggestions—always review and edit before sending. No email content is stored or shared beyond the API request; all processing is ephemeral. The tool's summary format controls the output structure but actual content may vary—review the summary before use. Sites change their markup over time; if detection fails, check for updates or use the tool on a page with clearly visible conversation content.