Email to family plan

Turn a pasted email into events, tasks, and a shopping list.

Paste the coach’s email, the class newsletter, or the carpool text. DrawerPilot proposes the dates, the to-dos, and the things to buy, and you keep what the household needs.

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An email from a coach, a text from the carpool, a note from daycare.

Our Thursday practices are October 8, 22 and 29, 5:00 to 6:00 PM at Community Field. No practice on October 15.

Please return the permission form by Friday, October 9.

4events

1to-do

1to decide

Example

A coach’s email about October practices.

Four dates, one skipped week, a form with a deadline, gear to bring, a purchase to decide on, and one detail the coach has not settled.

1Pasted message

Pasted from Mail · fictionalOctober practice dates and what to bring

Thursday practices are October 8, 22 and 29, 5:00 to 6:00 PM at Community Field. No practice on October 15.

Game: Saturday, October 24, 9:00 to 10:00 AM at North Field.

Bring a water bottle and a size 3 ball. Each household needs one practice pinnie; check what you have before buying.

Return the permission form by Friday, October 9. Photo day is still to be confirmed.

2Review

Alder StreetAJ

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1 screenshot · 4 dates, 1 to-do, 1 thing to decide

Events 4

Soccer practiceThu, Oct 8 · 5:00 to 6:00 PM · Community Field

add

Soccer practiceThu, Oct 22 and Thu, Oct 29 · same time and place. Oct 15 skipped, as the email says.

add

GameSat, Oct 24 · 9:00 to 10:00 AM · North Field

add

To do 1

Return permission formDue Fri, Oct 9 · date only, no time

Oct 9

Decide 2

Practice pinnieCheck what you have before buying one.

you decide

Photo dayNo date yet. Left out until the coach confirms.

no date

Water bottle and size 3 ballThings to bring, not purchases. Nothing added.

bring

Nothing is added until you approve it.

3Saved

Alder StreetAJ

October

Shared with Alex and Jordan

Added

3 practices and the gameOn the household calendar with the field names

added

Return permission formOn the house list, due Oct 9

added

Practice pinnieLeft for you: check the mudroom first

decide later

Water bottle and ball are things to bring, not purchases.

Example with fictional data. Nothing is added to a household until someone approves it.

How it works

Three steps, start to finish.

Paste the messagePaste the text into Import, or add a screenshot or PDF of it. A link to the email does not carry its text.
Review beside the sourceEvents, to-dos, and shopping items are proposed in separate groups. Untick what does not belong, fix a time, and leave an unknown date unknown.
Save the useful partsApproved events go to the calendar, to-dos to the house list, items to the shopping list. The rest is not saved.

One limit. DrawerPilot does not read your inbox. Each message is one paste, one review, one save. When the coach sends a change, paste that one too.

What it does.

Dates become events. Each practice and the game, with the field, as separate events you can tick or skip.
Deadlines become to-dos. Return the form by Friday, Oct 9, with the date on it and no invented time.
Purchases are left for you to decide. A water bottle and a ball are things to bring. A pinnie to buy is a line you decide on.

FAQ

Common questions.

Does DrawerPilot read my inbox automatically?

No. You paste or share one message at a time, and nothing is saved until you approve it.

Can one message create different kinds of records?

Yes. One paste can propose events, to-dos, and shopping items together, each reviewed on its own.

What happens when a date is missing?

The line is shown without a date and stays out of the calendar until you add one. Photo day in the example stays unresolved.

Will it follow later changes automatically?

No. Paste the follow-up message and review it the same way.

Calendar importWhole schedules, reviewed date by date.Shopping listWhere shopping items are saved.How extraction worksWhat is proposed, and what stays unresolved.

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Free to start. Paste one message.