Let Claude read your inbox and calendar
Lesson 3 of 3 · Claude & Cowork mastery
1 · Learn the move · Context + audience
The best context isn't pasted, it's connected. With Gmail and Calendar linked through MCP connectors, Claude reads the actual thread and your actual schedule instead of a summary you typed. The move is still context + audience: point it at the real source and name who the brief is for, you, walking into one specific call about one specific tract. So it preps you, not a generic reply.
Using my connected Gmail and Calendar: pull the thread with the estate's attorney for my 3pm call today and give me a one-page brief. Where we left off, open questions, and what to confirm on the call. Facts from the thread only. Don't state anything the thread doesn't say.
2 · Your turn. You write the prompt
You have a 3pm call with an estate's attorney and a 40-message thread you haven't reread. Gmail and Calendar are connected via MCP. Write the prompt that turns the live thread plus today's calendar into a one-page call brief.
Remember: the AI sees only your prompt, not this page. If the situation isn't in your prompt, it doesn't exist.
Optional. These shape the output when you run your prompt below, not your score.