Let Claude read your inbox and calendar
Lesson 3 of 3 · Claude & Cowork mastery
1 · Learn the move · Context + audience
The best context is not pasted, it is connected. With mail and calendar linked through MCP connectors, the model 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 a specific tour - so it preps you, not a generic reply.
Using my connected mail and calendar: pull the thread with the buy-side broker for tomorrow's tour and give me a one-page brief. Where we left off, what is outstanding, and what to confirm on site. Facts from the thread only.
2 · Your turn. You write the prompt
You have a tour tomorrow morning and a 40-message thread with the other side you have not reread. Mail and calendar are connected. Write the prompt that turns the live thread plus tomorrow's calendar into a one-page tour 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.