Inbox, notes, follow-ups.
Handled in the background.

Take a ready-made automation or describe a routine in a sentence. It sorts what arrived overnight, writes up meetings with owners and dates, and keeps track of what you promised, then gives you a short list.

Example instruction: Overnight mail, send one digest grouped by decision needed and reply owed, and add anything owed a reply to the task list. ## Group the digest | Group | What goes in | |---|---| | Decide | Anything waiting on my answer | | Reply | Messages that owe a reply today | | FYI | Everything else, one line each | - Never reply to or archive anything for me.

In your own words.
Built for real work.

One sentence is enough to begin. The same document grows into a full procedure when the job needs it.

  • Plain language

    Write it the way you would brief a colleague. No flowcharts, no code.

  • Rules, tables and exceptions

    Add limits, scoring tables and edge cases as they come up, right in the same document.

  • Judgment, not just steps

    Say what good looks like and when to ask you. It follows the intent, not a rigid path.

Browse advanced workflows

Your files. Your tools.
No new system.

AUTOMATE.md is just another file in your folder. Nothing to migrate, nothing to replace.

  • Starts on its own

    A new email, a schedule, a changed folder or an edited file starts it. No one has to remember.

  • Your apps, connected

    Email, calendars, drives and team apps. Connect only what the job needs.

  • Next to the work

    It sits beside the invoices, CVs and sheets it works on, and reads them like you would.

You stay in charge.
At every step.

It sorts and reminds. You decide what to do.

  • It never replies for you

    Digests and reminders come to you. Anything that would send a message waits for your OK.

  • Undo what you don't want

    Every step is recorded, and a file it changed can be put back.

  • Only what you connect

    Each automation reaches only the inbox, calendar and notes you give it.

Ready-made for busy professionals. Pick one and run it.

Each one is a plain-language document. Use it as it is, or change the timing, the rules and the tools to match your team.

Gmail Morning Brief

Overnight mail, send one digest grouped by decision needed and reply owed, and add anything owed a reply to the task list.

Every weekday at 8:00am

Gmail Inbox Zero Digest

Every weekday at 5pm, list unread threads with the sender and the ask, and send the digest with one line per sender.

Every weekday at 5:00pm

Action Items From Meeting

Finished meeting, create one task per action item in the notes with an owner and a date, then post the list for review.

After every meeting ends

Rolled-Over Task Review

Every Friday at 4pm, list tasks rolled over more than once, mark each one to reschedule, delegate, or drop, and send the counts.

Every Friday at 4:00pm

Transcript To Notes Page

Finished transcript, write a notes page with the summary, the decisions, and the follow-ups, then post the page link for the owner to check.

When a transcript finishes processing

Stale Hold Cleanup

Last month, list meetings with no guests and no agenda, and send me the list to delete or keep.

The first Monday of each month

Every stage of the work. Every recurring job.

The recurring work busy professionals do every week, grouped the way it happens.

  1. 01

    Capture

    Notes, decisions and receipts. It breaks when the write-up is evening work that never happens.

  2. 02

    Organize

    Inbox, calendar and files. It breaks when the important message sits under fifty that are not.

  3. 03

    Follow up

    Actions, updates and backups. It breaks when a promise has no owner and no date.

Compared with what you use today.

Built-in rules in your email and calendar

Filing messages by sender or subject.

They can't read what a message asks for, or follow up on it.

Flowchart automation tools

Connecting apps if you build and maintain the flow.

Every exception becomes another branch.

AI chat assistants

Summarizing when you ask.

Nothing happens until you remember to ask.

AUTOMATE.md

Your routine, written in plain words. It runs on its own, follows your rules, handles the exceptions a flowchart can't, and asks you when it matters. The file stays yours, whichever AI model runs it.

Around the tools you already run.

Connect only what a job needs. Your inbox, calendar, files and the systems below stay where they are, with nothing to migrate.

Everyday
GmailOutlookGoogle CalendarSlackMicrosoft TeamsGoogle DriveGoogle SheetsExcel
Notes
NotionObsidian
Knowledge base
Atlassian Confluence
Documents
Coda
Databases
Airtable
Projects
AsanaLinear
Tasks
TodoistTickTick
Email
GmailSuperhumanMicrosoft Outlook
Calendar
Google CalendarReclaim.ai
Scheduling
Cal.com
Automation
ZapierMaken8n
Storage
Google DriveDropbox
Screen recording
Loom
Transcription
Otter.aiFathom
Chat
Slack
Forms
Google Forms
Time tracking
Toggl Track
Expenses
Expensify
Reading list
Readwise
AI assistant
PerplexityChatGPT

What busy professionals ask before handing anything over.

Will it reply to people for me?
Only if you tell it to. Most of these automations summarize, sort and remind, and anything that would send a message can wait for your OK.
Do I need to set up a new system?
No. It works on the inbox, calendar, notes and folders you already use. Connect only what each job needs.
Can I make it fit how I work?
Yes. The automation is a few plain sentences. Change the time, the rules or the people it reminds, and it follows the new version.
Where does my information go?
The app runs on your computer, and each automation reaches only what you connect for it. A cloud AI model receives what the job needs; a local model keeps that processing on your machine.
Where does it run?
On your Mac or Windows computer, in the background. It keeps working after you close its window, and only reaches the folders and apps you connect for each automation.
How does it connect to our CRM and other tools?
Through each app's own connection where it offers one, signed in once by you, or by using the app in a browser the way you would. Each automation gets only the connections you give it, and the tools a page names are examples you can swap for your own.
Does it run when my computer is asleep?
It keeps your computer awake while a job runs and just before a scheduled one. While the computer is closed or off, nothing runs; when it wakes, it checks the inbox, calendar and other sources it watches for anything that arrived meanwhile.
How does my team use it?
Each person who runs automations installs the app. Keep a project in a shared folder, such as Google Drive or a network drive, and teammates can open it and follow every run, while one person owns it and runs it.
Do I need anyone technical to set it up?
No. Download the app, add an automation in plain words, and connect only what that job needs. Nothing runs until you switch it on.

Start with one job.
Make it your own.

macOS — coming soon
  1. 1

    Get the app

    It runs on your computer, next to your files.

  2. 2

    Add the automation

    Paste the instructions into the app, or save them as a file next to your work.

  3. 3

    Try it, then turn it on

    Run it once and check the result. It only runs on its own once you switch it on.

macOS — coming soon