---
title: "Email Reminder recipe for Slack and Telegram | Agent Barn"
canonical: "https://agentbarn.dev/recipes/email-reminder/platform"
updatedDate: "2026-08-29T16:41:32.000Z"
author: Agent Barn
description: "Monitors a mailbox, flags action-required messages, and posts priority pings to Slack. Set it up on Slack or Telegram with Agent Barn."
tags: [Follow-through, AI agents, workflow automation]
categories: [Recipes]
---

# Email Reminder recipe for Slack and Telegram

A focused inbox assistant for surfacing messages that need a timely human response or follow-up.

## Choose a platform

### Slack

**Shared with the team.** Posts priority pings into a channel, so whoever is on point can pick a message up and reply in the thread.

Choose when a shared or rotating inbox is covered by more than one person.

### Telegram

**Owned by one person.** Sends reminders to a single chat, keeping one inbox and its follow-ups entirely private to its owner.

Choose when the mailbox belongs to one person and the reminders are for them alone.

## Recipe overview

- Category: Follow-through
- Tools: Gmail + Slack
- Trigger: A new message meets the configured mailbox and priority rules.

## Workflow

1. **Watch inbox:** Check the allowed mailbox for relevant messages.
2. **Assess priority:** Identify action-required or P1/P2 messages.
3. **Prepare ping:** Create a concise Slack reminder with context.
4. **Follow up:** Send the reminder to the configured destination.

## Initial setup

1. **Template:** Priority rules, reminder tone, and escalation instructions.
2. **OAuth:** Read-only Gmail access approved through Google sign-in.
3. **Channels:** Allowed Slack channels or direct-message policies.

## Integrations

### Gmail

Read messages that match the configured mailbox and priority rules.

- Requirement: required
- Credential: Google OAuth sign-in with gmail.readonly; no manual key is needed.

#### Permissions

- Gmail OAuth: gmail.readonly
- Modify, send, delete, contacts, and calendar: not requested

#### Setup

1. Select Authenticate with Google and approve read-only Gmail access.
2. Use a custom Google OAuth client only when the workspace requires its own application.
3. Test with representative P1/P2 messages before enabling continuous monitoring.

## Human review

Use explicit mailbox filters and escalation rules; do not give an agent unrestricted access to sensitive mail.