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Maya ChenNeeds reply
Priya Raman
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Other 9 Linear, Stripe, Morning Brew…
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“Booked the place on Hayes for 7:30. Does that still work?”
1Perfect, see you there.
2Could we make it 8?
3Next week instead?
Replies, already written
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Re: Contract redlines 5
ΣLegal signed off on sections 2 and 4. Only the renewal terms are still open.
⌘JWhat did Priya say about renewal?
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A one-line summary on any conversation, and ⌘J to ask your whole inbox a question.
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⌘ J turns a rough note into a draft, or tightens what you already wrote. It only ever fills in your draft; you decide what gets sent.
say yes, but next week
Draft from my note↵
Shorten
Fix spelling and grammar
Make it friendlier
AI is off until you add your own Anthropic or OpenAI key. Requests go straight from your Mac to the provider, within a daily budget you set.
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Get me to zero.
Clear the rest in one go, with undo. Sovo keeps your streak.
All done. 6 days at zero in a row
e
Done
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h
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Snooze to “tomorrow 9am” and it comes back on time.
⇧M
Mute
Quiet a noisy thread without leaving it.
⌘U
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Tab
Splits
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⌘K
Everything else
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Maya ChenQ4 launch plan
Daniel OkaforDinner Thursday?
Priya RamanRe: Contract redlines
From disk · synced just now Opens before you blink
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Daniel OkaforDinner Thursday?
LinearWeekly digest
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Open source, and yours.
There is no Sovo server.
Open source
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Stored on your Mac
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What's next.
Built in the open.
Shipped
- Important / Other sorting
- Instant replies and summaries
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- Get to zero, unsubscribe, mute
- Unified inbox across accounts
- Full offline history
Next
- Auto-clean: sweep newsletters and notifications in bulk
- Rules in plain English
- Search by meaning, not just words
- Replies that know your past threads
Exploring
- Calendar and meeting notes
- On-device AI models
- Windows and Linux builds
- A phone companion
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