You were away. Your inbox wasn't.

Catch Up is a Chrome extension that reads your unread Gmail, tells you which threads actually need you, and drafts the replies. Pick how far back to look and you get one screen instead of an afternoon.

Email me at launch Build it from source

Catch Up isn't on the Chrome Web Store yet. Until it is, installing means cloning the repo and loading an unpacked extension, so it's a developer-only path for now. Drop me a line and I'll tell you the day it's one click.

Last 24 hours

47 unread → 3 need you

Three things need you today: a contract to countersign before Friday, Thursday's call moved to 4pm, and your accountant is waiting on one invoice line.

Updated agreement, signature needed High

Maria Kondou · 2h ago

Needs your countersignature before Friday's deadline. Everything else in the thread is already agreed.

Your weekly analytics digest is ready

no-reply@analytics · 3h ago

Thursday call moved to 4pm? High

Nikos Papas · 5h ago

Asking you to confirm the new time either way. Two other people are waiting on your answer.

50% off this weekend only

deals@storefront · 6h ago

Re: Re: Re: lunch spot

Dimitris · 7h ago

Q3 invoice: one quick question Medium

accounting@ · yesterday

Wants clarification on a single line item before filing. Low effort, but it's blocking them.

Security digest for your account

notifications@ · yesterday

You have 4 new connections

network@ · yesterday

Newsletter: 9 links worth your time

weekly@ · 2 days ago

Illustrative example, not real mail

How a catch-up works

Catch Up reads and ranks. It never sends, deletes, or files anything. Every reply stays yours to send.

Pick how far back

24 hours, 3 days, or 7. A long weekend, a week of deep work, or a holiday: the window decides how much gets pulled in.

Claude reads what's unread

Subjects, senders, and previews go out in one pass and come back ranked high to low, each with a plain-language summary of what the thread actually wants from you.

Reply to what matters

High-priority threads arrive with a draft reply ready to copy into Gmail. Everything low-priority stays folded away until you ask for it. The popup keeps your last catch-up, so closing it doesn't lose the result.

What it reads, and what it doesn't

A tool that reads your mail should be exact about what that means, so here it is without the hedging.

✓

Reads subject, sender, date and Gmail's own preview snippet of unread threads in your chosen window.

✓

Uses that once to write your digest, then discards it. No thread content is stored on our side, ever.

Never opens full message bodies beyond the preview Gmail already shows in your inbox list.

Never sends, deletes or files anything. Drafts are copy-paste only, by design.

No ads, no trackers, no selling data, and your mail is never used to train models.

What it costs

If you only catch up after the occasional trip, the free tier is the whole product and you never need to think about the rest.

Free

3 / month

Three catch-ups every calendar month, no card required to start.

Single

€0.50 each

Need a fourth this month? Buy one and it's there. No subscription.

Unlimited

€3.99 / month

As many as you want. Cancel in one click from inside the extension.