Draft follow-up emails automatically when no reply arrives
Case study takeaway: one commenter said they set up a Lindy flow tied to their sent email so that after each outgoing message, the AI waits a set amount of time and checks for a reply. If no response arrives, it sketches a follow-up and sends that draft to Someone's inbox, where the person decides whether to send it. Someone said they had started powered by it the day before and that it was working well so far.
- Agent or tool
- Lindy
- Topic
- Email & Inbox
- Reported on
- Added
- 2026-10-15
Why it matters
Email is where a lot of admin quietly piles up. An agent that can read, sort, draft and follow up turns an inbox from a to-do list into something closer to a summary. It is one of 106 sightings filed under Email & Inbox on Agent Sightings (number 29 by interest), and one of 11 involving Lindy.
How you could try it
Here is a reusable prompt, written by us in our own words, that captures the task. Paste it into Lindy or any similar agent and adjust the details to your situation.
Go through my mail for this goal: draft follow-up emails automatically when no reply arrives. Propose labels, drafts, and unsubscribes as a checklist; change nothing until I approve.
Tip: Start with read-only access or 'draft, don't send', and check a few drafts before trusting it to send anything.
Source
Read the original first-hand account on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/EntrepreneurRideAlong/comments/1awb7xj/has_anyone_here…. Our summary is a paraphrase; details are in the source.
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