{
  "id": "inbox-triage-desk",
  "title": "Inbox Triage Desk",
  "level": 2,
  "levelName": "Builder",
  "tagline": "Turn exported email into an evidence-backed review queue and unsent reply drafts.",
  "summary": "Turn exported email into an evidence-backed review queue and unsent reply drafts.",
  "youWillBuild": "An HTML review desk, triage.json, and downloadable unsent .eml drafts.",
  "usefulFor": [
    "A directory of exported .eml messages. Only plain-text bodies are classified; HTML-only messages remain visible for manual review."
  ],
  "hours": 8,
  "languages": [
    "Python"
  ],
  "languageWhy": {
    "Python": "Python ships MIME parsing, structured email generation and portable document export in its standard library."
  },
  "status": "ready",
  "source": "core",
  "author": {
    "name": "AI Engineering from Scratch",
    "github": "rohitg00"
  },
  "skills": [
    "Read MIME without losing message identity",
    "Group references and explain the queue",
    "Create an unsent draft with a source quote",
    "Export an auditable inbox desk"
  ],
  "prerequisites": [
    "Read and write dictionaries and lists in Python.",
    "Understand a function returning a value or raising ValueError.",
    "Know that email headers and a MIME body are different data structures."
  ],
  "figures": true,
  "overviewFigure": "pj-inbox-triage-desk-1",
  "demo": {
    "command": [
      "python3",
      "demo.py"
    ],
    "cwd": "solution"
  },
  "stages": [
    {
      "id": "01-parse-messages",
      "title": "Read MIME without losing message identity",
      "summary": "Parse exported messages and preserve their exact plain-text evidence.",
      "hours": 2,
      "difficulty": "starter",
      "language": "python",
      "languageWhy": "Python ships MIME parsing, structured email generation and portable document export in its standard library.",
      "concepts": [
        "MIME",
        "message identity",
        "input bounds"
      ],
      "figure": "pj-inbox-triage-desk-1"
    },
    {
      "id": "02-group-and-triage",
      "title": "Group references and explain the queue",
      "summary": "Use message references for threads and explicit phrases for triage.",
      "hours": 2,
      "difficulty": "core",
      "language": "python",
      "languageWhy": "Python ships MIME parsing, structured email generation and portable document export in its standard library.",
      "concepts": [
        "union find",
        "rule conflicts",
        "evidence spans"
      ],
      "figure": "pj-inbox-triage-desk-2"
    },
    {
      "id": "03-draft-for-review",
      "title": "Create an unsent draft with a source quote",
      "summary": "Generate reviewable email drafts without inventing commitments.",
      "hours": 2,
      "difficulty": "core",
      "language": "python",
      "languageWhy": "Python ships MIME parsing, structured email generation and portable document export in its standard library.",
      "concepts": [
        "email serialization",
        "evidence validation",
        "provider proposals"
      ],
      "figure": "pj-inbox-triage-desk-3"
    },
    {
      "id": "04-export-the-desk",
      "title": "Export an auditable inbox desk",
      "summary": "Write portable HTML, JSON and draft files from the same review records.",
      "hours": 2,
      "difficulty": "stretch",
      "language": "python",
      "languageWhy": "Python ships MIME parsing, structured email generation and portable document export in its standard library.",
      "concepts": [
        "HTML escaping",
        "stable filenames",
        "portable artifacts"
      ],
      "figure": "pj-inbox-triage-desk-4"
    }
  ],
  "demos": [
    {
      "gif": "media/run.gif",
      "poster": "media/run.png",
      "title": "Build and grade",
      "caption": "A fresh starter fails; the complete original solution passes all four stages."
    },
    {
      "gif": "media/output.gif",
      "poster": "media/output.png",
      "title": "Inspect the application output",
      "caption": "Actual output from authored offline fixtures. See the README for provider and evidence boundaries."
    }
  ]
}