wiki/prds/AgentMail-ideas.md

AgentMail Integration Ideas for Markdown Blog

Ideas for integrating AgentMail into the markdown blog application to enhance developer experience, user experience, and interactive features.

Developer Experience (Building)

1. Email-to-Post Workflow

• Developers email markdown content to a dedicated inbox
• Agent automatically creates draft posts from email content
• Handle attachments (images) - agent processes and uploads them
• Use subject line tags like [draft] or [publish] for workflow control

2. Content Curation Agent

• Agent monitors RSS feeds or URLs and automatically creates post drafts
• Email agent URLs to import as markdown posts
• Email threads for review/approval workflows before publishing

3. Newsletter Management

• Automated weekly/monthly digest emails sent to subscribers
• Agent compiles recent posts and formats email newsletters
• Reply-to support for subscriber engagement

4. Developer Notifications

• Daily/weekly stats summaries via email
• New subscriber alerts
• Email replies/comments notifications
• RSS feed validation alerts

User Experience (Reading)

5. Email Subscriptions

• Users subscribe to all posts or specific tags
• Get new post notifications or digests
• Include post excerpts with "read more" links

6. Email Newsletter

• Weekly/monthly digest of new posts
• Group by tags or themes
• Personalization based on reading history

7. Reply via Email

• Users reply to post notification emails to comment
• Thread conversations via email
• Agents parse and add replies to posts/pages

Interactive Features (Receiving)

8. Email-Based Contact

• Contact form sends via AgentMail
• Agent categorizes inquiries (support, feedback, collaboration)
• Auto-reply confirmations
• Forward to appropriate team member

9. Guest Post Submissions

• Accept guest post submissions via email
• Agent validates markdown format
• Creates draft posts for review
• Sends confirmation/rejection emails

10. Feedback and Comments

• Readers email feedback on posts
• Agent extracts relevant quotes
• Creates comment threads or feedback summaries
• Send thank-you emails

11. Content Requests

• Email topics to request
• Agent creates feature requests or drafts
• Track requests in Convex table
• Follow up on status

Advanced Integrations

12. AI-Powered Content Assistant

• Email content questions to agent
• Agent searches your blog content
• Replies with relevant excerpts and links
• Uses semantic search on your posts

13. Automated Outreach

• Agent identifies external blogs for cross-posting
• Sends personalized outreach emails
• Tracks responses and follow-ups

14. Community Engagement

• Weekly community email with top posts, comments, discussions
• Agent compiles engagement metrics
• Personalizes based on subscriber preferences

Implementation Strategy

Start Simple:

1. Email subscriptions - readers subscribe, receive new post notifications
2. Contact form - replace or augment current contact page
3. Developer notifications - stats summaries and alerts

Then Expand: 4. Email-to-post workflow - content creation via email 5. Newsletter automation - scheduled digests 6. Interactive features - email comments and feedback

The key advantage of AgentMail is that agents can handle email interactions autonomously without OAuth/MFA hassles, so you can create truly autonomous workflows that integrate with your Convex backend.