Automating My Digital Life with Apple Reminders

I'm borderline obsessed with automating my digital life.

I live deep inside the Apple ecosystem — MacBook, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, HomePod — so my goal is simple: everything funnels into Apple Reminders, because that's the one system I actually trust and use all day.

Siri handles voice capture just fine. The real problem? Email.

The Email Problem

Most of my work shows up in Gmail, and Apple still has no clean way to turn emails into Reminders. The Mail app is mediocre, and dragging emails into Reminders feels like a hack from 2014.

So I built my own solution.

The Solution

Over the last day, I wrote a Python service (using Claude Code + the Anthropic API) that:

• Checks my Gmail inbox every 30 minutes
• Analyzes new emails to decide whether they should become tasks
• Automatically creates Apple Reminders when they qualify

On top of that, every morning at 7am another Python script:

• Generates a Morning Update in Apple Notes
• Sends me an iMessage summary
• Pulls in today's calendar events and reminders
• Prioritizes everything based on urgency and criticality

The Result

No inbox anxiety. No manual triage. Just a ranked list of what actually matters today.

Apple's tools are powerful — but only if you're willing to glue them together yourself.