Never miss a bill due date again

Step by step

1. Make a Bills label and filter

   In Gmail's settings, under Filters, create a filter for emails from your energy, water, phone, council and other billers, and have it apply a label called Bills. Outlook users can do the same with a rule that moves them to a Bills folder.

2. Check the Bills label weekly

   Once a week, open the Bills label and copy the text of any new bills.

3. Pull out the key dates

   Paste the bill emails into your AI assistant with this prompt.

   Prompt to copyHere are my latest bill emails. For each bill, extract: company, amount due, due date, whether it's paid by direct debit or needs me to pay manually, and any reference I need. Present as a table sorted by due date. Then write one calendar reminder title for each manual bill, in the format: Pay [company] [amount] - due [date]. [paste emails, with account numbers removed]

4. Add reminders to your calendar

   Create a calendar event two or three days before each manual payment date using the titles the AI gave you, with a notification switched on.

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