The Inbox is an Agent Runtime
summary
Argues that the inbox is an agent runtime and that email is the best protocol because it supplies identity, durable threaded context, and async wake events; demonstrates an implementation using an agent SDK (JavaScript/TypeScript), LLM bindings, email capability and Cloudflare workers tied to a purchased domain agentsinbox.org; deploys an email agent, routes mail, schedules a reminder, and shows the agent replying on the same thread with tools and retryable durable state and near 0 ms startup billing behavior.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Email as agent runtime
- 1:52Chat limits agent usefulness
- 3:16Asynchronous nature of work
- 5:00Email meets agent needs
- 8:11Agent runtime features
- 9:37Agent SDK introduction
- 10:42Memory and routing in agents
- 11:51Live demo setup
- 16:07Code walkthrough and capabilities
- 18:12Deploying the agent
- 19:16Testing with email
- 21:50Sending agent emails
- 24:18Agent tool execution
- 27:45Demo resources and code
- 28:05SDK advantages
- 29:09Closing thoughts
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