Things to ask Brea
65 ideas. Each one is a message you can text Brea exactly as written.
Email & inbox
Get through email faster: summaries, cleanups, replies and follow-ups.
Morning inbox summary
Every morning at 8, summarize my new emails: what needs a reply, what's important, and what I can ignore.
- Reminders on a schedule
Find newsletters to unsubscribe from
Look through my email and list the newsletters and promos I never open, so I can unsubscribe.
Get to inbox zero
Help me get to inbox zero: group my unread email into reply, read later, and archive.
Weekly newsletter digest
Every Sunday, give me the best bits from the newsletters I got this week in one short digest.
- Reminders on a schedule
Chase emails that got no reply
If someone hasn't replied to an important email I sent within 3 days, remind me so I can follow up.
- Keeps watch
Draft a tricky reply
Help me reply to my latest email from my landlord. Keep it polite but firm.
Find that one email
Find the email with my flight confirmation from last month and tell me the details.
Calendar & planning
Know what's coming, prepare for it, and keep your days under control.
What's on today
What do I have on my calendar today? Anything I need to prepare for?
- Calendar
Your week ahead, every Sunday
Every Sunday evening, send me a rundown of my week: meetings, deadlines, and anything that clashes.
- Calendar
- Reminders on a schedule
Tell me when plans change
Text me whenever an event on my calendar gets moved or cancelled.
- Calendar
- Keeps watch
Prep for my next meeting
Before my next meeting, tell me who's in it, what we last emailed about, and what I should bring up.
- Calendar
Protect focus time
Find two hours of free time each day this week and block them for focused work.
- Calendar
Plan my day with me
Help me plan my day around my calendar. I'll tell you what I need to get done.
- Calendar
Remind me about anything
Remind me to call mom on Sunday at 6pm.
- Reminders on a schedule
Money & bills
Catch renewals, track spending, and stop paying for things you don't use.
Catch subscriptions before they renew
Look through my email for subscriptions and bills, and warn me a week before anything renews.
- Keeps watch
What am I paying for every month?
Make me a list of everything I'm subscribed to and what each one costs per month.
Track my spending in a spreadsheet
Help me track my spending this month. I'll text you what I spend and you keep the totals by category.
- Reads files
- Remembers things
Cancel a subscription for me
I want to cancel my gym membership. Find out how and walk me through it, or do it for me.
- Searches the web
- Uses websites for you
Split a bill or trip costs
Split this dinner bill: $184 with tip, four people, but Sam didn't drink so take $20 off his share.
Explain a confusing bill
I'm sending you a photo of a medical bill. Explain what I'm being charged for and anything that looks wrong.
- Reads files
- Makes and edits images
Shopping & deals
Find the right thing at the right price, and know when it drops.
Watch a price for me
Watch the price of the Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones and text me if it drops below $300.
- Searches the web
- Keeps watch
Find the best deal
Find the best price for a Dyson V15 vacuum from a store I can trust.
- Searches the web
- Uses websites for you
Help me choose between products
I'm choosing between the iPad Air and a MacBook Air for school. Which should I get and why?
- Searches the web
Gift ideas for someone
I need a birthday gift for my sister. She's 30, loves hiking and coffee. Budget $75.
- Searches the web
- Remembers things
Buy something for me
Order more of the same dog food I bought last time from Chewy.
- Uses websites for you
- Pays for you
Keep track of a return
I'm returning a jacket to Nordstrom. Remind me to drop it off by Friday and check the refund comes through.
- Reminders on a schedule
Travel
Plan trips, compare options, and keep every booking in one place.
Plan a weekend trip
Plan a weekend trip to somewhere within 3 hours of me. Ask me what I like first.
- Searches the web
- Remembers things
Find cheap flights
Find the cheapest flights from New York to Miami for a long weekend next month.
- Searches the web
- Uses websites for you
Watch flight prices
Watch flights from Chicago to Denver for Thanksgiving week and tell me when the price drops.
- Searches the web
- Keeps watch
Build my trip itinerary
Pull all my bookings for my trip next week from my email and make me one itinerary.
- Reads files
Book a restaurant
Book a table for 4 at a good Italian place near me for Saturday at 7.
- Searches the web
- Uses websites for you
Make a packing list
Make me a packing list for 5 days in London in November with a 2-year-old.
- Searches the web
Home & family
Run the household: chores, school, appointments, gifts and errands.
Family chore chart
Make a weekly chore chart for my two kids (8 and 11) and remind them on Saturday mornings.
- Reminders on a schedule
- Reads files
Plan this week's meals
Plan dinners for this week for a family of 4, mostly under 30 minutes, and give me the grocery list.
- Remembers things
Keep up with school emails
Every evening, tell me anything from my kids' school emails that needs me: forms, dates, money.
- Reminders on a schedule
Remember birthdays and anniversaries
Remember that my dad's birthday is March 12 and remind me a week before to get a gift.
- Remembers things
- Reminders on a schedule
Find a plumber or handyman
Find me a well-reviewed plumber near me who can come this week.
- Searches the web
Help me fix something
My dishwasher isn't draining. Here's a photo. What should I check first?
- Makes and edits images
- Searches the web
Health & routines
Build habits and keep track of appointments, medicine and workouts.
Medicine reminders
Remind me to take my vitamins every day at 9am.
- Reminders on a schedule
Make me a workout plan
Make me a 4-week beginner workout plan I can do at home, 30 minutes, 3 times a week.
- Reminders on a schedule
Prepare for a doctor's visit
I have a doctor's appointment Thursday about my back pain. Help me prepare questions to ask.
- Remembers things
Recipes from what's in my fridge
Here's a photo of my fridge. What healthy dinner can I make tonight?
- Makes and edits images
Daily habit check-in
Check in with me every evening at 9 to ask if I walked 10,000 steps today, and keep my streak.
- Reminders on a schedule
- Remembers things
Work & side business
Content, customers, documents and the busywork around them.
Write social media posts
Write 5 Facebook posts for my page this week. My niche is AI art, and I want people commenting.
- Remembers things
Make images for my posts
Make an eye-catching image for a post about my bakery's new sourdough.
- Makes and edits images
Catch up on Instagram comments
Summarize the comments on my Instagram posts from this week and flag anything I should reply to.
- Keeps watch
Summarize a long document
I'm sending you a PDF contract. Summarize it and tell me anything I should worry about.
- Reads files
Make a spreadsheet
Make me a spreadsheet to track my small business invoices: client, amount, due date, paid.
- Reads files
Turn notes into action items
Here are my messy meeting notes. Turn them into clear action items with owners.
Write to a customer
Write a friendly email to a customer whose order is going to be a week late.
Organize my Drive
Organize the loose files in my Google Drive into sensible folders.
- Reads files
Photos & images
Make pictures, signs and invites, and fix up the photos you have.
Make a picture
Draw me a watercolor picture of a fox reading a newspaper in a cafe.
- Makes and edits images
Make a sign or flyer
Make a chalkboard sign for my bakery that says FRESH SOURDOUGH $6, and below it Open 7am - 3pm daily.
- Makes and edits images
Put two photos side by side
I'm sending you two photos. Put them side by side in one picture.
- Makes and edits images
Clean up a photo
Here's a photo. Remove the people in the background and brighten it up.
- Makes and edits images
Design a party invitation
Make a birthday party invitation for my son's 6th birthday. Dinosaur theme, Saturday at 2pm at our house.
- Makes and edits images
Ask about a photo
I'm sending you a photo of a plant. What is it, and how do I keep it alive?
- Makes and edits images
- Searches the web
Research & answers
Get real answers from the web, explained simply, and keep up with what matters.
Explain something simply
Explain how a 401(k) works like I'm 15.
Research a big decision
I'm thinking about switching to solar panels. Is it worth it where I live? Look into it for me.
- Searches the web
Daily news briefing
Every morning at 7, send me the 5 most important news stories in 2 sentences each.
- Searches the web
- Reminders on a schedule
Keep me posted on a topic
Let me know when there's news about the new iPhone release date.
- Searches the web
- Keeps watch
Know when your shows have new episodes
Keep track of my favorite shows: Severance, The Bear and Abbott Elementary. Text me on the day a new episode airs.
- Searches the web
- Keeps watch
- Remembers things
Fact-check something
Is it true that you shouldn't charge your phone overnight? Check for me.
- Searches the web
Practice a language
Help me practice Spanish. Text me one short question in Spanish every day and correct my answer.
- Reminders on a schedule
- Remembers things
Ask what Brea can do for you
Tell me what you can do for me before I connect anything.