Gmail Commitment Radar

The problem

An email can disappear from the visible inbox while a promise inside it remains open. Tracking commitments requires noticing an obligation and moving it into a separate workflow.

The product decision

Keep triage inside the inbox and highlight the exact phrase behind a detected commitment. The user can inspect the evidence before marking it done, snoozing it, or preparing a reply.

What works

The prototype connects inbox badges, a thread view, radar panel, dashboard, settings, and draft composer. Commitment state persists locally and stays consistent across the views.

Boundaries and next evaluation

Detection is simulated. There is no live Gmail connection or model inference. This keeps the build focused on workflow and state consistency.

A next evaluation would measure precision of commitment detection, incorrect deadlines, user corrections, and unresolved tasks recovered. Negation, quoted messages, and requests addressed to someone else are important failure cases.