Two shortcuts. One time.

The email you would have to read twice.

Some messages bury the thing you actually need. A date three paragraphs down. A pharmacy pickup mentioned once. A meeting time that changed. These two shortcuts read the message for you and hand back the dates, the important points, and the reminders, one at a time.

Triage and Capture

$19

Both shortcuts. One time, no subscription.

Get both for $19 →

Everything

$57

The same two shortcuts, plus the Complete Bundle: the Automation Kit, Trust But Verify, the Implementation Guide, Screenshot Cleanup and the ETA shortcut. The morning text, the chore follow up, the grocery list, the drive home.

Bought separately, $92.97.

One time. Instant delivery by email.

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Checkout shows the bundle at $45. Tick the $12 add on for the two shortcuts.

Works on iPhone and iPad. No subscription. See how it works ↓

What you get

Two shortcuts that do the same job in different places.

For school email

School Mail Triage

Reads school email. It knows what a school message looks like, so it finds the early release, the volunteer ask, the form due Friday, and files them into dates you can act on.

For everything else

Capture

Reads everything else. The HOA newsletter, the church bulletin, the appointment reminder from the clinic, the library program list, the grandchild's recital invitation, the travel confirmation, and any long message where the useful part is buried in a paragraph.

Both hand back the same three things: the dates, the points that matter, and what you need to do about them.

How it works

You give it the message. It gives you the list.

1

Send it a screenshot or a PDF.

Share from Mail, Photos, or Files. Whatever the message came in as.

2

It reads the whole thing.

Every paragraph, including the parts you would have skimmed past.

3

It hands you the dates, the important points, and the reminders, one at a time.

You decide on each one instead of scanning a wall of text.

Hand it the page. Share, Print, share the preview to Capture.
The first item comes back. One tap and the event is filled in.
Then the next one. Event, reminder, or skip. You decide each time, and it lands on your calendar with the original attached.
Nothing is kept

Nothing gets stored anywhere. Nothing gets sent to a list. It reads what you hand it and gives you the result.

What Capture reads

The message is long. The part you need is one line.

HOA newsletter

The buried line

The pool closes for the season on the 14th, and the gate code changes the same week.

Clinic portal message

The buried line

Nothing to eat after midnight, arrive fifteen minutes early, bring your medication list.

Church bulletin

The buried line

The potluck date is in one section and the signup deadline is in another.

Utility notice

The buried line

Water will be off Tuesday from 9 to noon.

Travel confirmation

The buried line

The shuttle time, the confirmation number, and the cancellation deadline, all in different paragraphs.

Recital invitation from the grandkids' mother

The buried line

The date, when doors open, and RSVP by Friday.

One real run

What it looks like when it comes back.

The page
IRVINE PUBLIC LIBRARY Family Storytime In-Person Bring the whole family for a fun and interactive storytime! Delight in engaging stories and songs that encourage early learning skills and cultivate a shared love of reading across all ages. Space is limited and available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Open to all ages. Date: Saturday, May 2, 2026 Time: 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM Location: Heritage Park Library Community Room More events like this... …and four more pages of related listings, each with its own dates buried inside.
What came back
  • DateFamily Storytime · Sat May 2, 10:30 to 11:15 AM · Heritage Park Library Community Room
  • DateToddler Storytime · Sep 3, 10:30 to 11:00 AM · Heritage Park Library
  • DateToddler Storytime · Sep 3, 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM · Heritage Park Library
  • DateAdult Book Club · Sep 3, 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM · University Park Library Community Room
  • DateSTEAM Explorers · Sep 3, 4:00 to 4:45 PM · University Park Library Community Room
  • DateTeen PomPom Coasters · Sep 3, 5:00 to 6:00 PM · Katie Wheeler Library

A real library events page, printed to PDF from Safari and handed to Capture. The left side is an excerpt of page one. The right side is every item it handed back, one at a time, including five buried in the related listings.

Who this is for

This is not only a school tool.

If you have kids in school

School Mail Triage is the one you will use most, and it will pay for itself in the first week of any term.

If you do not

Capture is the reason to be here. Your inbox has the same problem, it just comes from the HOA, the clinic, the church, the library, and the grandkids. The date is in there somewhere and you have to go looking for it.

You get both, so it does not matter which one you came for.

Price

Two options. Both one time.

You get both shortcuts, the setup instructions, and the links already built, so you are installing them rather than assembling them.

Triage and Capture

$19

Both shortcuts. One time, no subscription.

  • School Mail Triage, installed from an iCloud link
  • Capture, installed from an iCloud link
  • The setup guide, with the few questions each shortcut asks the first time you run it
  • Each shortcut in two builds, one for Apple Intelligence and one using the free ChatGPT app, so older iPhones work too
  • The Claude chat setup for School Mail Triage, for phones that cannot run the shortcut
Get both for $19 →

Everything

$57

The same two shortcuts, plus the Complete Bundle: the Automation Kit, Trust But Verify, the Implementation Guide, Screenshot Cleanup and the ETA shortcut. The morning text, the chore follow up, the grocery list, the drive home.

Bought separately, $92.97.

One time. Instant delivery by email.

Get everything for $57 →

Checkout shows the bundle at $45. Tick the $12 add on for the two shortcuts.

If something does not run on your phone, email hello@thefamilyos.net from your purchase address and it gets sorted out.

Existing owners

If you already own School Mail Triage, Capture is free.

Check your inbox for the install link email. If it is not there, email hello@thefamilyos.net from the address you bought with and it will be sent again.

Questions

Answered plainly.

I don't have kids in school. Is this still worth it?

Yes. Capture is the one built for you, and it is half of what you are buying. It reads the HOA newsletter, the clinic message, the church bulletin, and the travel confirmation the same way School Mail Triage reads a school email, and hands back the dates and the reminders. School Mail Triage comes along in case a grandchild's school ever lands in your inbox.

Does it work on Android?

The shortcuts run in the iPhone Shortcuts app, so they need an iPhone or an iPad. School Mail Triage also comes with a Claude chat setup that runs on any phone, including Android. Capture is a shortcut only.

Do I need to be technical?

No. You tap a link, the shortcut installs, and you answer a few setup questions the first time you run it.

What if the message is on a website instead of in my email?

Hand it the page as a PDF. In Safari, tap the share button, choose Print, then share the preview to the shortcut. It reads the whole page, even the long ones. A screenshot of the part that matters works too.

Does it store my email?

No. It reads what you hand it and gives you the result. Nothing is kept.

What can I give it?

A screenshot or a PDF. That is the whole list, and web pages count, because Safari turns any page into a PDF from the share menu.