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Mine Gmail for on-record PR quotes with Claude Cowork

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Evidence: Article or interviewA newsletter, journalist or interview account of what happened.

Outcome

Connected read-only to Gmail, Claude Cowork found 12 relevant PR pitches in about a minute, then narrowed to eight on-record quotes with publish permission that the journalist verified before use.

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Claude Cowork

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Find the pieces that contain full, on-record statements with explicit permission to publish, especially emails that say "free to use in any piece" or "free to use in coverage."

Source

https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/claude/articles/tried-claude-cowork-gmail-inbox-150900973.html

By David Gewirtz (ZDNET / Yahoo) · Published Jul 8, 2026 · Added Oct 15, 2026 · Last verified Oct 15, 2026

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    Poster says:300-page family wiki

    Claude Code, Claude in Chrome, Perplexity Comet · Research · Source date:

  • Working for over 45 minutes, GPT-5 Pro found correct FEINs for 4 of 6 subsidiaries on the Florida Division of Corporations site and one address via a FINRA BrokerCheck report; the poster double-checked the FEINs.

    GPT-5 Pro · Research · Source date:

  • Find links to content with Project Mariner (no links returned)Improved promptEvidence: Described by posterFailure

    Asked to find links to content, Project Mariner found the content but wouldn't return the links, which the poster said made the result not very helpful.

    Project Mariner · Research · Source date: