Know how fast you actually reply

Your real average response time each week, with the important emails that waited too long called out by name.

Everyone believes they reply fast. The sent folder disagrees: the prospect who waited four days, the colleague still waiting since Tuesday. Speed is a reputation, and most people have no idea what theirs actually is.

For sales especially, response time is close rate. What goes unmeasured goes unimproved.

THE ROUTINE

What it does

This routine runs every Friday. It calculates your average email response time for the week and flags the important threads where you were slowest.

You get the number and the outliers. Improvement starts with one uncomfortable Friday report.

THE PROMPT

Try the prompt

Copy this prompt into a new Littlebird routine. Edit the days and times to fit your schedule.

COPY THIS PROMPT
Every Friday calculate my average email response time this week and flag any important emails that took too long
THE SETUP

Set it up in three steps

  1. Open Littlebird and go to Routines, then create a new routine.
  2. Paste the prompt above. Adjust the days and times to fit your schedule.
  3. Littlebird runs it on schedule from then on. Pause or edit it anytime with auto-pause.
VS. CHAT SKILLS

Why not just use a skill?

You can fake this with a chat skill and enough copy-paste. Most people keep it up for a week, then stop -- because the copy-paste is the actual job.

A routine removes the choreography: the context is already there, the schedule is already set, and the output shows up where you need it.

And it is private by design: SOC 2, GDPR and CCPA aligned, running on your Mac.

FAQ

What counts as an important email?

You shape that in the prompt -- key clients, your boss, active deals. The tracker grades you against what matters to you.

What does the response tracker cost?

It runs on Basic for free. Plus runs $17 per month billed annually or $20 monthly, and the 14-day trial is free.

Is my email metadata private?

Yes. Littlebird is SOC 2 certified and GDPR-aligned and CCPA-aligned, and nothing is sold or used to train models.

Can I set a target response time?

Yes. Add it to the prompt -- 'flag anything over four hours' -- and the report holds you to it.

Is Windows going to get support?

Already here -- Littlebird runs on Mac and Windows.

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