Exec Aide (Lauren)

Personal AI executive assistant for Adam Moussa. Monitors Gmail inbox, classifies emails by urgency using Claude Haiku (Bedrock), delivers Slack alerts and daily digests, and supports two-way conversation via Slack DM and @mentions in channels.

Architecture

EventBridge (15 min) → fetch-classify Lambda → Gmail API → Bedrock Haiku → DynamoDB + Slack DM
EventBridge Scheduler (5 PM ET M-F) → daily-digest Lambda → DynamoDB + Gmail API → Slack DM
Fargate (Socket Mode) → Slack listener → conversation Lambda → Bedrock Sonnet + tools → Slack reply

Stack: CDK (TypeScript), stack name exec-aide, region us-east-1

Services

• exec-aide-fetch-classify (Lambda): Polls Gmail via History API every 15 minutes, classifies each new message via Bedrock Haiku, filters out marketing, sends immediate Slack DM for HIGH priority, tracks thread state for unanswered detection.
• exec-aide-daily-digest (Lambda): Runs weekdays at 5 PM ET (DST-aware). Summarizes high-priority items, bypassed work orders, and unanswered threads older than 24h.
• exec-aide-conversation (Lambda): Bedrock Sonnet-powered conversational assistant. Handles multi-turn conversations with tool use for inbox queries, Gmail search, coordination threads, and on-demand digest triggers. Channel-aware: declines private info in public channels. Invoked asynchronously by the listener.
• exec-aide-listener (Fargate): Socket Mode Slack bot. Handles DMs (with "Thinking..." placeholder UX), @mentions in channels (flat or threaded replies), and coordination thread routing. Runs in a dedicated VPC (10.30.0.0/16) on ARM64.
• DynamoDB exec-aide: Single-table design (MSG#, THD#, META#, CONV#, COORD# prefixes). GSI by-date for daily digest queries. 90-day TTL (7-day for COORD).

Conversation Tools

The conversation Lambda has access to these tools:

Tool	Description
get_inbox_summary	Today's email stats + recent high-priority items
get_high_priority_emails	HIGH-classified emails for a given date
get_unanswered_threads	Threads awaiting reply for 24h+
get_bypassed_work_orders	Emails sent without CC'ing work-orders@
search_emails_by_sender	Find emails from a specific sender
get_email_thread_detail	Full thread context from Gmail
trigger_daily_digest	Send a digest on demand
search_inbox	Full Gmail search with query syntax
coordinate_with_user	Start a coordination thread with someone in a channel

CDK Constructs

• lib/constructs/email-pipeline.ts — DynamoDB table, all three Lambda functions, EventBridge schedules
• lib/constructs/socket-mode.ts — VPC, ECS cluster, Fargate service, ECR repo (image built automatically via ContainerImage.fromAsset())

Classification Rules

Category	Trigger
HIGH	VIP sender, urgency keywords, escalation language, financial/legal matters
NORMAL	Standard business correspondence
LOW	FYI-only, calendar confirmations, informational notifications
MARKETING	Newsletters, promotions, bulk mailings, cold outreach (filtered out)
Bypassed WO	Email to Adam without work-orders@ in TO/CC
Unanswered	Thread where Adam hasn't replied in 24h+

Prerequisites

• AWS CDK CLI (npm install -g aws-cdk)
• Node.js 18+, Python 3.12
• Docker (for Lambda bundling and Fargate image builds)
• Gmail API enabled in Google Cloud Console (project: exec-aide)
• Slack app "Exec Aide" with Socket Mode enabled

One-Time Setup

1. Gmail OAuth

pip install google-auth-oauthlib
python scripts/get_gmail_token.py --client-secrets-file path/to/client_secret.json
# Authorize as adam@seahavenind.com, copy output to Secrets Manager

2. Secrets Manager

Secret	Contents
exec-aide/gmail-oauth	{ client_id, client_secret, refresh_token, access_token, token_expiry }
exec-aide/slack-credentials	{ botToken, signingSecret, appToken }

3. SSM Parameters

Parameter	Value
/exec-aide/adam-email	adam@seahavenind.com
/exec-aide/adam-slack-user-id	Slack user ID
/exec-aide/vip-senders	JSON array of email addresses
/exec-aide/vip-domains	JSON array of domains
/exec-aide/work-order-addresses	["work-orders@seahavenind.com","work-orders@seahaven.com"]
/exec-aide/unanswered-threshold-hours	24

Deploy

npm install
cdk deploy

Manual Testing

aws lambda invoke --function-name exec-aide-fetch-classify /dev/stdout
aws lambda invoke --function-name exec-aide-daily-digest /dev/stdout

Or DM the Exec Aide bot in Slack to test the conversational assistant.

Updating VIP List

Edit the SSM parameters — changes take effect on the next Lambda cold start:

aws ssm put-parameter --name /exec-aide/vip-senders --value '["new@example.com"]' --type String --overwrite