Can I vibecode Clean Email?

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The visible inbox cleanup loop is buildable, but a credible replacement needs more than the first screen. Clean Email earns its keep through deliverability, security, integration, so expect a weekend or multi-day build and a narrower personal scope.

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The Build Prompt

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Build a deliberately narrow personal substitute for Clean Email, not a full clone.
Use exactly this stack: Tauri 2 + React + TypeScript + SQLite.
Primary job: Build a local email companion focused on inbox decluttering, bulk organization, and automated cleaning rules, operating over IMAP.
Start from an empty folder and create the complete working project. Make the default mode single-user and private.

Data Model:
- `MailboxMeta`: account_id, last_sync_time
- `EmailHeaders`: message_id, sender_email, sender_name, subject, date, size, folder
- `SmartFolders`: id, name, filter_logic (JSON - e.g., sender_domain='*@news.com')
- `AutoRules`: id, name, criteria (JSON), action (archive, delete, move_to_folder, block_sender)
- `ScreenerQueue`: id, message_id, sender_email, status (pending, approved, rejected)

User Journey & Screens:
1. Dashboard/Overview: Shows "Smart Folders" grouping thousands of emails by category (Newsletters, Promotions, Large Emails) based on metadata.
2. Bulk Action View: Selecting a Smart Folder shows all matching emails and offers 1-click actions to "Archive All" or "Delete All".
3. Auto-Clean Rules Config: UI to create persistent rules (e.g., "Delete emails from X older than 30 days").
4. Screener View: A quarantine area holding emails from new, unknown senders awaiting approval or blocking.

Technical specifics:
- Sync *only* email headers (metadata) via IMAP into local SQLite; do not download full email bodies to save space and respect privacy.
- Execute Auto-Clean rules locally via IMAP commands (e.g., move flags, delete flags) during the sync cycle.
- Deliberately exclude these paid-product advantages: server-side provider-grade deliverability tracking; push reliability across devices; infrastructure-level sender blocking (fallback to IMAP move-to-trash).
- Validate untrusted input and never log private file contents.
- Write focused unit tests for the metadata grouping logic and IMAP command generation.
- Create a README with setup, architecture, and limitations.
- Run the tests and build before finishing, then fix errors rather than merely describing them.
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What you lose

  • Hosted infrastructure and managed operations from Clean Email
  • The original service's mature integrations and ecosystem
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