Most of what lands in a founder's inbox is machine noise: alerts, digests, DMARC reports, receipts. It does not need a person. It needs a filter with judgment.
The overnight pass
Every night the assistant agent reads what arrived, files the noise, drafts replies to anything routine, and leaves a short brief at the top of the inbox.
What it never does
It never sends without a gate, and it never deletes. Filing is reversible; sending is not.