AI USE CASES YOU CAN REUSE.English edition · Individuals, independents, small businesses
Spotted on the web

Sort and qualify a thousand emails per day and pre-write quotes

Use described publicly by France Num (francenum.gouv.fr) (27 April 2026 (updated on 19 May 2026)), summarised by the desk. Not tested by iadujour.

The result to aim for

Aldes, an air quality solution manufacturer, co-developed with the start-up Catalog a tool that classifies and describes e-mails as prospects and customers, and then pre-writes the quotes.

What was done

According to the dossier published by France Num on 27 April 2026, which takes up the White Paper of Bpifrance Conseil and Siparex from the accompaniment of more than 50 SMEs and ETI, the company (380 million euros in turnover, accompanied by Siparex) received about 1,000 e-mails per day from prospects and customers. The co-developed solution with Catalog classes them, qualifies them and prepares an initial version of the specifications for the technical-commercial. The dossier indicates five months of development, a cost of EUR 40 000 for construction and then EUR 60 000 per year in operation, and an estimated return on investment of EUR 800,000 in the first year, attributed to better processing and productivity gains. This is a reported estimate, not an audit result.

Before you start

Tool cited by the source: Catalog. Fill in the bracketed items: [coller], [demande de devis, SAV, relance, information produit, autre]. Strip confidential data that is not needed and check your tool’s access terms. Features and plans can change.

The method, in three steps.

  1. Gather the context

    Spot the bracketed items in the prompt ([coller], [demande de devis, SAV, relance, information produit, autre]) and prepare what they ask for.

  2. Adapt the prompt

    Copy the prompt below, replace the bracketed items, then paste it into the AI assistant you use. The cited tool (Catalog) is not necessarily available to the public..

  3. Reread before using

    Reread the result, correct it if needed and keep the final decision. Caveats are detailed below.

Your starting point.

Replace the bracketed items, then adapt the proposal to your situation. This prompt is written by the iadujour desk It is not a quotation from the source.

The prompt to customise
Here are 20 anonymous incoming emails received by our sales department: [coller].
Our categories: [demande de devis, SAV, relance, information produit, autre].

1. Class each e-mail, with a level of confidence.
2. For requests for quotes, extract products, quantity, time, place, and what is missing.
3. Proposes a first frame of quotation without inventing prices: leaves the prices to complete.
I validate every quote before shipping.

What deserves your attention

A pre-edited estimate remains a proposal: the technical-commercial checks references, quantities and prices before sending, and an unclassified e-mail must be able to be identified and reallocated.
Origin of the case. Use described publicly by France Num (francenum.gouv.fr) (27 April 2026 (updated on 19 May 2026)).
Proof level: Testimony published by an identified source. Source checked on 10 November 2026. Use described by the source, not tested by the desk. Original summary written by iadujour.fr: figures and claims are the source’s; the prompt is a desk proposal, not a quotation.
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