Burai marks every email it has created a task from with a category called Burai Task Created. Outlook only shows categories that exist in your own mailbox, so the label stays hidden until you add it. You add it once, and from then on it appears on those emails on its own. Burai adds the Burai Task Created label when it creates a task from an email. This is on unless you turn it off in Email AI Agent Settings.
Marking the email as read is a separate setting, and it is off to begin with. Turn on Mark emails as read when Burai extracts a task if you would rather processed mail left your unread list.
On a shared mailbox both happen automatically and cannot be turned off.
You may not need these steps. Where you read your mail decides whether the label is already there. In Outlook on the web and in new Outlook for Windows it appears on its own — see the table further down.
Where you read your mail | Do you need these steps? |
Outlook on the web | No — the label is already there |
New Outlook for Windows | No — the label is already there |
New Outlook for macOS | Yes |
Outlook for macOS (legacy) | Yes |
Outlook for Windows (legacy) | Yes |
Outlook on iPhone or iPad | Not possible on mobile — add the category on your computer first |
Outlook on Android | Not possible on mobile — add the category on your computer first |
Steps
Open the Microsoft Outlook desktop app.
Right-click any email.
Any message will do. You are creating the category here, not tagging that particular email.Choose Categorise.
Select Manage Categories.
Click the plus button.
It sits below the list of existing categories.Type the name Burai Task Created.
Enter it exactly like that (Burai Task Created), with capital letters on each word. Outlookcmatches the label by its name, so a different spelling shows nothing.Pick a colour.
Any colour works — it is how the label will look in your message list.Click Create.
Go back to your inbox.
Emails that Burai has created a task from now carry the Burai Task
Created label. Open Burai to see the tasks themselves.
Notes / Tips
Older emails are labelled too. The category applies to mail Burai handled
before you added it, so your existing inbox fills in as well — not only mail
that arrives from now on.The label tells you a task already exists for that email, so you do not need
to create one yourself.You cannot create a category in the Outlook mobile app. Add it once in Outlook on your computer, and the label then shows on your phone or tablet.
Summary / Next Steps
Once the category exists, Outlook shows the label without any further work from
you. Open Burai when you want to act on the tasks behind those emails.