Comparison
alfred_ is autonomous and continuous: inbox, calendar, tasks, daily brief. Postal starts from the thought that would have died in a chat tab — capture, find, remind — then can still brief you in the morning.
| Need | alfred_ | Postal |
|---|---|---|
| Default motion | Continuous: watches mail and calendar | You dump; Postal keeps, finds, and reminds |
| Morning | Daily brief from email/calendar/tasks | Morning Postal from your own overdue, due, calendar, and notes |
| Capture | Mostly from the streams it already watches | Chat, voice, paste, CLI — including things no inbox ever saw |
| Find | Ask alfred_ | Find even when you can’t remember what you called it |
| Who it’s for | People whose work is email + calendar | People whose work is thoughts, lists, research, and follow-ups |
alfred_ is stronger if the bottleneck is an overflowing inbox. Postal is stronger if the bottleneck is thoughts that never made it into a system.