Objective

Make the Outlook/Exchange mailbox layer feel more Gmail-like while using boring, obvious category names and no new numeric prefixes.

Changes Applied

Created plain categories: Needs Review, Finance and Security, Low Priority, Case Watch, Receipts and Renewals, Comment.
Migrated rule labels from the numbered names to plain names for calendar, roundtable, CallRail, KJA/ARC/EOB, demand/court/Clifford, Salesforce report, RingCentral text, and low-priority sender rules.
Renamed the consolidated rule to Low Priority Senders to Clutter.
Recreated that consolidated rule after an Outlook PATCH left it in hasError=true; final rule readback is enabled and hasError=false.
Deleted only the five numbered master categories created by the prior setup pass: 0: owner review, 9: finance/security, 10: auto-cleared/noise, 11: legal/case watch, 12: receipts/subscriptions.
Left older legacy numbered categories in the master category list for a separate audited cleanup pass.

py_compile exited 0 for /Users/samaguiar/.codex/automations/outlook-owner-triage/apply_gmail_like_outlook_config.py.
Final dry-run reported categories and targeted rule patches as already configured with no obsolete auto-created category cleanup remaining.
Live readback showed all plain categories present, the five auto-created numbered categories absent, no touched rule assigning those old names, and Low Priority Senders to Clutter enabled with hasError=false.

Audit and retire the older disabled/errored Outlook rules before adding much more automation.
Consolidate the older legacy numbered master categories into existing plain names only after sampling historical message usage.
Add narrow rules for Finance and Security, Case Watch, Intake Exceptions, VIP/Firm Leadership, Receipts and Renewals, and Low Priority senders based on observed sender/subject patterns.

A. Audit disabled and errored legacy Outlook rules next. Recommended.

B. Consolidate old numbered master categories next.