I built a tool that sends the awkward email freelancers never send

Description and use

GetPaid lets freelancers quickly generate draft reminder emails for overdue invoices, avoiding direct sending and reducing the awkwardness of follow‑ups.

Problem

Freelancers struggle to send follow‑up emails for unpaid invoices because the task feels awkward and is often postponed.

Outcome

Freelancers can quickly generate polite, firm, or final reminder drafts without sending them automatically, preserving client relationships and reducing the mental barrier to follow‑up.

Workflow

• Run ./getpaid-shim scan to list sent invoices that appear overdue (read‑only).
• Run ./getpaid-shim confirm to review each listed invoice and decide whether it is truly overdue.
• Run ./getpaid-shim draft to create reminder drafts in Gmail. Open Gmail, review the drafts, and send them manually.

Evidence

GetPaid is a small CLI for freelancers. Three commands: ./getpaid-shim scan # finds sent invoices that look overdue (read-only) ./getpaid-shim confirm # you review each one: yes / no ./getpaid-shim draft # creates reminder drafts in Gmail

Source

It only writes drafts. It cannot send email.

Source