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New enquiries, client projects and invoices, sorted and answered

Kerna sorts your inbox into new enquiries, client projects, invoices and payments, scheduling and admin, reads the fields off statements of work, timesheets and receipts, and drafts the reply for you to check.

Gmail and Outlook5 categories, 5 document typesEmail content not stored45 languages
Kerna · TriageConsulting & Freelance

Sorted into your categories

New enquiries
Client projects
Invoices & payments
Scheduling
Admin

Client invoice

Invoice number
Issuer
Issuer tax ID
Reading the fields
What arrives

The email Consulting & Freelance teams work through every day

A new enquiry waits under a week of client threads

Statements of work and contracts arrive as PDFs whose dates and values you retype

Expense receipts and timesheets pile up until invoice day

Agreeing a time for a call takes four emails

Clients abroad write in their own language

Every hour on admin is an hour you can't bill

Triage

Your Consulting & Freelance inbox, sorted the way you sort it

Kerna starts you with five categories built for this industry and hands them to you in your own language. Rename them, rewrite them, or add one of your own. Nothing is fixed and nothing is saved until you say so.

New enquiriesClient projectsInvoices & paymentsSchedulingAdmin+ one of your own
Attachment extraction

The Consulting & Freelance documents Kerna already recognises

Five document types with the fields already named, so the first extraction works before you have configured anything. Add your own fields on top. Gmail exports to Google Sheets, Outlook to Excel, a new file every time.

Client invoice

18 fields
Invoice numberIssuerIssuer tax IDIssuer addressCustomerCustomer tax ID+12

Plus one row per line: Description, Item code, Quantity, Unit price, Discount, Net amount

Statement of work

16 fields
Agreement titlePartiesEffective dateTermRenewalValue+10

Contract or NDA

15 fields
Agreement titlePartiesEffective dateTermRenewalValue+9

Timesheet

11 fields
ConsultantClientProjectPeriodTotal hoursBillable hours+5

Expense receipt

12 fields
Receipt numberMerchantMerchant tax IDPurchase dateCurrencyNet total+6

Plus one row per line: Description, Item code, Quantity, Unit price, Discount, Net amount

Run it on the next Consulting & Freelance document that arrives

Free to start, in the inbox you already use. Gmail exports to Google Sheets, Outlook exports to Excel and can take every attachment on a message in one pass.

What happens next

From the email that arrives to the work that's done.

Receipts and timesheets into a sheet

Expense receipts, timesheets, client invoices, statements of work and NDAs, with the fields already named. Gmail exports to Google Sheets, Outlook to Excel.

A reply from the whole thread

Kerna summarises a long client thread and drafts the reply in your client's language and the tone you set. You check it and send it.

Times from your own calendar

When you ask Kerna to propose another time, it reads when you are busy over the next two weeks and offers the free slots.

Deadlines into your calendar and tasks

Dates and action items found in an email go to your calendar and task list when you choose to.

Writing

The Consulting & Freelance emails you send most, drafted from a short brief

Ten starting topics from the add-on, in any of 45 languages and the tone you choose. You read every draft before it goes.

01Project Proposal
02Invoice & Payment Request
03Meeting Follow-up
04Initial Consultation Confirmation
05Request for Testimonial
06Project Milestone Update
07Availability for New Projects
08Contract for Signature
09Sharing Final Deliverables
10Networking Introduction Request
Good to know

Frequently asked questions

Does it work for one person, or only for firms?

Both. Starter, Standard and Pro are for one person; Business and Enterprise add team seats. Starter is free, with no card.

Will it replace my accounting tool or CRM?

No. It reads receipts, invoices and timesheets into Google Sheets or Excel, and in Outlook, Send to passes checked data to Make, Zapier or Power Automate. Your accounting tool stays where it is.

Can I keep my own way of writing?

Yes. Your custom prompts and the tone setting shape every draft, and you edit the draft before you send it.

Does it work on my phone?

The Gmail add-on works in the Gmail mobile app on Android and iOS. Kerna for Outlook works in Outlook on the desktop and the web, not in the Outlook mobile apps.

Start with what's in your inbox today

Free to install. Free to try. No credit card required.

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