How do you actually keep your inbox under control?

I open my email a few times a day and somehow it still feels like it’s winning. I’ve tried a couple of the cleaner inbox tools and AI helpers that pop up here, but I keep ending up back in the same messy inbox with a bunch of unread stuff I meant to deal with later.
Curious what works for other people in practice.

Do you have a simple system, a specific tool, or just a habit that keeps it from piling up?

Or have you mostly given up and accepted the chaos?