/gws-gmail
Gmail: Send, read, and manage email.
$ npx -y skills add googleworkspace/cli --skill gws-gmail --agent claude-codeHow it fires
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/gws-gmail
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Gmail: Send, read, and manage email.
SKILL.md
gws-gmail.SKILL.mdname: gws-gmail
description: "Gmail: Send, read, and manage email."
metadata:
version: 0.22.5
openclaw:
category: "productivity"
requires:
bins:
- gws
cliHelp: "gws gmail --help"gmail (v1)
> **PREREQUISITE:** Read `../gws-shared/SKILL.md` for auth, global flags, and security rules. If missing, run `gws generate-skills` to create it.
gws gmail <resource> <method> [flags]
Helper Commands
| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | [`+send`](../gws-gmail-send/SKILL.md) | Send an email | | [`+triage`](../gws-gmail-triage/SKILL.md) | Show unread inbox summary (sender, subject, date) | | [`+reply`](../gws-gmail-reply/SKILL.md) | Reply to a message (handles threading automatically) | | [`+reply-all`](../gws-gmail-reply-all/SKILL.md) | Reply-all to a message (handles threading automatically) | | [`+forward`](../gws-gmail-forward/SKILL.md) | Forward a message to new recipients | | [`+read`](../gws-gmail-read/SKILL.md) | Read a message and extract its body or headers | | [`+watch`](../gws-gmail-watch/SKILL.md) | Watch for new emails and stream them as NDJSON |
API Resources
users
- `getProfile` — Gets the current user's Gmail profile.
- `stop` — Stop receiving push notifications for the given user mailbox.
- `watch` — Set up or update a push notification watch on the given user mailbox.
- `drafts` — Operations on the 'drafts' resource
- `history` — Operations on the 'history' resource
- `labels` — Operations on the 'labels' resource
- `messages` — Operations on the 'messages' resource
- `settings` — Operations on the 'settings' resource
- `threads` — Operations on the 'threads' resource
Discovering Commands
Before calling any API method, inspect it:
# Browse resources and methods
gws gmail --help
# Inspect a method's required params, types, and defaults
gws schema gmail.<resource>.<method>
Use `gws schema` output to build your `--params` and `--json` flags.
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name: gws-gmail
description: "Gmail: Send, read, and manage email."
metadata:
version: 0.22.5
openclaw:
category: "productivity"
requires:
bins:
- gws
cliHelp: "gws gmail --help"gmail (v1)
> **PREREQUISITE:** Read `../gws-shared/SKILL.md` for auth, global flags, and security rules. If missing, run `gws generate-skills` to create it.
gws gmail <resource> <method> [flags]
Helper Commands
| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | [`+send`](../gws-gmail-send/SKILL.md) | Send an email | | [`+triage`](../gws-gmail-triage/SKILL.md) | Show unread inbox summary (sender, subject, date) | | [`+reply`](../gws-gmail-reply/SKILL.md) | Reply to a message (handles threading automatically) | | [`+reply-all`](../gws-gmail-reply-all/SKILL.md) | Reply-all to a message (handles threading automatically) | | [`+forward`](../gws-gmail-forward/SKILL.md) | Forward a message to new recipients | | [`+read`](../gws-gmail-read/SKILL.md) | Read a message and extract its body or headers | | [`+watch`](../gws-gmail-watch/SKILL.md) | Watch for new emails and stream them as NDJSON |
API Resources
users
- `getProfile` — Gets the current user's Gmail profile.
- `stop` — Stop receiving push notifications for the given user mailbox.
- `watch` — Set up or update a push notification watch on the given user mailbox.
- `drafts` — Operations on the 'drafts' resource
- `history` — Operations on the 'history' resource
- `labels` — Operations on the 'labels' resource
- `messages` — Operations on the 'messages' resource
- `settings` — Operations on the 'settings' resource
- `threads` — Operations on the 'threads' resource
Discovering Commands
Before calling any API method, inspect it:
# Browse resources and methods gws gmail --help # Inspect a method's required params, types, and defaults gws schema gmail.<resource>.<method>
Use `gws schema` output to build your `--params` and `--json` flags.
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