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Himalaya CLI for IMAP/SMTP mail: list, read, search, compose, reply, forward, copy, move, delete.

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$ npx -y skills add openclaw/openclaw --skill himalaya --agent claude-code

How it fires

How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.

  • Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.Auto-invocation is when the right skill fires by itself at the right moment, driven by a FLOW.md router and a hook, instead of you invoking it by name. It is the difference between a skill being installed and a skill actually getting used.Read the full definition →
  • You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
  • Slash command/himalaya

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The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this skill.

Himalaya CLI for IMAP/SMTP mail: list, read, search, compose, reply, forward, copy, move, delete.

SKILL.md

himalaya.SKILL.md
name: himalaya
description: "Himalaya CLI for IMAP/SMTP mail: list, read, search, compose, reply, forward, copy, move, delete."
homepage: https://github.com/pimalaya/himalaya
metadata:
  {
    "openclaw":
      {
        "emoji": "📧",
        "requires": { "bins": ["himalaya"] },
        "install":
          [
            {
              "id": "brew",
              "kind": "brew",
              "formula": "himalaya",
              "bins": ["himalaya"],
              "label": "Install Himalaya (brew)",
            },
          ],
      },
  }

Himalaya

Use `himalaya` for IMAP/SMTP email from shell.

References

  • `references/configuration.md`: account config, auth, backend setup.
  • `references/message-composition.md`: MML compose syntax.

Setup

himalaya --version
himalaya account configure

Config path: `~/.config/himalaya/config.toml`.

Prefer password managers/keyrings for credentials; do not paste secrets into chat/logs.

Read/search

himalaya folder list
himalaya envelope list
himalaya message read <id>
himalaya envelope list from alice@example.com subject invoice

Write

himalaya message write
himalaya template write
himalaya template send < /tmp/message.txt
himalaya message reply <id>
himalaya message forward <id>

Use MML for attachments and rich messages; read `references/message-composition.md` first.

Organize

himalaya message copy <id> <folder>
himalaya message move <id> <folder>
himalaya message delete <id>
himalaya flag add <id> --flag seen
himalaya flag remove <id> --flag seen

Notes

  • Use `--account` when multiple accounts exist.
  • Quote exact message IDs in summaries.
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