/gmail

Interact with Gmail - search emails, read messages, send emails, create drafts, and manage labels. Use when user asks to: search email, read email, send email, create email draft, mark as read, archive email, star email, or manage Gmail labels. Lightweight alternative to full

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Install

$ npx -y skills add sanjay3290/ai-skills --skill gmail --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.
You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
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Interact with Gmail - search emails, read messages, send emails, create drafts, and manage labels. Use when user asks to: search email, read email, send email, create email draft, mark as read, archive email, star email, or manage Gmail labels. Lightweight alternative to full

SKILL.md

gmail.SKILL.md

name: gmail
description: |
  Interact with Gmail - search emails, read messages, send emails, create drafts, and manage labels.
  Use when user asks to: search email, read email, send email, create email draft, mark as read,
  archive email, star email, or manage Gmail labels. Lightweight alternative to full Google
  Workspace MCP server with standalone OAuth authentication.
license: Apache-2.0
metadata:
  author: sanjay3290
  version: "1.0"

Gmail

Lightweight Gmail integration with standalone OAuth authentication. No MCP server required.

> **⚠️ Requires Google Workspace account.** Personal Gmail accounts are not supported.

First-Time Setup

Authenticate with Google (opens browser):

python scripts/auth.py login

Check authentication status:

python scripts/auth.py status

Logout when needed:

python scripts/auth.py logout

Commands

All operations via `scripts/gmail.py`. Auto-authenticates on first use if not logged in.

Search Emails

# Search with Gmail query syntax
python scripts/gmail.py search "from:someone@example.com is:unread"

# Search recent emails (no query returns all)
python scripts/gmail.py search --limit 20

# Filter by label
python scripts/gmail.py search --label INBOX --limit 10

# Include spam and trash
python scripts/gmail.py search "subject:important" --include-spam-trash

Read Email Content

# Get full message content
python scripts/gmail.py get MESSAGE_ID

# Get just metadata (headers)
python scripts/gmail.py get MESSAGE_ID --format metadata

# Get minimal response (IDs only)
python scripts/gmail.py get MESSAGE_ID --format minimal

Send Emails

# Send a simple email
python scripts/gmail.py send --to "user@example.com" --subject "Hello" --body "Message body"

# Send with CC and BCC
python scripts/gmail.py send --to "user@example.com" --cc "cc@example.com" --bcc "bcc@example.com" \
  --subject "Team Update" --body "Update message"

# Send from an alias (must be configured in Gmail settings)
python scripts/gmail.py send --to "user@example.com" --subject "Hello" --body "Message" \
  --from "Mile9 Accounts <accounts@mile9.io>"

# Send HTML email
python scripts/gmail.py send --to "user@example.com" --subject "HTML Email" \
  --body "<h1>Hello</h1><p>HTML content</p>" --html

Draft Management

# Create a draft
python scripts/gmail.py create-draft --to "user@example.com" --subject "Draft Subject" \
  --body "Draft content"

# Send an existing draft
python scripts/gmail.py send-draft DRAFT_ID

Modify Messages (Labels)

# Mark as read (remove UNREAD label)
python scripts/gmail.py modify MESSAGE_ID --remove-label UNREAD

# Mark as unread
python scripts/gmail.py modify MESSAGE_ID --add-label UNREAD

# Archive (remove from INBOX)
python scripts/gmail.py modify MESSAGE_ID --remove-label INBOX

# Star a message
python scripts/gmail.py modify MESSAGE_ID --add-label STARRED

# Unstar a message
python scripts/gmail.py modify MESSAGE_ID --remove-label STARRED

# Mark as important
python scripts/gmail.py modify MESSAGE_ID --add-label IMPORTANT

# Multiple label changes at once
python scripts/gmail.py modify MESSAGE_ID --remove-label UNREAD --add-label STARRED

List Labels

# List all Gmail labels (system and user-created)
python scripts/gmail.py list-labels

Gmail Query Syntax

Gmail supports powerful search operators:

| Query | Description | |-------|-------------| | `from:user@example.com` | Emails from a specific sender | | `to:user@example.com` | Emails to a specific recipient | | `subject:meeting` | Emails with "meeting" in subject | | `is:unread` | Unread emails | | `is:starred` | Starred emails | | `is:important` | Important emails | | `has:attachment` | Emails with attachments | | `after:2024/01/01` | Emails after a date | | `before:2024/12/31` | Emails before a date | | `newer_than:7d` | Emails from last 7 days | | `older_than:1m` | Emails older than 1 month | | `label:work` | Emails with a specific label | | `in:inbox` | Emails in inbox | | `in:sent` | Sent emails | | `in:trash` | Trashed emails |

Combine with AND (space), OR, or - (NOT):

python scripts/gmail.py search "from:boss@company.com is:unread newer_than:1d"
python scripts/gmail.py search "subject:urgent OR subject:important"
python scripts/gmail.py search "from:newsletter@example.com -is:starred"

Common Label IDs

| Label | ID | |-------|-----| | Inbox | `INBOX` | | Sent | `SENT` | | Drafts | `DRAFT` | | Spam | `SPAM` | | Trash | `TRASH` | | Starred | `STARRED` | | Important | `IMPORTANT` | | Unread | `UNREAD` |