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gws-gmail-read skill

by googleworkspace·googleworkspace/cli·31k stars·Apache-2.0

Gmail: Read a message and extract its body or headers.

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Install the gws-gmail-read skill

A skill is a folder. Copy it into your agent's skills folder and the agent loads it when the task matches its description. 

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli.git /tmp/cli
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/cli/skills/gws-gmail-read ~/.claude/skills/gws-gmail-read
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In the Claude apps, zip the folder and upload it from the Skills settings. The folder on GitHub

The instructions your agent would load

SKILL.md as published, without the frontmatter. Read it on GitHub

gmail +read

PREREQUISITE: Read ../gws-shared/SKILL.md for auth, global flags, and security rules. If missing, run gws generate-skills to create it.

Read a message and extract its body or headers

Usage

gws gmail +read --id <ID>

Flags

Examples

gws gmail +read --id 18f1a2b3c4d
gws gmail +read --id 18f1a2b3c4d --headers
gws gmail +read --id 18f1a2b3c4d --format json | jq '.body'

Tips

  • Converts HTML-only messages to plain text automatically.
  • Handles multipart/alternative and base64 decoding.

See Also

  • gws-shared — Global flags and auth
  • gws-gmail — All send, read, and manage email commands

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