
A comprehensive Gmail wrapper that handles the common email operations you actually need. Built on Google Workspace CLI, it covers sending, reading, replying, forwarding, and inbox triage without forcing you to wrestle with raw Gmail API calls. The helper commands like `+triage` for unread summaries and `+reply` with automatic threading save you from implementing message parsing yourself. Authentication and security are handled through the shared GWS framework. If you're building anything that needs to interact with Gmail programmatically, this beats writing your own API integration from scratch.
$ npx -y skills add googleworkspace/cli --skill gws-gmail --agent claude-codeInstalls into .claude/skills of the current project.
PREREQUISITE: Read
../gws-shared/SKILL.mdfor auth, global flags, and security rules. If missing, rungws generate-skillsto create it.
gws gmail <resource> <method> [flags]
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
+send | Send an email |
+triage | Show unread inbox summary (sender, subject, date) |
+reply | Reply to a message (handles threading automatically) |
+reply-all | Reply-all to a message (handles threading automatically) |
+forward | Forward a message to new recipients |
+read | Read a message and extract its body or headers |
+watch | Watch for new emails and stream them as NDJSON |
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' resourcehistory — Operations on the 'history' resourcelabels — Operations on the 'labels' resourcemessages — Operations on the 'messages' resourcesettings — Operations on the 'settings' resourcethreads — Operations on the 'threads' resourceBefore 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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