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Cli gws-gmail-reply

Gmail: Reply to a message (handles threading automatically).

install
source · Clone the upstream repo
git clone https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli
Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/gws-gmail-reply" ~/.claude/skills/googleworkspace-cli-gws-gmail-reply && rm -rf "$T"
manifest: skills/gws-gmail-reply/SKILL.md
tags
#gmail#email#automation#productivity#cli
source content

gmail +reply

PREREQUISITE: Read 

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

Reply to a message (handles threading automatically)

Usage

gws gmail +reply --message-id <ID> --body <TEXT>

Flags

FlagRequiredDefaultDescription
--message-id
✓—Gmail message ID to reply to
--body
✓—Reply body (plain text, or HTML with --html)
--from
——Sender address (for send-as/alias; omit to use account default)
--to
——Additional To email address(es), comma-separated
--attach
——Attach a file (can be specified multiple times)
--cc
——CC email address(es), comma-separated
--bcc
——BCC email address(es), comma-separated
--html
——Treat --body as HTML content (default is plain text)
--dry-run
——Show the request that would be sent without executing it
--draft
——Save as draft instead of sending

Examples

gws gmail +reply --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body 'Thanks, got it!'
gws gmail +reply --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body 'Looping in Carol' --cc carol@example.com
gws gmail +reply --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body 'Adding Dave' --to dave@example.com
gws gmail +reply --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body '<b>Bold reply</b>' --html
gws gmail +reply --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body 'Updated version' -a updated.docx
gws gmail +reply --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body 'Draft reply' --draft

Tips

  • Automatically sets In-Reply-To, References, and threadId headers.
  • Quotes the original message in the reply body.
  • --to adds extra recipients to the To field.
  • Use -a/--attach to add file attachments. Can be specified multiple times.
  • With --html, the quoted block uses Gmail's gmail_quote CSS classes and preserves HTML formatting. Use fragment tags (<p>, <b>, <a>, etc.) — no <html>/<body> wrapper needed.
  • With --html, inline images in the quoted message are preserved via cid: references.
  • Use --draft to save the reply as a draft instead of sending it immediately.
  • For reply-all, use +reply-all instead.

See Also