Skills email-summary

Fetches recent emails from Gmail and provides concise summaries. Use when the user wants to check emails, get email summaries, or review their inbox.

install
source · Clone the upstream repo
git clone https://github.com/openclaw/skills
Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/openclaw/skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/bbdyno/email-summary" ~/.claude/skills/openclaw-skills-email-summary && rm -rf "$T"
OpenClaw · Install into ~/.openclaw/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/openclaw/skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.openclaw/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/bbdyno/email-summary" ~/.openclaw/skills/openclaw-skills-email-summary && rm -rf "$T"
manifest: skills/bbdyno/email-summary/SKILL.md
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Email Summary Skill

This skill fetches recent emails from your Gmail account and provides AI-powered summaries.

How it works

When invoked, this skill will:

  1. Authenticate with Gmail API using credentials at
    $GMAIL_CREDENTIALS_PATH
  2. Fetch recent emails (default: last 10 unread emails)
  3. Summarize each email with:
    • Sender and subject
    • Key points from the email body
    • Recommended actions or responses
  4. Present results in an organized, easy-to-scan format

Instructions for the Agent

When this skill is invoked:

  1. First, verify that the Gmail API credentials exist at the path specified in
    $GMAIL_CREDENTIALS_PATH
    environment variable
  2. Run the helper script located at
    {baseDir}/scripts/fetch_emails.py
    with the appropriate arguments:
    • Default:
      python3 {baseDir}/scripts/fetch_emails.py --count 10
    • With arguments:
      python3 {baseDir}/scripts/fetch_emails.py $ARGUMENTS
  3. Parse the JSON output from the script
  4. For each email, provide a concise summary including:
    • From: Sender name and email
    • Subject: Email subject line
    • Summary: 2-3 sentence summary of key points
    • Action: Suggested action (reply, archive, flag for follow-up, etc.)
  5. Present all summaries in a well-formatted list

Usage Examples

/email-summary

Fetches and summarizes the last 10 unread emails.

/email-summary --count 20

Fetches and summarizes the last 20 unread emails.

/email-summary --all

Fetches and summarizes all unread emails.

Setup Requirements

Before using this skill, ensure:

  • Gmail API credentials are configured
  • Environment variable
    GMAIL_CREDENTIALS_PATH
    points to your credentials JSON file
  • Python 3 and required packages are installed (see setup guide in README.md)