What it is
This skill lets you manage your Gmail inbox through plain English requests. You can send emails, read messages, reply or forward conversations, and triage your unread mail — all without writing a single line of code. Perfect for founders, operators, and anyone who wants AI to handle email grunt work.
What it does
- Sends new emails with attachments and formatting
- Reads and extracts content from messages in your inbox
- Replies to emails and handles threading automatically
- Forwards messages to new recipients
- Shows unread inbox summaries with sender, subject, and date
- Watches for new emails and streams them as they arrive
Use it when
- You need to send bulk emails or templated messages quickly
- You want a daily summary of unread messages without opening Gmail
- You're replying to dozens of emails and want AI to draft responses
- You need to forward important threads to your team automatically
Add this skill to your AI
Copy the source URL and ask your AI to add it. Most coding agents — Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Windsurf — will fetch and install it for you.
Try this prompt:
Add this skill to my project: https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli/tree/main/skills/gws-gmail