- name
- email-summary
- description
- Fetches recent emails from Gmail and provides concise summaries. Use when the user wants to check emails, get email summaries, or review their inbox.
- homepage
- https://github.com/yourusername/email-summary-skill
- user-invocable
- true
- metadata
- openclaw
- requires
- bins
- env
- os
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:
- Authenticate with Gmail API using credentials at
$GMAIL_CREDENTIALS_PATH - Fetch recent emails (default: last 10 unread emails)
- Summarize each email with:
- Sender and subject - Key points from the email body - Recommended actions or responses
- Present results in an organized, easy-to-scan format
Instructions for the Agent
When this skill is invoked:
- First, verify that the Gmail API credentials exist at the path specified in
$GMAIL_CREDENTIALS_PATHenvironment variable - Run the helper script located at
{baseDir}/scripts/fetch_emails.pywith the appropriate arguments:
- Default: python3 {baseDir}/scripts/fetch_emails.py --count 10 - With arguments: python3 {baseDir}/scripts/fetch_emails.py $ARGUMENTS
- Parse the JSON output from the script
- 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.)
- Present all summaries in a well-formatted list
Usage Examples
/email-summaryFetches and summarizes the last 10 unread emails.
/email-summary --count 20Fetches and summarizes the last 20 unread emails.
/email-summary --allFetches and summarizes all unread emails.
Setup Requirements
Before using this skill, ensure:
- Gmail API credentials are configured
- Environment variable
GMAIL_CREDENTIALS_PATHpoints to your credentials JSON file - Python 3 and required packages are installed (see setup guide in README.md)