---
name: gws-gmail
version: 1.0.0
description: "Gmail: Send, read, and manage email."
metadata:
  openclaw:
    category: "productivity"
    requires:
      bins: ["gws"]
    cliHelp: "gws gmail --help"
---

# gmail (v1)

> **PREREQUISITE:** Read `../gws-shared/SKILL.md` for auth, global flags, and security rules. If missing, run `gws generate-skills` to create it.

```bash
gws gmail <resource> <method> [flags]
```

## Helper Commands

| Command                                         | Description                                              |
| ----------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
| [`+send`](../gws-gmail-send/SKILL.md)           | Send an email                                            |
| [`+triage`](../gws-gmail-triage/SKILL.md)       | Show unread inbox summary (sender, subject, date)        |
| [`+reply`](../gws-gmail-reply/SKILL.md)         | Reply to a message (handles threading automatically)     |
| [`+reply-all`](../gws-gmail-reply-all/SKILL.md) | Reply-all to a message (handles threading automatically) |
| [`+forward`](../gws-gmail-forward/SKILL.md)     | Forward a message to new recipients                      |
| [`+read`](../gws-gmail-read/SKILL.md)           | Read a message and extract its body or headers           |
| [`+watch`](../gws-gmail-watch/SKILL.md)         | Watch for new emails and stream them as NDJSON           |

## API Resources

### users

- `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' resource
- `history` — Operations on the 'history' resource
- `labels` — Operations on the 'labels' resource
- `messages` — Operations on the 'messages' resource
- `settings` — Operations on the 'settings' resource
- `threads` — Operations on the 'threads' resource

## Discovering Commands

Before calling any API method, inspect it:

```bash
# 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.
