# Gws Gmail

Gmail: Send, read, and manage email.

- Repository: https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli (32044 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: Apache-2.0
- Last updated: 2026-10-30
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add googleworkspace/cli --skill gws-gmail -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add googleworkspace/cli --skill gws-gmail -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add googleworkspace/cli --skill gws-gmail -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add googleworkspace/cli --skill gws-gmail -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Gmail: Send, read, and manage email.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# 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.