# email-management-expert

Guides your coding agent through Apple Mail triage and folder sorting via MCP tools. Helpful when reaching Inbox Zero or finding misplaced threads.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 513 installs · ★ 670
- Author: sundial-org
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/email-management-expert/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-03-07
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/email-management-expert

## What it does

This skill equips coding assistants with clear routines for the Apple Mail MCP toolset. It instructs the model to inspect the mailbox first via `get_inbox_overview` before modifying items. After checking unread counts, the assistant prepares replies and files messages into designated project folders.

Search strategies cover sender filters and date windows. For housekeeping, it outlines a staged cleanup routine. Destructive steps demand user confirmation, while batch deletions respect a default safety limit of 5 through `max_deletes`.

The instructions depend on an active Apple Mail MCP server. Without those underlying tools, the skill cannot act on any mailbox.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill email-management-expert -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/email-management-expert/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/email-management-expert/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill email-management-expert -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/email-management-expert/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill email-management-expert -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/email-management-expert/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills email-management-expert
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/email-management-expert/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill email-management-expert -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --path skills/email-management-expert
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/email-management-expert/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill email-management-expert -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/email-management-expert/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- triage inbox messages toward Inbox Zero
- sort client threads into designated mailboxes
- locate messages with attachments across folders
- clean up old mail safely with batch limits

## Example prompts
- Give me an overview of unread Apple Mail messages and identify urgent requests.
- Archive all read emails older than 30 days from my inbox.
- Search for messages from last month with attachments and save them.

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