GWS Gmail Read skill: what it does and how to install it
Reads Gmail messages with optional headers, HTML bodies and JSON output through the Google Workspace CLI.
Summary generated from the skill's documentation.
Install
$ npx skills add googleworkspace/cli --skill gws-gmail-readRun it in a terminal. If your agent is already running, start a new session so it picks the skill up.
About this skill
What it does. Reads a Gmail message by ID with gws gmail +read, returning its body as plain text or HTML. It can include From, To, Subject and Date headers, output JSON, decode multipart and base64 content, or show the request without executing it.
When to use it. When extracting message content or headers from Gmail through the Google Workspace CLI. It requires the shared Google Workspace CLI authentication and global flag setup.
History
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31.2kAbout +423 since 9 Jul 2026
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| Date | Repo stars |
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| 1 Oct 2026 | 31,223 |
| 24 Sept 2026 (estimated) | 31,201 |
| 17 Sept 2026 (estimated) | 31,167 |
| 10 Sept 2026 (estimated) | 30,961 |
| 3 Sept 2026 (estimated) | 30,844 |
| 27 Aug 2026 (estimated) | 30,833 |
| 20 Aug 2026 (estimated) | 30,828 |
| 13 Aug 2026 (estimated) | 30,828 |
| 6 Aug 2026 (estimated) | 30,811 |
| 30 Jul 2026 (estimated) | 30,805 |
| 23 Jul 2026 (estimated) | 30,805 |
| 16 Jul 2026 (estimated) | 30,805 |
| 9 Jul 2026 (estimated) | 30,800 |
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Installs via skills.sh
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