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Run npx skillmds@latest add lsegal/himalaya in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

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Who published Himalaya?

lsegal (@lsegal) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Himalaya by lsegal — Agent Skill

Name: Himalaya
Author: lsegal

Himalaya

Manage email accounts and mailboxes through the local Himalaya CLI. Use for reading mail, searching folders, flagging messages, moving or deleting messages, downloading attachments, composing or sending messages/templates, and diagnosing Himalaya email account configuration once the skill runtime is enabled.

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Use this skill to perform email operations through the local himalaya binary.

Read-Only Commands

Inspect mailbox state before making changes:

himalaya account list — show configured accounts
himalaya account doctor — diagnose account configuration
himalaya folder list — list mailbox folders
himalaya envelope list --folder INBOX — list messages in a folder
himalaya envelope list --folder INBOX --query "subject:invoice" — search by query
himalaya envelope thread <envelope-id> — show a message thread
himalaya message read <envelope-id> — read a message body
himalaya message export <envelope-id> — export raw message (EML)

State-Changing Commands

Treat these as explicit user-requested actions:

Flags: himalaya flag add <id> seen, flag set, flag remove
Messages: himalaya message copy <id> --to Archive, message move, message delete
Folders: himalaya folder add <name>, folder delete, folder purge, folder expunge
Send: himalaya message send --from personal --to user@example.com --subject "Re: meeting", template send, template save

Workflow

List envelopes: himalaya envelope list --folder INBOX
Read target message: himalaya message read <envelope-id>
Act on it (flag, move, reply, delete) only when the user confirms

Confirm before destructive operations (delete, purge, expunge).

Rules

Preserve envelope IDs, folder names, and account names exactly as returned
Respect the configured allowed_commands list
Default to INBOX unless another folder is specified
Use --output json for machine-readable output (appended automatically)

---name: himalayadescription: Manage email accounts and mailboxes through the local Himalaya CLI. Use for reading mail, searching folders, flagging messages, moving or deleting messages, downloading attachments, composing or sending messages/templates, and diagnosing Himalaya email account configuration once the skill runtime is enabled.---Use this skill to perform email operations through the local `himalaya` binary.## Read-Only CommandsInspect mailbox state before making changes:- `himalaya account list` — show configured accounts- `himalaya account doctor` — diagnose account configuration- `himalaya folder list` — list mailbox folders- `himalaya envelope list --folder INBOX` — list messages in a folder- `himalaya envelope list --folder INBOX --query "subject:invoice"` — search by query- `himalaya envelope thread <envelope-id>` — show a message thread- `himalaya message read <envelope-id>` — read a message body- `himalaya message export <envelope-id>` — export raw message (EML)## State-Changing CommandsTreat these as explicit user-requested actions:- **Flags**: `himalaya flag add <id> seen`, `flag set`, `flag remove`- **Messages**: `himalaya message copy <id> --to Archive`, `message move`, `message delete`- **Folders**: `himalaya folder add <name>`, `folder delete`, `folder purge`, `folder expunge`- **Send**: `himalaya message send --from personal --to user@example.com --subject "Re: meeting"`, `template send`, `template save`## Workflow1. List envelopes: `himalaya envelope list --folder INBOX`2. Read target message: `himalaya message read <envelope-id>`3. Act on it (flag, move, reply, delete) only when the user confirmsConfirm before destructive operations (`delete`, `purge`, `expunge`).## Rules- Preserve envelope IDs, folder names, and account names exactly as returned- Respect the configured `allowed_commands` list- Default to INBOX unless another folder is specified- Use `--output json` for machine-readable output (appended automatically)

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