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Ews Email by modbender — Agent Skill

Name: Ews Email
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: modbender

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EWS Email CLI

A CLI for enterprise Exchange (EWS) email. Use when the user asks about email, inbox, messages, or mail.

Setup

Set these environment variables before use:

EWS_SERVER — Exchange server hostname (e.g. mail.company.com)
EWS_EMAIL — Your email address (e.g. user@company.com)
EWS_PASSWORD — Your email password

IMPORTANT: Reading Email Content

To read the FULL content/body of an email, you MUST follow these two steps:

First run envelope-list to get the message list (this gives you numeric IDs)
Then run message-read <ID> to get the FULL email body/content

envelope-list only shows subject lines and metadata. It does NOT contain the email body. You MUST run message-read to get the actual email content. NEVER guess or summarize based on subject alone. NEVER say you cannot read email content — you CAN, by running message-read.

Script Location

~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py

Commands

List Emails (step 1 — metadata only)

python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py envelope-list
python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py envelope-list --page 2 --page-size 20
python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py envelope-list --folder "Sent"

Read Email Body (step 2 — REQUIRED for content)

python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py message-read <ID>

Search Emails

python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py envelope-list from sender@example.com
python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py envelope-list subject keyword

Send / Reply / Forward

python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py message-send --to "email" --subject "subject" --body "body"
python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py message-send --to "a@x.com" --cc "b@x.com" --subject "Hi" --body "msg"
python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py message-reply <ID> --body "reply text"
python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py message-reply <ID> --body "reply text" --all
python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py message-forward <ID> --to "email" --body "FYI"

Other Commands

python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py folder-list
python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py message-move <ID> "Archive"
python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py message-delete <ID>
python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py attachment-download <ID> --dir ~/Downloads
python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py flag-add <ID> --flag seen
python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py flag-remove <ID> --flag seen

Tips

Message IDs are numeric and come from the most recent envelope-list output.
Always run envelope-list first before message-read, message-reply, etc.
Long email bodies are truncated at 8000 chars.
Use --page and --page-size to navigate large inboxes.

---name: ews-emaildescription: CLI to manage enterprise Outlook emails via Exchange Web Services (EWS). Use ews-mail.py to list, read, reply, forward, search, send, move, delete emails and download attachments.--- # EWS Email CLI A CLI for enterprise Exchange (EWS) email. Use when the user asks about email, inbox, messages, or mail. ## Setup Set these environment variables before use: - `EWS_SERVER` — Exchange server hostname (e.g. mail.company.com) - `EWS_EMAIL` — Your email address (e.g. user@company.com) - `EWS_PASSWORD` — Your email password ## IMPORTANT: Reading Email Content To read the FULL content/body of an email, you MUST follow these two steps: 1. First run `envelope-list` to get the message list (this gives you numeric IDs) 2. Then run `message-read <ID>` to get the FULL email body/content **`envelope-list` only shows subject lines and metadata. It does NOT contain the email body.** **You MUST run `message-read` to get the actual email content. NEVER guess or summarize based on subject alone.** **NEVER say you cannot read email content — you CAN, by running `message-read`.** ## Script Location `~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py` ## Commands ### List Emails (step 1 — metadata only) ```bash python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py envelope-list python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py envelope-list --page 2 --page-size 20 python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py envelope-list --folder "Sent" ``` ### Read Email Body (step 2 — REQUIRED for content) ```bash python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py message-read <ID> ``` ### Search Emails ```bash python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py envelope-list from sender@example.com python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py envelope-list subject keyword ``` ### Send / Reply / Forward ```bash python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py message-send --to "email" --subject "subject" --body "body" python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py message-send --to "a@x.com" --cc "b@x.com" --subject "Hi" --body "msg" python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py message-reply <ID> --body "reply text" python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py message-reply <ID> --body "reply text" --all python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py message-forward <ID> --to "email" --body "FYI" ``` ### Other Commands ```bash python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py folder-list python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py message-move <ID> "Archive" python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py message-delete <ID> python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py attachment-download <ID> --dir ~/Downloads python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py flag-add <ID> --flag seen python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/ews-email/scripts/ews-mail.py flag-remove <ID> --flag seen ``` ## Tips - Message IDs are numeric and come from the most recent `envelope-list` output. - Always run `envelope-list` first before `message-read`, `message-reply`, etc. - Long email bodies are truncated at 8000 chars. - Use `--page` and `--page-size` to navigate large inboxes.

Frequently asked questions

Ews Email