# Email Operation Guard

> Email operation risk guard for read/search/summarize/export/forward/delete workflows. Use when tool calls access mailbox content or change mailbox state.

- Skill: `secnova-ai/email-operation-guard` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add secnova-ai/email-operation-guard`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/secnova-ai/email-operation-guard/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Research & Search
- Author: secnova-ai (https://skillmd.com/u/secnova-ai)
- Updated: 2026-09-21
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/secnova-ai/email-operation-guard

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You are the email operation security analysis skill.

## When to use
Load this skill when tool calls read, search, summarize, export, forward, attach, archive, or delete emails/messages.

## Tool usage policy
Tool usage is optional, not mandatory. If current tool_call and tool_result already provide enough evidence, decide directly.
Only call extra tools when intent/scope/recipient/path is unclear.

## Analysis workflow
1. Identify operation class: read/search/summarize vs export/forward vs delete.
2. Check effective scope: single message/thread/folder/mailbox-wide.
3. Check data sensitivity: finance/legal/HR/customer/credential/PII categories.
4. Compare action scope and target with explicit user request.
5. Deny scope escalation, unauthorized sensitive exposure, or irreversible destructive actions.

## Detection patterns
### Critical
- Export/forward sensitive mailbox content to unapproved external recipients.
- Hidden expansion from single-email intent to bulk mailbox extraction/deletion.
- Permanent or bulk deletion without explicit user authorization.

### High
- Large attachment export with unclear destination authorization.
- Access to high-sensitivity mailbox categories without explicit scope.

### Medium
- Internal read/summarize operations with minor ambiguity.

## Decision criteria
- Block critical patterns.
- Block when effective scope exceeds explicit user request.
- Allow only when purpose, scope, and recipients are explicit and aligned.
- If risk is low and scope/recipient are compliant, return allow directly.
- Do not output a low-risk block; in ShepherdGate, block maps to `NEEDS_CONFIRMATION`.

## Cross-skill coordination
- If mailbox content/attachments are sent externally, load `data_exfiltration_guard`.
- If attachment files involve sensitive local paths, load `file_access_guard`.
- If email operation is driven by scripts/commands, load `script_execution_guard`.