Email Summary OpenClaw Skill - ClawHub
Do you want your AI agent to automate Email Summary workflows? This free skill from ClawHub helps with communication tasks without building custom tools from scratch.
What this skill does
Fetches recent emails from Gmail and provides concise summaries. Use when the user wants to check emails, get email summaries, or review their inbox.
Install
npx clawhub@latest install email-summaryFull SKILL.md
Open original| name | description | homepage | user invocable |
|---|---|---|---|
| email-summary | Fetches recent emails from Gmail and provides concise summaries. Use when the user wants to check emails, get email summaries, or review their inbox. | https://github.com/yourusername/email-summary-skill | true |
Email Summary Skill
This skill fetches recent emails from your Gmail account and provides AI-powered summaries.
How it works
When invoked, this skill will:
- Authenticate with Gmail API using credentials at
$GMAIL_CREDENTIALS_PATH - Fetch recent emails (default: last 10 unread emails)
- Summarize each email with:
- Sender and subject
- Key points from the email body
- Recommended actions or responses
- Present results in an organized, easy-to-scan format
Instructions for the Agent
When this skill is invoked:
- First, verify that the Gmail API credentials exist at the path specified in
$GMAIL_CREDENTIALS_PATHenvironment variable - Run the helper script located at
{baseDir}/scripts/fetch_emails.pywith the appropriate arguments:- Default:
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/fetch_emails.py --count 10 - With arguments:
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/fetch_emails.py $ARGUMENTS
- Default:
- Parse the JSON output from the script
- For each email, provide a concise summary including:
- From: Sender name and email
- Subject: Email subject line
- Summary: 2-3 sentence summary of key points
- Action: Suggested action (reply, archive, flag for follow-up, etc.)
- Present all summaries in a well-formatted list
Usage Examples
/email-summary
Fetches and summarizes the last 10 unread emails.
/email-summary --count 20
Fetches and summarizes the last 20 unread emails.
/email-summary --all
Fetches and summarizes all unread emails.
Setup Requirements
Before using this skill, ensure:
- Gmail API credentials are configured
- Environment variable
GMAIL_CREDENTIALS_PATHpoints to your credentials JSON file - Python 3 and required packages are installed (see setup guide in README.md)