a-safer-email-assistant_skill

Overview

This skill operates a self-hosted AI email gateway to sync mailbox context, detect important new messages, summarize correspondence history, and create reply drafts without sending mail. It requires a separate gateway server and API key so OpenClaw cannot directly access the inbox. Use it when you want AI-assisted triage, history questions, or draft generation while keeping sending disabled.

How this skill works

The skill calls the gateway API to run manual syncs or incremental checks, then queries message lists and individual messages for analysis. It filters unseen incoming mail, scores importance per user criteria, and can produce suggested reply drafts by creating draft objects on the gateway (never sending). For history or timeline requests it ensures a historical sync covers the requested timeframe and cites canonical message ids for traceability.

When to use it

• Check for new important messages during a scheduled or on-demand inbox sweep
• Triage unseen incoming mail and return a prioritized list for follow-up
• Ask about recent correspondence with a specific person or topic
• Request a concise timeline of interactions and open threads with a contact
• Generate reply drafts in a specified tone without sending email

Best practices

• Always run a sync before analysis when freshness matters (use explicit since/until)
• Maintain local state (last_checked_at, seen_ids) so only unseen messages are evaluated in regular checks
• Use the canonical message id (folder|uidvalidity|uid) for referencing and follow-ups
• Never provide or log the gateway API key or other mailbox secrets in outputs
• If importance criteria are unspecified, ask the user for their scoring rules before classifying

Example use cases

• Run an on-demand sync and return any unseen messages from the last 12 hours flagged as high importance
• Summarize the last 6 months of exchanges with a vendor and list open action items with message ids
• Create three draft reply options to a customer complaint in a professional tone, returning draft ids and rationale
• Perform a scheduled check that only evaluates new incoming messages and updates local seen state