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Gws Gmail Reply

googleworkspace/gws-gmail-reply

Gmail: Reply to a message (handles threading automatically).

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Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository 
npx skills add https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli --skill gws-gmail-reply

The instruction itself

6 sections, as written by the author

gmail +reply

> PREREQUISITE: Read ../gws-shared/SKILL.md for auth, global flags, and security rules. If missing, run gws generate-skills to create it.

Reply to a message (handles threading automatically)

Usage

gws gmail +reply --message-id <ID> --body <TEXT>

Flags

| Flag | Required | Default | Description |

|------|----------|---------|-------------|

| --message-id | ✓ | — | Gmail message ID to reply to |

| --body | ✓ | — | Reply body (plain text, or HTML with --html) |

| --from | — | — | Sender address (for send-as/alias; omit to use account default) |

| --to | — | — | Additional To email address(es), comma-separated |

| --attach | — | — | Attach a file (can be specified multiple times) |

| --cc | — | — | CC email address(es), comma-separated |

| --bcc | — | — | BCC email address(es), comma-separated |

| --html | — | — | Treat --body as HTML content (default is plain text) |

| --dry-run | — | — | Show the request that would be sent without executing it |

| --draft | — | — | Save as draft instead of sending |

Examples

gws gmail +reply --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body 'Thanks, got it!'
gws gmail +reply --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body 'Looping in Carol' --cc [email protected]
gws gmail +reply --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body 'Adding Dave' --to [email protected]
gws gmail +reply --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body '<b>Bold reply</b>' --html
gws gmail +reply --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body 'Updated version' -a updated.docx
gws gmail +reply --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body 'Draft reply' --draft

Tips

  • Automatically sets In-Reply-To, References, and threadId headers.
  • Quotes the original message in the reply body.
  • --to adds extra recipients to the To field.
  • Use -a/--attach to add file attachments. Can be specified multiple times.
  • With --html, the quoted block uses Gmail's gmail_quote CSS classes and preserves HTML formatting. Use fragment tags (<p>, <b>, <a>, etc.) — no <html>/<body> wrapper needed.
  • With --html, inline images in the quoted message are preserved via cid: references.
  • Use --draft to save the reply as a draft instead of sending it immediately.
  • For reply-all, use +reply-all instead.

See Also

  • gws-shared — Global flags and auth
  • gws-gmail — All send, read, and manage email commands

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take googleworkspace/gws-gmail-reply from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.