email

Mental Model

Email is for asynchronous communication with audit trail. Unlike chat (instant, casual), emails are formal, searchable, and have recipients/CC/threads.

Trigger Patterns

User Intent	Action	Requires Approval
"Check email" / "Any new mail?"	email_list	No
"Read email from X"	email_read	No
"Send email to X"	email_send	Yes
"Draft email"	email_draft	No
"Archive/delete email"	email_move / email_delete	Delete: Yes

Pre-flight Checks (Before Sending)

CRITICAL: Always confirm before email_send

1. Show full email: To, CC, Subject, Body
2. Check for sensitive content (passwords, tokens, confidential)
3. Warn if body mentions "attachment" but none attached
4. Alert if sending outside business hours (user's timezone)

Anti-Patterns (NEVER)

• Don't send without user confirmation
• Don't guess recipient addresses - ask if unclear
• Don't include passwords/API keys in emails
• Don't send empty emails or ones with placeholder text
• Don't delete without showing what will be deleted

Common Queries

Check unread:

email_list unreadOnly=true limit=10

From specific sender:

email_list from="boss@company.com"

Search by subject:

email_list subject="Report"

After sending important email, notify:

notify_send title="Email Sent" content="Quarterly report sent to boss@company.com" priority="high"

Setup Required

.config/email.json must exist (user provides credentials):

{
  "imap": {"host": "imap.gmail.com", "port": 993, "auth": {"user": "...", "pass": "..."}},
  "smtp": {"host": "smtp.gmail.com", "port": 587, "auth": {"user": "...", "pass": "..."}}
}