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Skills
Skill 17 of 95
Gmail: Read a message and extract its body or headers.
1 minute · 98 words · 6 sections
Install
npx skills add googleworkspace/cli --skill gws-gmail-readnpx skills add googleworkspace/cliThe first command installs just this skill, by the name in its SKILL.md; the second installs the whole repository.
PREREQUISITE: Read
../gws-shared/SKILL.mdfor auth, global flags, and security rules. If missing, rungws generate-skillsto create it.
Read a message and extract its body or headers
gws gmail +read --id <ID>| Flag | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
--id | ✓ | — | The Gmail message ID to read |
--headers | — | — | Include headers (From, To, Subject, Date) in the output |
--format | — | text | Output format (text, json) |
--html | — | — | Return HTML body instead of plain text |
--dry-run | — | — | Show the request that would be sent without executing it |
gws gmail +read --id 18f1a2b3c4d
gws gmail +read --id 18f1a2b3c4d --headers
gws gmail +read --id 18f1a2b3c4d --format json | jq '.body'main, last pushed 24 September 2026.SKILL.md, not by matching a directory convention. One layout observed: skills/*/SKILL.md.h1 and no skipped levels:/googleworkspace/cli.md, and each skill at its own .md URL.