Agent skill

Hlool Mail API

by hloolx in hloolx/HloolMail

Use HLOOL Mail public APIs to create temporary mailboxes, guide private-domain setup, read inbound emails, extract verification codes, and mark messages as read.

No licenceAuto-check passedProductivity & Automation

Install Hlool Mail API

skills CLI
$ npx skills add hloolx/HloolMail --skill hlool-mail-api -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install hloolx/HloolMail hlool-mail-api --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hloolx/HloolMail.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/hlool-mail-api .claude/skills/hlool-mail-api && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
hlool-mail-api
GitHub stars
126
Token cost
~1.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
815 words
Files
3 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
1
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Use HLOOL Mail public APIs to create temporary mailboxes, guide private-domain setup, read inbound emails, extract verification codes, and mark messages as read.

  • Works in 11 steps: If the user has not already supplied an… → Treat data.public_domains and… → Present public and private domains as… → …
  • A user asks an AI agent to receive email
  • SKILL.md covers Core Rule, Workflow, Private Domains and Mailbox Sharing, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Hlool Mail API is an agent skill from hloolx/HloolMail. Use HLOOL Mail public APIs to create temporary mailboxes, guide private-domain setup, read inbound emails, extract verification codes, and mark messages as read. Use when a user asks an AI agent to receive email, use HLOOL Mail, bind a custom domain for API-based receiving, poll a temporary inbox, or integrate verification-code workflows with HLOOL Mail.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files, including reference files (for example `agents/openai.yaml` and `references/api-reference.md`).

It sits in Productivity & Automation, covering Email management. The repository describes itself as: Self-hosted temporary mail and custom-domain inbox platform.

When your agent uses it

  • A user asks an AI agent to receive email
  • Bind a custom domain for API-based receiving
  • Poll a temporary inbox
  • Integrate verification-code workflows with HLOOL Mail

Example prompts

  • “/hlool-mail-api”

Requirements

  • A credential in YOUR_KEY

Workflow steps

11 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. If the user has not already supplied an exact mailbox or domain, call GET /api/domains/available with X-API-Key before creating mailboxes.
  2. Treat data.public_domains and data.private_domains as the source of truth for selectable domains. Use legacy data.domains only as a…
  3. Present public and private domains as grouped choices. If the user wants multiple mailboxes or wants to process several domains, support…
  4. Do not ask the user to manually type a private domain when data.private_domains already contains API-key-accessible private domains.
  5. For a private domain that is not listed, guide the user to add it in the web console and point DNS MX to the platform MX target. Domain…
  6. Generate a mailbox with POST /api/generate-email, passing the selected domain unless the user explicitly wants a random root-domain…
  7. Ask the target service to send mail to that mailbox.
  8. Poll GET /api/emails/next?email=... every 3 seconds until a new unread message appears.
  9. If the response has has_email=false, wait and poll again. Stop after about 120 seconds and report a timeout.
  10. If the response has has_email=true, extract verification codes from message.subject, message.text_content, or message.html_content.
  11. Do not call a separate mark-read endpoint after /api/emails/next; it marks the returned message read automatically.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b4e2135. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are http).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Hlool Mail API loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs, and up to ~4k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 93 tokens; SKILL.md has 815 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~93
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.6k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~4k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 815 words (~1,594 tokens).

“Use only the documented public API. Do not reverse engineer the website, scrape the web console, guess hidden endpoints, or use undocumented authentication methods.”

— opening of SKILL.md by hloolx
name
hlool-mail-api

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in skills/hlool-mail-api of hloolx/HloolMail.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml
  • references/api-reference.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b4e2135

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Questions about Hlool Mail API

What does Hlool Mail API do?

Use HLOOL Mail public APIs to create temporary mailboxes, guide private-domain setup, read inbound emails, extract verification codes, and mark messages as read. Hlool Mail API is an agent skill from hloolx/HloolMail. Use HLOOL Mail public APIs to create temporary mailboxes, guide private-domain setup, read inbound emails, extract verification codes, and mark messages as read.

When should I use Hlool Mail API?

Hlool Mail API fits situations like: A user asks an AI agent to receive email; bind a custom domain for API-based receiving; poll a temporary inbox; integrate verification-code workflows with HLOOL Mail.

How do I install Hlool Mail API in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add hloolx/HloolMail --skill hlool-mail-api -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/hlool-mail-api in hloolx/HloolMail) into .claude/skills/hlool-mail-api in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Hlool Mail API in Codex?

Run `npx skills add hloolx/HloolMail --skill hlool-mail-api -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/hlool-mail-api in hloolx/HloolMail) into .agents/skills/hlool-mail-api in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Hlool Mail API in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add hloolx/HloolMail --skill hlool-mail-api -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/hlool-mail-api, .gemini/skills/hlool-mail-api, .github/skills/hlool-mail-api and .opencode/skills/hlool-mail-api in your project.

What does Hlool Mail API need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Hlool Mail API is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: A credential in YOUR_KEY.

Does Hlool Mail API access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Hlool Mail API safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Hlool Mail API use?

No licence was found for Hlool Mail API or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Hlool Mail API use?

About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 2.4k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Hlool Mail API?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Hlool Mail API: Process Inbox (telegramdesktop/tdesktop, 33k stars), Continue (telegramdesktop/tdesktop, 33k stars), Garden Inbox (paperclipai/paperclip, 98k stars) and Career-Ops Gmail Lead Plugin (career-ops-hq/career-ops, 74k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Hlool Mail API?

hloolx (a GitHub user) maintains it in hloolx/HloolMail, which has 126 GitHub stars. The repository was last updated on June 15, 2026.

Source: hloolx/HloolMail on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.