Agent skill

Apple Mail

Search, read, and extract attachments from Apple Mail's local storage.

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Install Apple Mail

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mitsuhiko/agent-stuff --skill apple-mail -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mitsuhiko/agent-stuff apple-mail --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/mitsuhiko/agent-stuff.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/apple-mail .claude/skills/apple-mail && 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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "apple-mail" agent skill from https://github.com/mitsuhiko/agent-stuff/tree/main/skills/apple-mail into .claude/skills/apple-mail/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "apple-mail", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/mitsuhiko/agent-stuff/tree/main/skills/apple-mail

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mitsuhiko/agent-stuff --skill apple-mail -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mitsuhiko/agent-stuff apple-mail --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mitsuhiko/agent-stuff.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/apple-mail .agents/skills/apple-mail && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "apple-mail" agent skill from https://github.com/mitsuhiko/agent-stuff/tree/main/skills/apple-mail into .agents/skills/apple-mail/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "apple-mail", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mitsuhiko/agent-stuff --skill apple-mail -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mitsuhiko/agent-stuff apple-mail --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mitsuhiko/agent-stuff.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/apple-mail .cursor/skills/apple-mail && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "apple-mail" agent skill from https://github.com/mitsuhiko/agent-stuff/tree/main/skills/apple-mail into .cursor/skills/apple-mail/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "apple-mail", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/mitsuhiko/agent-stuff.git --path skills/apple-mail

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mitsuhiko/agent-stuff --skill apple-mail -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mitsuhiko/agent-stuff apple-mail --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mitsuhiko/agent-stuff.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/apple-mail .gemini/skills/apple-mail && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "apple-mail" agent skill from https://github.com/mitsuhiko/agent-stuff/tree/main/skills/apple-mail into .gemini/skills/apple-mail/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "apple-mail", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mitsuhiko/agent-stuff apple-mail

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mitsuhiko/agent-stuff --skill apple-mail -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mitsuhiko/agent-stuff.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/apple-mail .github/skills/apple-mail && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "apple-mail" agent skill from https://github.com/mitsuhiko/agent-stuff/tree/main/skills/apple-mail into .github/skills/apple-mail/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "apple-mail", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mitsuhiko/agent-stuff --skill apple-mail -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mitsuhiko/agent-stuff apple-mail --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mitsuhiko/agent-stuff.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/apple-mail .opencode/skills/apple-mail && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "apple-mail" agent skill from https://github.com/mitsuhiko/agent-stuff/tree/main/skills/apple-mail into .opencode/skills/apple-mail/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "apple-mail", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: apple-mail
GitHub stars: 3.2k
Token cost: ~669 tokens
SKILL.md length: 209 words
Files: 2
Skills in repo: 16
Repo updated: Sep 27, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: Apache-2.0

At a glance

Search, read, and extract attachments from Apple Mail's local storage.

SKILL.md covers Tool, Quick Reference, Search Options and Output Format, plus 1 more section
Runs Shell scripts from its folder

What it does

Apple Mail is an agent skill from mitsuhiko/agent-stuff. Search, read, and extract attachments from Apple Mail's local storage. Query emails by sender, recipient, subject, body, date, mailbox, and flags. Read raw RFC822 messages and extract file attachments.

Its SKILL.md is about 670 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file (for example `apple-mail.sh`).

The repository describes itself as: These are commands I use with agents, mostly Claude. The licence is Apache-2.0.

Example prompts

“/apple-mail”

Requirements

A Bash shell

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 0865c84. 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
Ships script files (Shell), which the agent can run.
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

Apple Mail loads about 669 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 53 tokens; SKILL.md has 209 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~53
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~669

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

The full file from mitsuhiko/agent-stuff at commit 0865c84, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© mitsuhiko). 209 words, ~669 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/apple-mail/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: apple-mail
description: Search, read, and extract attachments from Apple Mail's local storage. Query emails by sender, recipient, subject, body, date, mailbox, and flags. Read raw RFC822 messages and extract file attachments.

Apple Mail Skill

Search, read, and extract attachments from Apple Mail's local storage on macOS.

Tool

apple-mail.sh — a bash script that queries the Apple Mail SQLite envelope index and reads .emlx files from disk. Read-only — it never modifies mail data.

Quick Reference

bash

TOOL=~/Development/agent-stuff/skills/apple-mail/apple-mail.sh

# Search emails
$TOOL search --from "peter@" --subject "dinner" --limit 5
$TOOL search --after 2026-02-01 --has-attachment
$TOOL search --body "invoice" --mailbox "INBOX" --unread
$TOOL search --to "armin@" --before 2025-12-31

# Show message metadata, recipients, attachments, and summary
$TOOL info 783660

# Read the raw RFC822 email (headers + body)
$TOOL read 783660

# Extract attachments to a temp directory (prints the path)
$TOOL attachment 783660                          # all attachments
$TOOL attachment 783660 "Rechnung.pdf"           # specific file

# List all mailboxes with counts
$TOOL mailboxes

Search Options

Flag	Description
`--from <addr>`	Sender address substring
`--to <addr>`	Recipient address substring
`--subject <text>`	Subject substring
`--body <text>`	Body/summary text substring
`--mailbox <name>`	Mailbox URL substring (e.g. `INBOX`, `Sent`, `Trash`)
`--after <YYYY-MM-DD>`	Received after date
`--before <YYYY-MM-DD>`	Received before date
`--unread`	Only unread messages
`--flagged`	Only flagged messages
`--has-attachment`	Only messages with attachments
`--limit <n>`	Max results (default: 20)

Output Format

search returns pipe-delimited table with header row: id|sender|sender_name|subject|received|status|flagged|mailbox|attachments
info returns structured metadata sections
read outputs raw RFC822 email to stdout
attachment prints the temp directory path to stdout, file listing to stderr

Notes

Message IDs are Apple Mail internal ROWIDs (integers), shown in the id column
.partial.emlx files contain headers only (body not downloaded); read warns about this
Attachments are copied to a temp directory under /tmp/; clean up when done
The body search queries the summaries table (Apple Mail's plaintext preview), not the full email body
Mailbox URLs are percent-encoded (e.g., %5BGmail%5D = [Gmail], %20 = space)
Deleted messages are excluded from search by default

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/apple-mail of mitsuhiko/agent-stuff.

SKILL.md
apple-mail.sh

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 0865c84

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Apple Mail next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Apple Remindersopenclaw/openclaw	392k	1 repos	~760	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	today
Gh Attachsickn33/agentic-awesome-skills	47k	1 repos	~1.6k	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	today
Brand Extractnexu-io/open-design	100k	—	~3.1k	Automated safety check: Pass	Apache-2.0	today

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Questions about Apple Mail

What does Apple Mail do?

Search, read, and extract attachments from Apple Mail's local storage. Apple Mail is an agent skill from mitsuhiko/agent-stuff. Search, read, and extract attachments from Apple Mail's local storage.

How do I install Apple Mail in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Apple Mail in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mitsuhiko/agent-stuff --skill apple-mail -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/apple-mail in mitsuhiko/agent-stuff) into .agents/skills/apple-mail in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Apple Mail 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 mitsuhiko/agent-stuff --skill apple-mail -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/apple-mail, .gemini/skills/apple-mail, .github/skills/apple-mail and .opencode/skills/apple-mail in your project.

What does Apple Mail need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Apple Mail needs a shell for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: A Bash shell.

Does Apple Mail 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 Apple Mail 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 Apple Mail use?

Apple Mail is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Apple Mail use?

About 669 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Apple Mail?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Apple Mail: Apple Mail (sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills, 663 stars), Extract (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars), Apple Reminders (openclaw/openclaw, 392k stars) and Gh Attach (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Apple Mail?

mitsuhiko (a GitHub user) maintains it in mitsuhiko/agent-stuff, which has 3,179 GitHub stars. The repository holds 16 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 27, 2026.

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

Install Apple Mail

Facts

At a glance

What it does

Example prompts

Requirements

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Apple Mail Skill

Tool

Quick Reference

Search Options

Output Format

Notes

Files

Compare with similar skills

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Questions about Apple Mail