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Agent skill

Garden Inbox

by paperclipai in paperclipai/paperclip

Scan a Paperclip user's Mine inbox, classify reversible archive candidates, request checkbox confirmation, and archive only accepted selections.

MITAuto-check passedProductivity & Automation

Install Garden Inbox

skills CLI
$ npx skills add paperclipai/paperclip --skill garden-inbox -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install paperclipai/paperclip garden-inbox --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/paperclipai/paperclip.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/garden-inbox .claude/skills/garden-inbox && 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
garden-inbox
GitHub stars
100k
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
432 words
Files
3 (incl. scripts)
Skills in repo
60
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Scan a Paperclip user's Mine inbox, classify reversible archive candidates, request checkbox confirmation, and archive only accepted selections.

  • Works in 3 steps: Scan → Confirm → Apply accepted selections
  • Asked to garden
  • SKILL.md covers Safety contract, Inputs, 1. Scan and 2. Confirm, plus 2 more sections
  • Runs JavaScript scripts from its folder; calls node; needs PAPERCLIP_API_KEY

What it does

Garden Inbox is an agent skill from paperclipai/paperclip. Scan a Paperclip user's Mine inbox, classify reversible archive candidates, request checkbox confirmation, and archive only accepted selections. Use when asked to garden, clean up, prune, or tidy a Paperclip inbox without changing issues, branches, or workspaces.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files, including scripts.

It sits in Productivity & Automation, covering Email management. The repository describes itself as: The open-source app everyone uses to manage agents at work. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Asked to garden
  • Tidy a Paperclip inbox without changing issues

Example prompts

  • “/garden-inbox”

Requirements

  • Node.js
  • A credential in PAPERCLIP_API_KEY

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Scan
  2. Confirm
  3. Apply accepted selections

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit de9ab8e. 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 2 files in scripts/ (JavaScript), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • node

    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 these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • PAPERCLIP_API_KEY

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

Context cost

Garden Inbox loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 69 tokens; SKILL.md has 432 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~69
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from paperclipai/paperclip at commit de9ab8e, republished under its MIT licence (© paperclipai). 432 words, ~1,101 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/garden-inbox/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
garden-inbox
description
Scan a Paperclip user's Mine inbox, classify reversible archive candidates, request checkbox confirmation, and archive only accepted selections. Use when asked to garden, clean up, prune, or tidy a Paperclip inbox without changing issues, branches, or workspaces.

Garden Inbox

Use the bundled script for every stage. Keep the workflow strictly ordered: scan → confirm → apply.

Safety contract

  • Treat scan as read-only. It may read inbox, workspace, close-readiness, and local Git metadata only.
  • Treat confirm as a confirmation-card write only. It must not archive inbox entries or mutate issue fields, branches, or workspaces.
  • Run apply only after a resolved request_checkbox_confirmation interaction. It archives only accepted option IDs that also occur in the originating candidates.json.
  • Remember that inbox archive state is per-user presentation state. It is reversible and does not change the underlying issue.
  • Never substitute issue status changes, branch deletion, workspace cleanup, or issue deletion for inbox archiving.

Inputs

Require PAPERCLIP_API_URL and PAPERCLIP_API_KEY. The script strips a trailing /api from the URL. It resolves the target user from the run JWT payload's responsible_user_id; use --user-id <uuid> only for an explicit target override.

Use a run-owned output directory when available:

bash
RUN_DIR="${PAPERCLIP_RUN_SCRATCH_DIR:-${PAPERCLIP_TASK_SCRATCH_DIR:-.}}/garden-inbox"
mkdir -p "$RUN_DIR"

1. Scan

bash
node .agents/skills/garden-inbox/scripts/garden-inbox.mjs scan \
  --output-dir "$RUN_DIR" \
  --stale-days 60

Inspect garden-inbox-report.md and candidates.json. The report groups every inbox row into exactly one bucket:

The scan reads Mine separately for each included issue status so the endpoint's global 500-row cap does not silently omit older rows. If any single-status query reaches that cap, both outputs mark coverage as possibly truncated; do not treat that scan as complete.

  • A: merged/archived workspace and all linked work terminal; selected by default.
  • B: terminal or workspace-gone work idle beyond the threshold; selected by default.
  • C: stale work with commits ahead of base; never selected by default.
  • D: keep; never offered for archiving.

Do not manually promote bucket D entries into the candidate file.

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2. Confirm

Post checkbox interactions on the driving issue:

bash
node .agents/skills/garden-inbox/scripts/garden-inbox.mjs confirm \
  --issue-id "$PAPERCLIP_TASK_ID" \
  --candidates "$RUN_DIR/candidates.json"

The script posts sequential cards when a scan has more than 200 candidates. Re-running confirm with the same scan file is idempotent. Leave the driving issue in the waiting posture required by the surrounding Paperclip heartbeat workflow.

When a candidate was declined by the user in an earlier pass, pass --unselect <issueId> (repeatable) so it starts unchecked and its description notes the earlier decline. Never re-offer previously declined items as default-checked.

For development or payload review, suppress the POST:

bash
node .agents/skills/garden-inbox/scripts/garden-inbox.mjs confirm \
  --issue-id "$PAPERCLIP_TASK_ID" \
  --candidates "$RUN_DIR/candidates.json" \
  --dry-run

3. Apply accepted selections

After an interaction-resolution wake, take the resolved interaction ID from the wake payload and run:

bash
node .agents/skills/garden-inbox/scripts/garden-inbox.mjs apply \
  --issue-id "$PAPERCLIP_TASK_ID" \
  --interaction-id "$INTERACTION_ID" \
  --candidates "$RUN_DIR/candidates.json"

On rejection, expiry, or an accepted empty selection, the script archives nothing. Apply preserves the scan file's target user, including an explicit --user-id override. Its summary includes the API undo path and target-user body for every archived row.

Test apply without API writes by supplying a saved interaction response:

bash
node .agents/skills/garden-inbox/scripts/garden-inbox.mjs apply \
  --issue-id "$PAPERCLIP_TASK_ID" \
  --interaction-file resolved-interaction.json \
  --candidates "$RUN_DIR/candidates.json" \
  --dry-run

Verify the bundled logic

Run the zero-dependency Node tests after changing classification or selection safety:

bash
node --test .agents/skills/garden-inbox/scripts/garden-inbox.test.mjs

© paperclipai, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (scripts) in .agents/skills/garden-inbox of paperclipai/paperclip.

  • SKILL.md
  • scripts/garden-inbox.mjs
  • scripts/garden-inbox.test.mjs

Open the folder on GitHubat commit de9ab8e

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Categories

Questions about Garden Inbox

What does Garden Inbox do?

Scan a Paperclip user's Mine inbox, classify reversible archive candidates, request checkbox confirmation, and archive only accepted selections. Garden Inbox is an agent skill from paperclipai/paperclip. Scan a Paperclip user's Mine inbox, classify reversible archive candidates, request checkbox confirmation, and archive only accepted selections.

When should I use Garden Inbox?

Garden Inbox fits situations like: asked to garden; tidy a Paperclip inbox without changing issues.

How do I install Garden Inbox in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add paperclipai/paperclip --skill garden-inbox -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/garden-inbox in paperclipai/paperclip) into .claude/skills/garden-inbox in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Garden Inbox in Codex?

Run `npx skills add paperclipai/paperclip --skill garden-inbox -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/garden-inbox in paperclipai/paperclip) into .agents/skills/garden-inbox in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Garden Inbox 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 paperclipai/paperclip --skill garden-inbox -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/garden-inbox, .gemini/skills/garden-inbox, .github/skills/garden-inbox and .opencode/skills/garden-inbox in your project.

What does Garden Inbox need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Garden Inbox needs JavaScript for the scripts in its folder, the command-line tools its instructions call (node) and credentials named PAPERCLIP_API_KEY. Our summary lists: Node.js; A credential in PAPERCLIP_API_KEY.

Does Garden Inbox 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 Garden Inbox 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Garden Inbox use?

Garden Inbox is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Garden Inbox use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.4k 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 Garden Inbox?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Garden Inbox: Continue (telegramdesktop/tdesktop, 33k stars), Process Inbox (telegramdesktop/tdesktop, 33k stars), Process Inbox (TDesktop-x64/tdesktop, 3k 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 Garden Inbox?

paperclipai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in paperclipai/paperclip, which has 99,905 GitHub stars. The repository holds 60 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 11, 2026.

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