Himalaya

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Tasks that involve Transactional email

Example prompts

• “/himalaya”

Workflow steps

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

1. 1Himalaya CLI installed (himalaya --version to verify)
2. 2A configuration file at ~/.config/himalaya/config.toml
3. 3IMAP/SMTP credentials configured (password stored securely)

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 7d53a6c. 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 bash and toml).

  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

Himalaya loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs, and up to ~3.1k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 57 tokens; SKILL.md has 237 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~57

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.2k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~3.1k

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

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 trpc-group/trpc-agent-go at commit 7d53a6c, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© trpc-group). 237 words, ~1,154 tokens.

name

himalaya

description

CLI to manage emails via IMAP/SMTP. Use `himalaya` to list, read, write, reply, forward, search, and organize emails from the terminal. Supports multiple accounts and message composition with MML (MIME Meta Language).

homepage

https://github.com/pimalaya/himalaya

himalaya account configure

[accounts.personal]
email = "you@example.com"
display-name = "Your Name"
default = true

backend.type = "imap"
backend.host = "imap.example.com"
backend.port = 993
backend.encryption.type = "tls"
backend.login = "you@example.com"
backend.auth.type = "password"
backend.auth.cmd = "pass show email/imap"  # or use keyring

message.send.backend.type = "smtp"
message.send.backend.host = "smtp.example.com"
message.send.backend.port = 587
message.send.backend.encryption.type = "start-tls"
message.send.backend.login = "you@example.com"
message.send.backend.auth.type = "password"
message.send.backend.auth.cmd = "pass show email/smtp"

himalaya folder list

himalaya envelope list

himalaya envelope list --folder "Sent"

himalaya envelope list --page 1 --page-size 20

himalaya envelope list from john@example.com subject meeting

himalaya message read 42

himalaya message export 42 --full

himalaya message reply 42

himalaya message reply 42 --all

himalaya message forward 42

himalaya message write

cat << 'EOF' | himalaya template send
From: you@example.com
To: recipient@example.com
Subject: Test Message

Hello from Himalaya!
EOF

himalaya message write -H "To:recipient@example.com" -H "Subject:Test" "Message body here"

himalaya message move 42 "Archive"

himalaya message copy 42 "Important"

himalaya message delete 42

himalaya flag add 42 --flag seen

himalaya flag remove 42 --flag seen

himalaya account list

himalaya --account work envelope list

himalaya attachment download 42

himalaya attachment download 42 --dir ~/Downloads

himalaya envelope list --output json
himalaya envelope list --output plain

RUST_LOG=debug himalaya envelope list

RUST_LOG=trace RUST_BACKTRACE=1 himalaya envelope list

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Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in openclaw/skills/himalaya of trpc-group/trpc-agent-go.

• SKILL.md
• references/configuration.md
• references/message-composition.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 7d53a6c

Used in 15 other repositories

We found 17 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 15 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in trpc-group/trpc-agent-go, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

• geezerrrr/motiveMotive/Resources/Skills.bundle/himalaya
• letta-ai/lettabot.skills/himalaya
• TermiX-official/cryptoclawskills/himalaya
• understudy-ai/understudyskills/himalaya
• SafeAI-Lab-X/ClawKeeperlegacy/clawkeeper-watcher/skills/himalaya
• Bitterbot-AI/bitterbot-desktopskills/himalaya
• hyqibot/token-free-openclawcopaw/agents/skills/himalaya
• spinabot/brigadeskills/himalaya
• CraftOS-dev/CraftBotskills/himalaya
• CoWork-OS/CoWork-OSresources/skills/himalaya
• sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skillsskills/himalaya
• agentscope-ai/skillsskills/himalaya-en
• LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skillsskills/himalaya
• ArgentAIOS/argentos-coreskills/himalaya
• infometa/workbuddyskillsskills/himalayaplugins/codebuddy-plugins-official/plugins/hotskills/skills/himalaya+1 more