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Agent skill

Himalaya

by ymx10086 in ymx10086/ResearchClaw

Read, search, and organize emails via the himalaya CLI (IMAP/SMTP).

Custom licenceAuto-check passedBackend & APIs

Install Himalaya

skills CLI
$ npx skills add ymx10086/ResearchClaw --skill himalaya -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install ymx10086/ResearchClaw himalaya --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/ymx10086/ResearchClaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/src/researchclaw/agents/skills/himalaya .claude/skills/himalaya && 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
himalaya
GitHub stars
312
Token cost
~1k tokens
SKILL.md length
288 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
15
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Read, search, and organize emails via the himalaya CLI (IMAP/SMTP).

  • Works in 3 steps: Himalaya CLI installed (himalaya… → A configuration file at… → IMAP/SMTP credentials configured…
  • The user asks to check email
  • SKILL.md covers References, Prerequisites, Configuration Setup and Common Operations, plus 5 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Himalaya is an agent skill from ymx10086/ResearchClaw. Read, search, and organize emails via the himalaya CLI (IMAP/SMTP). Use when the user asks to check email, search messages, list folders, download attachments, or manage email flags and folders.

Its SKILL.md is about 1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/configuration.md`).

It sits in Backend & APIs, covering Transactional email. The repository describes itself as: ResearchClaw is a personal AI assistant built for research: fast to set up, easy to run locally or in the cloud, and ready to integrate with the chat apps you already use. With…

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks to check email
  • Search messages
  • Download attachments
  • Manage email flags and folders

Example prompts

  • “/himalaya”

Workflow steps

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

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

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1baaa92. 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 1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.7k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 51 tokens; SKILL.md has 288 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~51
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.7k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 288 words (~1,042 tokens).

“Himalaya is a CLI email client that lets you manage emails from the terminal using IMAP, SMTP, Notmuch, or Sendmail backends.”

— opening of SKILL.md by ymx10086, Custom licence
name
himalaya
emoji
📧
requires.bins
himalaya

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in src/researchclaw/agents/skills/himalaya of ymx10086/ResearchClaw.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/configuration.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1baaa92

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Categories

Questions about Himalaya

What does Himalaya do?

Read, search, and organize emails via the himalaya CLI (IMAP/SMTP). Himalaya is an agent skill from ymx10086/ResearchClaw. Read, search, and organize emails via the himalaya CLI (IMAP/SMTP).

When should I use Himalaya?

Himalaya fits situations like: the user asks to check email; search messages; download attachments; manage email flags and folders.

How do I install Himalaya in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add ymx10086/ResearchClaw --skill himalaya -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (src/researchclaw/agents/skills/himalaya in ymx10086/ResearchClaw) into .claude/skills/himalaya in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Himalaya in Codex?

Run `npx skills add ymx10086/ResearchClaw --skill himalaya -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (src/researchclaw/agents/skills/himalaya in ymx10086/ResearchClaw) into .agents/skills/himalaya in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Himalaya 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 ymx10086/ResearchClaw --skill himalaya -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/himalaya, .gemini/skills/himalaya, .github/skills/himalaya and .opencode/skills/himalaya in your project.

What does Himalaya need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Himalaya is instructions for the agent only.

Does Himalaya 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 Himalaya 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 Himalaya use?

Himalaya has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Himalaya use?

About 1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.2k 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 664 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Himalaya?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Himalaya: Stripe Projects (fossasia/eventyay, 1.7k stars), WooCommerce Email Editor Development (woocommerce/woocommerce, 11k stars), Email Best Practices (viclafouch/meme-studio, 110 stars) and React Email (viclafouch/meme-studio, 110 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Himalaya?

ymx10086 (a GitHub user) maintains it in ymx10086/ResearchClaw, which has 312 GitHub stars. The repository holds 15 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on April 4, 2026.

Source: ymx10086/ResearchClaw on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.