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gws-gmail-reply

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by Google · part of googleworkspace/cli

Gmail: Reply to a message (handles threading automatically).

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🧰 Not standalone. This skill ships with googleworkspace/cli and only works together with that tool — install the tool first, then add this skill.

Gmail: Reply to a message (handles threading automatically).

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Gmail: Reply to a message (handles threading automatically). npx skills add https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli --skill gws-gmail-reply** Download ZIPGitHub29.4k

gmail +reply

PREREQUISITE: Read ../gws-shared/SKILL.md for auth, global flags, and security rules. If missing, run gws generate-skills to create it.

Reply to a message (handles threading automatically)

Flags

Flag Required Default Description --message-id ✓ — Gmail message ID to reply to --body ✓ — Reply body (plain text, or HTML with --html) --from — — Sender address (for send-as/alias; omit to use account default) --to — — Additional To email address(es), comma-separated --attach — — Attach a file (can be specified multiple times) --cc — — CC email address(es), comma-separated --bcc — — BCC email address(es), comma-separated --html — — Treat --body as HTML content (default is plain text) --dry-run — — Show the request that would be sent without executing it --draft — — Save as draft instead of sending

Examples

Copy & paste — that's it
gws gmail +reply --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body 'Thanks, got it!'
gws gmail +reply --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body 'Looping in Carol' --cc [email protected]
gws gmail +reply --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body 'Adding Dave' --to [email protected]
gws gmail +reply --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body ' Bold reply**' --html
gws gmail +reply --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body 'Updated version' -a updated.docx
gws gmail +reply --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body 'Draft reply' --draft

Tips

  • Automatically sets In-Reply-To, References, and threadId headers.

  • Quotes the original message in the reply body.

  • --to adds extra recipients to the To field.

  • Use -a/--attach to add file attachments. Can be specified multiple times.

  • With --html, the quoted block uses Gmail's gmail_quote CSS classes and preserves HTML formatting. Use fragment tags ( , **, , etc.) — no / wrapper needed. ** **

  • With --html, inline images in the quoted message are preserved via cid: references.

  • Use --draft to save the reply as a draft instead of sending it immediately.

  • For reply-all, use +reply-all instead. ** **

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