EmailDigest is a local-first email categorizer that transforms raw email data into a prioritized daily brief for AI agents.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install email-digest
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install email-digest using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
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Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is EmailDigest: Daily Email Summary for Agents?
EmailDigest is a specialized tool designed to bridge the gap between high-volume inboxes and actionable intelligence. By integrating this capability into Openclaw Skills, developers can empower their personal agents to filter through noise and surface only the most critical information. It functions by taking fetched email arrays and organizing them into distinct buckets: urgent tasks, items requiring action, and general information.
The core value of this skill lies in its local-first architecture. Unlike cloud-based aggregators, it processes all sensitive communication data directly on your machine, ensuring privacy while providing high-quality summarization. It is built to work seamlessly with existing email fetchers, making it a foundational component for any sophisticated agentic workflow.
EmailDigest: Daily Email Summary for Agents Use Cases
- Generating a streamlined daily executive summary of unread messages at the start of the workday.
- Highlighting critical communications from VIP clients or specific priority senders automatically.
- Extracting specific action items and deadlines from long, complex email threads to update task lists.
- Filtering out marketing noise and automated notifications into an FYI section to reduce cognitive load.
- Integrating email intelligence into broader automated workflows managed by Openclaw Skills.
How EmailDigest: Daily Email Summary for Agents Works
- The agent fetches raw emails from external sources such as IMAP, the himalaya CLI, or other platform connectors.
- Raw email data is passed to the skill as an array of objects containing from, subject, and body fields.
- The skill applies user-defined logic, including priority sender lists and urgency keyword filters.
- Local analysis categorizes each message into Urgent, Action Needed, or FYI buckets based on content and metadata.
- A final, cleanly formatted Markdown brief is generated, providing a structured overview of the day's communications.
EmailDigest: Daily Email Summary for Agents Setup
To integrate this into your workflow, initialize the EmailDigest class within your agent environment. Use the following structure to configure your filtering rules:
const digest = new EmailDigest({
prioritySenders: ['[email protected]', '[email protected]'],
urgencyKeywords: ['urgent', 'asap', 'deadline', 'blocking'],
ignoreSenders: ['noreply@*', 'newsletter@*']
});
// Process the emails fetched by your pipeline
const result = digest.process(emails);
console.log(result.formatted);
Ensure your agent has the necessary permissions to read from your local email CLI or mail server before passing data to the skill.
EmailDigest: Daily Email Summary for Agents Data Schema & Taxonomy
EmailDigest operates on a standardized schema for both input and output to ensure compatibility across different Openclaw Skills implementations.
| Object Property | Description |
|---|---|
from |
String representing the sender's email address. |
subject |
String containing the email's subject line. |
body |
The raw or cleaned text content of the email message. |
formatted |
The resulting Markdown string containing the categorized daily brief. |
prioritySenders |
Array of strings used to whitelist high-value contacts. |
EmailDigest: Daily Email Summary for Agents Advanced Features
- Thread Summarization: Automatically condenses long conversation chains into concise bullet points to save context.
- Custom Urgency Triggers: Define specific keywords that force messages into the Urgent bucket regardless of sender.
- Regex Sender Filtering: Supports advanced pattern matching for ignoring or prioritizing entire domains.
- Privacy-First Processing: Executes all categorization logic locally, making it an ideal choice for privacy-conscious Openclaw Skills users.
- Action Item Extraction: Identifies specific requests or tasks within the body of an email to highlight next steps.
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