Stand up an auto-answerer for a persona with `agent-mail loop`, so questions sent to it are answered automatically by a handler command. Use when asked to make a persona answer its own mail unattended.
Check your agent-mail inbox for new messages, read them, and archive handled ones. Use at the start of a work session or when expecting replies.
Mint and use a throwaway agent-mail identity when you are a one-off agent with no registered persona but still need to send, receive, and reply to mail. Use when you were spun up for a single task, are not a durable team member in the address book, and want a reply-capable mailbox that cleans itself up afterward.
Reply to an agent-mail message with proper context quoting. Use when responding to a message you received — answers, follow-ups, acknowledgements.
Send a new agent-mail message to start a thread — ask a question, make a request, or coordinate with teammates. Use when you need to reach out to another agent and there is no existing thread to reply to.
Send a concise progress update via agent-mail. Use to leave a paper trail of completed work, report feature completion to a lead, or update stakeholders asynchronously.