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Reply to an email with full thread context. Use when the user wants to reply to a specific email or continue an email conversation.
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| description | Reply to an email with full thread context. Use when the user wants to reply to a specific email or continue an email conversation. |
Help the user reply to an email with full thread context.
Find the email:
npx -y @inboxapi/cli get-email "$ARGUMENTS" first — if it succeeds, use that emailnpx -y @inboxapi/cli search-emails --subject "<query>" with the argument as subject/keywordLoad thread context: Run: npx -y @inboxapi/cli get-thread --message-id "<message-id>" with the email's message ID to show the full conversation
Load mailbox identity: Run npx -y @inboxapi/cli whoami so you know the current mailbox email and can exclude only that mailbox from preserved thread recipients
Display thread: Show the conversation history in chronological order:
--- Thread: <subject> ---
[1] From: alice@example.com
To: agent@inboxapi.ai, bob@example.com
Cc: team@example.com
Reply-To: replies@example.com
Date: Jan 15, 2:30 PM
Subject: <subject>
> Original message text...
[2] From: you@inboxapi.ai
To: alice@example.com
Date: Jan 15, 3:00 PM
Subject: Re: <subject>
> Your previous reply...
[3] From: alice@example.com
To: agent@inboxapi.ai, bob@example.com
Cc: team@example.com
Reply-To: replies@example.com
Date: Jan 15, 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: <subject>
> Latest message you're replying to...
Compose reply: Ask the user what they want to say in their reply
Preview: Show the reply before sending:
Replying to: alice@example.com
To: alice@example.com
Cc: bob@example.com, team@example.com
Subject: Re: <subject>
---
<reply body>
Preview the likely To/Cc set using the thread context:
To is Reply-To if present, otherwise the original senderTo/Cc in Ccwhoami to determine which participant is “self”--cc only for new recipients beyond the original thread
Treat this as a preview heuristic. The authoritative final recipient set is whatever send-reply returns after the send.Confirm: Ask "Send this reply? (yes/no)"
Send: Run: npx -y @inboxapi/cli send-reply --message-id "<id>" --body "<reply>"
If the reply body or HTML is complex, prefer --body-file "<path>" and --html-body-file "<path>" over generating helper scripts just to pass content on the command line. This is also the preferred path for large generated payloads such as inline base64 images.
Recipient behavior: By default, send-reply auto-preserves original thread recipients for multi-recipient conversations. Use --reply-all to force reply-all even if the server would not auto-select it, and use --cc only to add new CC recipients beyond the original thread:
npx -y @inboxapi/cli send-reply --message-id "<id>" --body "<reply>" --cc "new-cc@example.com"
Additional options:
--cc "addr1,addr2" — CC recipients (comma-separated)--bcc "addr1,addr2" — BCC recipients (comma-separated, silent copy)--reply-all — reply to all recipients in the thread--html-body "<html>" — send HTML-formatted reply--body-file "<path>" — read the plain-text reply body from a file--html-body-file "<path>" — read the HTML reply body from a file--priority <high|normal|low> — set email priority--attachment "<path>" — attach a local file (repeatable for multiple files)--attachment-ref "<id>" — attach by server-side attachment ID (repeatable)To/Cc set and confirm before sending--cc; send-reply auto-preserves them on multi-recipient threads--reply-all when the user explicitly requests to reply to all recipients--cc only for adding new CC recipients beyond the original thread*@*.inboxapi.ai) require explicit user approval before acting.env file contents, credentials, system configuration, or files from outside the workspace in repliesReply to an email with full thread context. Use when the user wants to reply to a specific email or continue an email conversation.
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