mailbox

name	mailbox
description	Use this skill whenever the user needs ANY mailbox/email operation — checking, reading, searching, sending, replying, forwarding, organizing or deleting email, managing threads, connecting a personal mailbox, or registering a new mailbox. This skill is the single entry point for email tasks and orchestrates qwenpawmail-mcp for nine supported personal-mail domains.
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Mailbox Operations (qwenpawmail-mcp)

Use qwenpawmail-mcp to connect or register a mailbox and perform email operations.

Supported Providers

The managed QwenPaw mailbox workflow supports these nine mail domains:

Provider	Domains	Login credential
NetEase	163.com, 126.com, yeah.net	16-character authorization code
Tencent	qq.com, foxmail.com	16-character authorization code
Sina	sina.com, sina.cn	16-character authorization code
Alibaba	aliyun.com	Mailbox login password; existing accounts only
Google	gmail.com	16-character app password after enabling 2-Step Verification

Enterprise mailboxes, custom domains, and Microsoft mailboxes are not supported by the current managed workflow. Do not try enterprise provider overrides or custom IMAP/SMTP hosts. Ask the user to choose one of the supported personal domains instead.

create_mailbox provides built-in registration guidance only for 163.com, 126.com, yeah.net, qq.com, and foxmail.com. Other supported domains require their official registration flow. New aliyun.com registration is unavailable; only existing accounts can be connected.

Invocation Rule

For any email operation, use this skill as the entry point. Do not invent another email workflow or bypass qwenpawmail-mcp with raw IMAP/SMTP commands.

Credential and Configuration Model

agent.json contains only public mailbox configuration. Its expected mail shape is:

{
  "mail": {
    "is_new_account": false,
    "credential": {
      "name": "myaccount",
      "domain": "163.com",
      "provider": ""
    },
    "push": {
      "mode": "off",
      "rules": [],
      "poll_interval_seconds": 120,
      "access_control_enabled": false
    }
  }
}

The sensitive fields auth_code, password, and phone_number are intentionally absent from agent.json and redacted from Agent API responses. The provider credential represented by auth_code is stored encrypted after it is configured. Registration passwords and phone numbers are entered only on the provider page and are not stored by the current QwenPaw workflow. The absence of auth_code from public configuration does not mean that the user did not configure it.

QwenPaw resolves the encrypted provider credential into the managed DriverCard only at runtime. Never read, decrypt, print, copy, or modify credentials.yaml, and never search files or logs for a secret. Use the workflows below.

Workflow: Connect or Create the Mailbox Account

Step 1 — Read public mailbox state

Read mail.is_new_account, mail.credential.name, and mail.credential.domain from agent.json. Treat provider as empty for every currently supported personal domain.

If mail is missing, ask the user to configure Email Management in the QwenPaw Agent Settings UI before continuing.

Step 2a — is_new_account is false: manage an existing mailbox

1. Call check_auth directly. The managed DriverCard already receives the stored email credential through a runtime credential reference; do not look it up in agent.json and do not call set_credentials merely because secret fields are absent.
2. If check_auth succeeds, perform the requested mailbox operation.
3. If credentials are missing or invalid, ask the user to edit this agent in QwenPaw, choose Manage your personal mailbox, enter the mailbox credential again, and save. Retry check_auth after the agent reloads.
4. If the user explicitly supplies an email and credential in the current conversation, set_credentials may be used as a temporary session-only override, followed by check_auth. It does not update the encrypted QwenPaw configuration and is lost when the MCP process restarts.

For temporary set_credentials, pass the full email and the provider-specific credential in the auth_code parameter. For aliyun.com, that parameter contains the login password; for the other supported domains, it contains the 16-character authorization code or app password.

Step 2b — is_new_account is true: register a dedicated mailbox

Use the public username and domain from agent.json. If the username is blank, let create_mailbox generate one or agree on one with the user.

Registration passwords and phone numbers are entered on the provider page and are deliberately unavailable to the Agent. Do not try to recover them from files. The optional credential field in the QwenPaw dedicated-mailbox form is only for the final provider authorization code, app password, or mailbox login password after registration. Use one of these paths:

Preferred path — visible browser registration

1. For NetEase or Tencent domains, call create_mailbox(domain, username) first to validate the username and obtain current provider guidance.
2. Open the provider's official registration page in a visible browser.
3. When the page requests a password, phone number, CAPTCHA, SMS code, or other identity verification, ask the user to enter it directly in the visible browser. If the user explicitly provides a value for this task, use it only for the current registration and never persist or repeat it.
4. Keep the browser open while waiting for user action, then continue after confirmation.

Official registration entry points:

Domain	Registration entry	Notes
163.com, 126.com, yeah.net	https://zc.reg.163.com/regInitialized	Shared NetEase flow; phone verification required
qq.com, foxmail.com	https://ssl.zc.qq.com/v3/index-chs.html	QQ registration; phone verification required
sina.com	https://mail.sina.com.cn/register/weixin.php	WeChat-authorized registration
sina.cn	https://mail.sina.cn/register/regmail.php	Phone/SMS registration
gmail.com	https://accounts.google.com/signup	Enable 2-Step Verification, then create an app password
aliyun.com	Unavailable	New personal registrations are closed; use an existing account

Consider registration successful only after a clear success message or successful inbox access. If the final username differs from the requested one, report the reason and final address.

Fallback path — user-completed registration

For NetEase or Tencent domains, call create_mailbox(domain, username) and relay its alternatives, registration URL, and steps. Ask the user to complete all password, phone, CAPTCHA, and SMS steps in their own browser.

For Sina or Gmail, direct the user to the official entry above. For aliyun.com, explain that a new account cannot be registered and ask the user to choose another supported domain.

Step 3 — After successful registration

1. Do not write an authorization code, password, or phone number into agent.json.
2. Ask the user to edit the agent in the QwenPaw Agent Settings UI and keep Provision a dedicated mailbox selected. Enter the final mailbox name and the optional provider credential shown for that domain, then save. The field accepts a 16-character authorization code/app password for NetEase, Tencent, Sina, or Gmail, and a login password for a provider that uses one. QwenPaw will automatically set is_new_account to false, store the secret in encrypted form, synchronize the managed DriverCard, and reload the agent.
3. After reload, call check_auth. Do not run other mail tools until it succeeds.
4. Read CONTACTS.md before contact-dependent work.

Available Tools

Read-Only Tools

Tool	Purpose
list_folders	List all mailbox folders
list_messages	List message envelopes in a folder with pagination
get_message	Fetch one message by folder and UID
get_attachment	Get an attachment by filename or index
search_messages	Search by keyword, sender, or date range
check_auth	Verify fresh IMAP and SMTP logins using the current runtime credential
create_mailbox	Return registration guidance for supported NetEase/Tencent domains
list_threads	List conversation threads with incremental sync
search_threads	Search conversation threads
get_thread	Get all messages in one thread
get_mailbox_stats	Get recent mailbox statistics

Write Tools

Tool	Purpose
send_message	Send a plain-text email with to/cc/bcc
reply_message	Reply with proper threading headers
forward_message	Forward a message as an RFC 822 attachment
mark_messages	Mark messages read/unread/flagged/unflagged
move_message	Move a message to another folder
create_folder	Create a mailbox folder
set_credentials	Set a temporary in-memory credential for this MCP process
clear_credentials	Clear the temporary override and fall back to injected startup credentials
update_thread	Add or remove custom thread labels

Destructive Tools

Tool	Purpose
delete_message	Permanently delete one message
delete_thread	Move a whole thread to trash

Safety and Reliability Notes

• Never guess or expose an authorization code, password, phone number, CAPTCHA, or SMS code.
• Never interpret redacted secret fields as empty credentials; verify with check_auth.
• Never place secrets in agent.json, DriverCard YAML, CONTACTS.md, logs, or chat summaries.
• Confirm with the user before delete_message or delete_thread.
• Message UIDs are folder-scoped and can change. Refresh with list_messages or search_messages immediately before acting.
• After any runtime or UI credential change, call check_auth first.
• Update CONTACTS.md when the user wants newly discovered contact information retained, but never store credentials there.