// Search, read, and extract attachments from Apple Mail's local storage. Query emails by sender, recipient, subject, body, date, mailbox, and flags. Read raw RFC822 messages and extract file attachments.
| name | apple-mail |
| description | Search, read, and extract attachments from Apple Mail's local storage. Query emails by sender, recipient, subject, body, date, mailbox, and flags. Read raw RFC822 messages and extract file attachments. |
Search, read, and extract attachments from Apple Mail's local storage on macOS.
apple-mail.sh — a bash script that queries the Apple Mail SQLite envelope
index and reads .emlx files from disk. Read-only — it never modifies
mail data.
TOOL=~/Development/agent-stuff/skills/apple-mail/apple-mail.sh
# Search emails
$TOOL search --from "peter@" --subject "dinner" --limit 5
$TOOL search --after 2026-02-01 --has-attachment
$TOOL search --body "invoice" --mailbox "INBOX" --unread
$TOOL search --to "armin@" --before 2025-12-31
# Show message metadata, recipients, attachments, and summary
$TOOL info 783660
# Read the raw RFC822 email (headers + body)
$TOOL read 783660
# Extract attachments to a temp directory (prints the path)
$TOOL attachment 783660 # all attachments
$TOOL attachment 783660 "Rechnung.pdf" # specific file
# List all mailboxes with counts
$TOOL mailboxes
| Flag | Description |
|---|---|
--from <addr> | Sender address substring |
--to <addr> | Recipient address substring |
--subject <text> | Subject substring |
--body <text> | Body/summary text substring |
--mailbox <name> | Mailbox URL substring (e.g. INBOX, Sent, Trash) |
--after <YYYY-MM-DD> | Received after date |
--before <YYYY-MM-DD> | Received before date |
--unread | Only unread messages |
--flagged | Only flagged messages |
--has-attachment | Only messages with attachments |
--limit <n> | Max results (default: 20) |
search returns pipe-delimited table with header row:
id|sender|sender_name|subject|received|status|flagged|mailbox|attachmentsinfo returns structured metadata sectionsread outputs raw RFC822 email to stdoutattachment prints the temp directory path to stdout, file listing to stderrid column.partial.emlx files contain headers only (body not downloaded); read warns about this/tmp/; clean up when donebody search queries the summaries table (Apple Mail's plaintext preview), not the full email body%5BGmail%5D = [Gmail], %20 = space)Allows to interact with web pages by performing actions such as clicking buttons, filling out forms, and navigating links. It works by remote controlling Google Chrome or Chromium browsers using the Chrome DevTools Protocol (CDP). When Claude needs to browse the web, it can use this skill to do so.
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