Email Send
Summary
TL;DR: Email Send gives your AI agent the ability to actually send emails through SMTP or email service APIs, turning drafted messages into delivered mail.
Email Send is an OpenClaw skill that send a quick email via SMTP using `msmtp` without opening a full mail client.
Created by Xejrax, this skill has been downloaded 3k+ times on ClawHub. Install it with one command and your AI agent gains these capabilities right away.
Use cases
- Send automated daily or weekly reports generated by your agent to stakeholders
- Deliver alert notifications when your agent detects issues in monitored systems
- Send follow-up emails after your agent completes a task that involves external people
- Distribute personalized messages to a list of contacts as part of an outreach workflow
Installation
Run this command to install the skill on your OpenClaw agent:
npx clawhub@latest install email-sendSecurity scan
The skill's behavior (sending mail via msmtp) is coherent, but the SKILL.md declares sensitive SMTP env vars that are not listed in the registry metadata — an inconsistency that could allow unexpected credential access.
SKILL.md
---
name: email-send
description: "Send a quick email via SMTP using `msmtp` without opening a full mail client."
metadata:
{
"openclaw":
{
"emoji": "📧",
"requires": { "bins": ["msmtp"] },
"install":
[
{
"id": "dnf",
"kind": "dnf",
"package": "msmtp",
"bins": ["msmtp"],
"label": "Install msmtp (dnf)",
},
],
},
}
---
# Email Send Skill
Send a quick email via SMTP without opening the full himalaya client. Requires `SMTP_HOST`, `SMTP_PORT`, `SMTP_USER`, `SMTP_PASS` env vars.
## Sending Email
Send a basic email:
```bash
echo "Meeting at 3pm tomorrow." | msmtp recipient@example.com
```
Send with subject and headers:
```bash
printf "To: recipient@example.com\nSubject: Quick update\n\nHey, the deploy is done." | msmtp recipient@example.com
```
## Options
- `--cc` -- carbon copy recipients
- `--bcc` -- blind carbon copy recipients
- `--attach <file>` -- attach a file
## Install
```bash
sudo dnf install msmtp
```
Version history
Initial publish
Frequently asked questions
It works with standard SMTP servers and popular email APIs including SendGrid, Postmark, Resend, and Amazon SES. You configure your preferred provider and the skill handles the API specifics.
Installation method
Send this prompt to your agent to install the skill
npx clawhub@latest install email-sendSkill info
Files
Skill data sourced from ClawHub