Gws gmail reply

Skill googleworkspace/cli/skills/gws-gmail-reply

Google Workspace CLI — one command-line tool for Drive, Gmail, Calendar, Sheets, Docs, Chat, Admin, and more. Dynamically built from Google Discovery Service. Includes AI agent skills.

Install

npx -y skills add googleworkspace/cli --skill gws-gmail-reply

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Gmail: Reply to a message (handles threading automatically).

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gmail +reply

PREREQUISITE: Read ../gws-shared/SKILL.md for auth, global flags, and security rules. If missing, run gws generate-skills to create it.

Reply to a message (handles threading automatically)

Usage

gws gmail +reply --message-id <ID> --body <TEXT>

Flags

Flag	Required	Default	Description
`--message-id`	✓	—	Gmail message ID to reply to
`--body`	✓	—	Reply body (plain text, or HTML with --html)
`--from`	—	—	Sender address (for send-as/alias; omit to use account default)
`--to`	—	—	Additional To email address(es), comma-separated
`--attach`	—	—	Attach a file (can be specified multiple times)
`--cc`	—	—	CC email address(es), comma-separated
`--bcc`	—	—	BCC email address(es), comma-separated
`--html`	—	—	Treat --body as HTML content (default is plain text)
`--dry-run`	—	—	Show the request that would be sent without executing it
`--draft`	—	—	Save as draft instead of sending

Examples

gws gmail +reply --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body 'Thanks, got it!'
gws gmail +reply --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body 'Looping in Carol' --cc [email protected]
gws gmail +reply --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body 'Adding Dave' --to [email protected]
gws gmail +reply --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body '<b>Bold reply</b>' --html
gws gmail +reply --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body 'Updated version' -a updated.docx
gws gmail +reply --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body 'Draft reply' --draft

Tips

Automatically sets In-Reply-To, References, and threadId headers.
Quotes the original message in the reply body.
--to adds extra recipients to the To field.
Use -a/--attach to add file attachments. Can be specified multiple times.
With --html, the quoted block uses Gmail's gmail_quote CSS classes and preserves HTML formatting. Use fragment tags (<p>, <b>, <a>, etc.) — no <html>/<body> wrapper needed.
With --html, inline images in the quoted message are preserved via cid: references.
Use --draft to save the reply as a draft instead of sending it immediately.
For reply-all, use +reply-all instead.