--- name: email-monitor description: > Set up periodic email monitoring for any IMAP mailbox (Gmail, Outlook, QQ, etc.). Guides users through mailbox configuration, tests the connection, then creates a scheduled cron task to check for new emails at user-defined intervals and deliver summaries in a custom format. Use when a user wants to automatically monitor an inbox for new messages, set up periodic email fetching or summarization, or configure email alerts and digests on a schedule. --- # Email Monitor Skill This skill guides the user through a 6-step onboarding to set up automated email monitoring. ## Onboarding Flow Work through these steps **in order**, one step per conversation turn. Do not skip ahead. ### Step 1 — Ask which mailbox to monitor Ask the user: > "请告诉我你想监控的邮箱地址是什么？（例如 yourname@gmail.com）" ### Step 2 — Provide provider-specific setup guidance Based on the email domain, read `references/imap-setup.md` and show the user the relevant setup instructions: - `@gmail.com` → Gmail IMAP + App Password guide - `@outlook.com` / `@hotmail.com` → Outlook section - `@qq.com` → QQ Mail section - Others → Generic IMAP section Ask the user to provide: - Their **email address** - Their **app password** (or account password for non-Gmail) Store these in a local config file: `~/.openclaw/email-monitor//config.json` Config template: ```json { "email": "", "password": "", "imap_host": "", "imap_port": 993, "mailbox": "INBOX", "state_file": "~/.openclaw/email-monitor//state.json", "max_emails": 20, "fetch_attachments": false, "attachment_dir": "~/Downloads/email-attachments" } ``` ### Step 3 — Test connection Run the fetch script once to verify credentials and connectivity: ```bash python3 /scripts/fetch_emails.py --config ~/.openclaw/email-monitor//config.json ``` - **Success**: Show the user a sample of fetched emails (first 3), confirm "连接成功！" - **Failure**: Show the error message, help the user troubleshoot (wrong password, IMAP not enabled, etc.) Only proceed to Step 4 after a successful test. ### Step 4 — Ask for polling interval Ask: > "连接成功！你希望每隔多久检查一次新邮件？（例如：每1小时、每2小时、每天早上8点）" Parse the user's answer into a valid cron expression. Examples: - "每小时" → `0 * * * *` - "每2小时" → `0 */2 * * *` - "每天早上8点" → `0 8 * * *` - "每4小时" → `0 */4 * * *` ### Step 5 — Ask for notification format and attachment handling Ask two questions in one message: > **消息格式**：新邮件通知时，你希望看到哪些信息？ > - A) 简洁版：发件人 + 主题 + 日期 > - B) 标准版：发件人 + 主题 + 日期 + 摘要（前200字） > - C) 自定义（请描述） > > **附件**：是否需要下载附件？如果需要，保存到哪个目录？ Update `config.json` with `fetch_attachments` and `attachment_dir` based on the response. Store the notification format preference as `notify_format` in config.json: - `"brief"` for A - `"standard"` for B - `""` for C ### Step 6 — Summarize and create cron job Show a confirmation summary: ``` 📧 邮件监控配置确认邮箱：检查频率：每 X 小时（cron: ）通知格式：下载附件：（保存至：）确认后将创建定时任务。确认吗？（是/否） ``` After user confirms, create the cron job using openclaw: ```bash openclaw cron add "" "检查邮件 " --run "python3 /scripts/fetch_emails.py --config ~/.openclaw/email-monitor//config.json" ``` Then confirm to the user that the cron task is active. --- ## Running Manually At any time the user can say "现在检查一下邮件" or similar — run the fetch script and display results using the configured format. ## Format Templates **brief**: ``` 📩 [] — ``` **standard**: ``` 📩 👤 📅 --- ``` ## Config File Location Always store per-account config at: `~/.openclaw/email-monitor//config.json` Where `` = email address with `@` replaced by `_at_` and `.` replaced by `_`. Example: `qiusuo9809_at_gmail_com` ## State File The state file tracks the last fetched UID to avoid re-sending old emails. It is auto-managed by `scripts/fetch_emails.py`. If the user wants to re-fetch all emails, delete the state file.

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