gws-gmail-reply-all
Lets your agent reply-all to an email, keeping the conversation organized. Useful for ensuring everyone gets the response.
What it does
This tool sends a reply to all recipients of an email you received. It automatically handles keeping the conversation organized.
When to use it
- ✓When you need to reply to an email and want everyone involved to get your response.
- ✓To add people to the conversation without needing to copy and paste addresses.
- ✓To send a quick update to all participants of an email.
Example of what to ask your AI
“Reply to this email with the message 'Got it, thanks!' and add john.doe@example.com to the CC field.”
Want more? Open the sections below.
How to use
The easiest way: copy the message below and paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI. It reads the skill and follows the instructions.
Skill link
Ready-to-paste message
How it works
You provide the unique ID of the email you received and the text you want to send. The tool finds all original recipients and sends your reply to them.
Installation
Easiest way: copy the skill link and paste it into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor asking it to follow the instructions.
In the terminal (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor), in your project folder:
npx skills add googleworkspace/cli --skill gws-gmail-reply-allOr download just the file:
curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleworkspace/cli/main/skills/gws-gmail-reply-all/SKILL.md -o SKILL.mdTechnical content (original SKILL.md)
Original text by the author, straight from GitHub.
gmail +reply-all
PREREQUISITE: Read
../gws-shared/SKILL.mdfor auth, global flags, and security rules. If missing, rungws generate-skillsto create it.
Reply-all to a message (handles threading automatically)
Usage
gws gmail +reply-all --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 |
--remove |
— | — | Exclude recipients from the outgoing reply (comma-separated emails) |
Examples
gws gmail +reply-all --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body 'Sounds good to me!'
gws gmail +reply-all --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body 'Updated' --remove bob@example.com
gws gmail +reply-all --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body 'Adding Eve' --cc eve@example.com
gws gmail +reply-all --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body '<i>Noted</i>' --html
gws gmail +reply-all --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body 'Notes attached' -a notes.pdf
gws gmail +reply-all --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body 'Draft reply' --draft
Tips
- Replies to the sender and all original To/CC recipients.
- Use --to to add extra recipients to the To field.
- Use --cc to add new CC recipients.
- Use --bcc for recipients who should not be visible to others.
- Use --remove to exclude recipients from the outgoing reply, including the sender or Reply-To target.
- The command fails if no To recipient remains after exclusions and --to additions.
- 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.
See Also
- gws-shared — Global flags and auth
- gws-gmail — All send, read, and manage email commands
FAQ
How does the tool know who to reply to?
It uses the email's ID to find the original recipients (To, CC) and sends the reply to all of them, plus yourself.
Can I add more people or remove someone from the reply?
Yes, you can add people in the CC or BCC fields, or remove someone using the '--remove' option.
Can I send the reply as a draft?
Yes, using the '--draft' option, the reply will be saved as a draft in your Gmail instead of being sent immediately.
Details
Original description by the author
Gmail: Reply-all to a message (handles threading automatically).
repo: googleworkspace/cli
Popularity
- GitHub stars
- 32k
- Ranking position
- #6267
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Updated
- 10/6/2026
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