Ravi Email — Send
Compose new emails, reply to existing ones, or forward them from your Ravi email address.
Writing quality matters. Before drafting email content, see the ravi-email-writing skill for subject lines, HTML formatting, tone, and anti-spam best practices.
Resolving Recipients by Name
If you have the recipient's name but not their email address (e.g. "email Alice"), use ravi-contacts first:
# Search contacts by name
ravi contacts search "Alice"
# → Returns matches with email, phone, display_name
# If one match → use the email from the result
# If multiple matches → confirm with the user which Alice they mean
# If no matches → ask the user for the email address directly
Compose a new email
ravi email compose --to "recipient@example.com" --subject "Subject" --body "<p>HTML content</p>"
Arguments:
--to(required): Recipient email address--subject(required): Email subject line--body(required): Email body (HTML supported — use tags like<p>,<h2>,<ul>for formatting)
Example with HTML formatting:
ravi email compose \
--to "user@example.com" \
--subject "Monthly Report" \
--body "<h2>Monthly Report</h2><p>Key findings:</p><ul><li>Revenue up 15%</li><li>Churn down 3%</li></ul>"
Reply to an email
# Reply to sender only
ravi email reply <message_id> --body "<p>Reply content</p>"
# Reply to all recipients (reply-all)
ravi email reply-all <message_id> --body "<p>Reply content</p>"
Forward an email
ravi email forward <message_id> --to "recipient@example.com" --body "<p>FYI — see below.</p>"
Arguments:
--to(required): Recipient email address--body(required): Email body (HTML supported)
Rate Limits
Email sending is rate-limited per user account:
- 60 emails/hour and 500 emails/day
On hitting a rate limit, you'll get a 429 response with a retry_after_seconds value. Wait that many seconds before retrying.
Best practices for agents:
- Avoid tight loops of email sends — batch work where possible
- On 429: parse
retry_after_secondsfrom the response body, wait, then retry - For bulk operations, add a 1-2 second delay between sends
Important Notes
- HTML email bodies — the
--bodyargument accepts HTML. Use tags for formatting:<p>,<h2>,<ul>,<a href="...">. No<html>or<body>wrapper needed. See ravi-email-writing for templates and anti-spam rules. - Subject for replies/forwards — reply and forward commands auto-derive the subject from the original message (prepending
Re:orFwd:). No need to pass--subject.
Full API Reference
For complete endpoint details, request/response schemas, and parameters: Messages | Attachments
Related Skills
- ravi-contacts — Look up a person's email address by name before sending
- ravi-email-writing — Subject lines, HTML templates, tone, and anti-spam best practices
- ravi-inbox — Read incoming email before replying or forwarding
- ravi-identity — Get your email address and identity name for signatures
- ravi-feedback — Report deliverability issues or suggest email feature improvements