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Agent Skills: gmail +forward

Gmail: Forward a message to new recipients.

productivityID: mattforni/dotfiles/gws-gmail-forward

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Install this agent skill to your local

pnpm dlx add-skill https://github.com/mattforni/homebase/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/gws-gmail-forward

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Skill Metadata

Name
gws-gmail-forward
Description
"Gmail: Forward a message to new recipients."

gmail +forward

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

Forward a message to new recipients

Usage

gws gmail +forward --message-id <ID> --to <EMAILS>

Flags

| Flag | Required | Default | Description | |------|----------|---------|-------------| | --message-id | ✓ | — | Gmail message ID to forward | | --to | ✓ | — | Recipient email address(es), comma-separated | | --from | — | — | Sender address (for send-as/alias; omit to use account default) | | --body | — | — | Optional note to include above the forwarded message (plain text, or HTML with --html) | | --no-original-attachments | — | — | Do not include file attachments from the original message (inline images in --html mode are preserved) | | -a/--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 +forward --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --to dave@example.com
gws gmail +forward --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --to dave@example.com --body 'FYI see below'
gws gmail +forward --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --to dave@example.com --cc eve@example.com
gws gmail +forward --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --to dave@example.com --body '<p>FYI</p>' --html
gws gmail +forward --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --to dave@example.com -a notes.pdf
gws gmail +forward --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --to dave@example.com --no-original-attachments
gws gmail +forward --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --to dave@example.com --draft

Tips

  • Includes the original message with sender, date, subject, and recipients.
  • Original attachments are included by default (matching Gmail web behavior).
  • With --html, inline images are also preserved via cid: references.
  • In plain-text mode, inline images are not included (matching Gmail web).
  • Use --no-original-attachments to forward without the original message's files.
  • Use -a/--attach to add extra file attachments. Can be specified multiple times.
  • Combined size of original and user attachments is limited to 25MB.
  • With --html, the forwarded block uses Gmail's gmail_quote CSS classes and preserves HTML formatting. Use fragment tags (<p>, <b>, <a>, etc.) — no <html>/<body> wrapper needed.
  • Use --draft to save the forward as a draft instead of sending it immediately.

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