agentmail

What This Skill Does

The agentmail skill provides your OpenClaw agent with a dedicated, programmatic email inbox. Powered by AgentMail (YC S25), this integration allows your agent to bridge the gap between autonomous task execution and the real-world requirement of email verification. Unlike standard email clients designed for humans, agentmail is optimized for machine-to-machine communication, allowing your agent to register for accounts, confirm API credentials, and receive alerts from third-party services. By giving your agent its own identity, you enable workflows that require persistent authentication, such as signing up for developer platforms or subscribing to newsletters for competitive intelligence.

Installation

To begin, obtain your API key from https://www.agentmail.to, where you can utilize the free tier for up to 3 inboxes and 3,000 emails per month. Configure the skill by executing the following terminal commands to store your credentials:

mkdir -p ~/.openclaw/skills/agentmail
cat > ~/.openclaw/skills/agentmail/config.json << 'CONFIG'
{
  "apiKey": "YOUR_AGENTMAIL_API_KEY"
}
CONFIG

Finally, install the plugin via the OpenClaw ecosystem using: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/bobdevibecoder/bobagent-agentmail.

Use Cases

1. Automated Account Provisioning: Sign up for cloud platforms (e.g., Convex, Firebase) that require email confirmation links to finalize your agent's API keys.
2. Monitoring & Alerts: Set up your agent to subscribe to project-specific mailing lists or technical alerts, enabling it to act upon incoming data automatically.
3. Business Outreach: Use the agent to handle low-latency inquiry responses, allowing it to act as an autonomous customer support or sales representative.
4. Credential Retrieval: Use the agent to request password resets or magic links, and then read the incoming email to extract the code without human intervention.

Example Prompts

1. "Create a new inbox for our project, set the alias to 'support-bot', and monitor it for any emails from AWS regarding our account status."
2. "Go to the Convex sign-up page, register with our agentmail address, then check the inbox and extract the confirmation link to complete the registration."
3. "Send a formal status update email to the client at [email protected] summarizing the results of today's market analysis."

Tips & Limitations

• Rate Limiting: Be aware of the free tier limits; avoid high-frequency automated polling. Use the inbox command sparingly to conserve API credits.
• Security: Because your agent can receive emails, treat the agentmail.to domain as a sensitive channel. Do not use this for highly sensitive banking credentials or PII.
• Privacy: Remember that emails are stored by the third-party provider; ensure compliance with your local data privacy regulations.