Analyze Email

Quick analysis of a single email. Read metadata, summarize content, and list attachments without extracting them.

When to Use

Use this skill when you need to:

•Quickly understand what an email is about
•Get email metadata (sender, subject, date)
•See what attachments are included
•Decide if deeper analysis is needed

Triggers:

English:

•"Analyze this email <message-id>"
•"What's in this email <message-id>"
•"Read this email <message-id>"
•"Show me this email <message-id>"

Chinese:

•"分析这封邮件 <message-id>"
•"这封邮件说什么 <message-id>"
•"看看这封邮件 <message-id>"
•"查看邮件内容 <message-id>"

Invocation Methods

Method 1: Natural Language (Recommended)

bash

User: Analyze this email <E42FF77C-C563-466D-8544-3E0C16EA24EC@taler.net>
AI: [Proceeds to analyze immediately]

Method 2: Slash Command

bash

User: /analyze-email
AI: 请提供要分析的邮件 Message-ID
User: <E42FF77C-C563-466D-8544-3E0C16EA24EC@taler.net>
AI: [Proceeds to analyze]

Note: When invoked via slash command without parameters, ALWAYS ask for message-id first.

Execution Steps

•

Get message-id (if not provided)

bash

Please provide the email Message-ID to analyze

💡 Quick method (recommended):
In Mail.app: Select email → Press shortcut (⌘⇧C) → Message-ID copied
See README "Setup Mail Quick Action" section if not configured

•

Read email using MCP

python

email_data = mcp__mail__read_email(message_id)

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Extract key information
- •Sender (from)
- •Recipients (to, cc)
- •Subject
- •Date
- •Body text summary (first 500 chars)
- •Attachments list (filename, type, size)
•
Present structured output

Output Format

markdown

📧 Email Analysis

### Basic Information
- From: [sender email and name]
- To: [recipients]
- CC: [cc recipients if any]
- Subject: [subject line]
- Date: [sent date]

### Content Summary
[First 500 characters of email body, or full text if short]

### 📎 Attachments
[Count] attachment(s):
1. [filename] ([type]) - [size]
2. ...

### 💡 Quick Assessment
- Is this a thread?: Yes/No
- Action required?: Yes/No
- Importance level: High/Medium/Low

Important Notes

•
Quick Mode Only
- •Do NOT extract attachment content
- •Do NOT read email threads (use /analyze-thread instead)
- •Just provide overview
•
Thread Detection
- •Check if email is part of a thread
- •If yes, suggest user to use /analyze-thread for full context
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Next Steps
- •If user wants attachment details, suggest /analyze-attachments
- •If user wants thread context, suggest /analyze-thread
- •If user asks for attachment extraction, suggest /analyze-attachments

Example Scenarios

Scenario 1: Quick Email Check

User: /analyze-email AI: 请提供要分析的邮件 Message-ID User: 123@example.com AI: 📧 Email Analysis

Basic Information

•From: John Smith john@example.com
•To: you@company.com
•Subject: Q4 Report Ready
•Date: Dec 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM

Content Summary

Hi,

The Q4 financial report is ready for review. Key highlights:

•Revenue increased by 15% compared to Q3
•New customer acquisition: 250 companies
•Product launch scheduled for January

Please review the attached PDF and let me know if you have any questions.

Best regards, John

📎 Attachments

1 attachment:

•Q4_Report_2025.pdf (application/pdf) - 2.3 MB

💡 Quick Assessment

•Is this a thread?: No
•Action required?: Yes - Review report
•Importance level: High

Scenario 2: Thread Detected

User: What's in this email thread-start@example.com AI: 📧 Email Analysis

[Email details...]

💡 Quick Assessment

•Is this a thread?: Yes (15 emails in thread)
•This email appears to be part of a longer conversation.
•Would you like me to analyze the full thread using /analyze-thread?

Related Skills

•/analyze-thread - For complete email thread analysis
•/analyze-attachments - For deep attachment analysis and extraction