Reply to all recipients of a Gmail message with automatic thread handling.
Replies to the original sender and all To/CC recipients; use --remove to exclude specific addresses Supports plain text and HTML body content, file attachments (multiple), and optional CC/BCC fields Includes --dry-run mode to preview the request before sending, and --from for send-as/alias accounts Requires Gmail message ID and reply body as mandatory inputs; fails if no valid recipients remain after exclusions
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The skill provides instructions for using the gws command-line tool to reply to Gmail messages. It is a standard productivity skill from the googleworkspace vendor and does not contain any malicious code or patterns.
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](../gws-shared/SKILL.md) — Global flags and auth
[gws-gmail](../gws-gmail/SKILL.md) — All send, read, and manage email commands