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)

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

Method 2: Slash Command

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

1. Get message-id (if not provided)

   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
   

2. Read email using MCP

   email_data = mcp__mail__read_email(message_id)
   

3. Extract key information

   • Sender (from)
   • Recipients (to, cc)
   • Subject
   • Date
   • Body text summary (first 500 chars)
   • Attachments list (filename, type, size)

4. Present structured output

Output Format

📧 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

1. Quick Mode Only

   • Do NOT extract attachment content
   • Do NOT read email threads (use /analyze-thread instead)
   • Just provide overview

2. Thread Detection

   • Check if email is part of a thread
   • If yes, suggest user to use /analyze-thread for full context

3. 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:

1. 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