
Pp Outlook Email
- 75 installs
- 1.9k repo stars
- Updated August 4, 2026
- mvanhorn/printing-press-library
Helps with ai & agent building tasks during AI-assisted development.
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pp-outlook-email is a Claude Code skill for ai & agent building. It helps solo builders move faster with AI-assisted coding.
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Pp Outlook Email by the numbers
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| Installs | 75 |
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| repo stars | ★ 1.9k |
| Last updated | August 4, 2026 |
| Repository | mvanhorn/printing-press-library ↗ |
What it does
Helps with ai & agent building tasks during AI-assisted development.
Files
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Outlook Email — Printing Press CLI
Prerequisites: Install the CLI
This skill drives the outlook-email-pp-cli binary. You must verify the CLI is installed before invoking any command from this skill. If it is missing, install it first:
1. Install via the Printing Press installer. It defaults binaries to $HOME/.local/bin on macOS/Linux and %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\PrintingPress\bin on Windows:
npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install outlook-email --cli-only2. Verify: outlook-email-pp-cli --version 3. Ensure the reported install directory is on $PATH for the agent/runtime that will invoke this skill.
If the npx install fails (no Node, offline, etc.), fall back to a direct Go install (requires Go 1.26.4 or newer):
go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/productivity/outlook-email/cmd/outlook-email-pp-cli@latestIf --version reports "command not found" after install, the runtime cannot see the binary directory on $PATH. Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds.
When to Use This CLI
Reach for this CLI when an agent needs to triage a personal Microsoft 365 inbox at scale, surface follow-ups, or compose mail without a Copilot license. It is the right choice over generic HTTP because the offline store unlocks cross-folder/cross-time queries (followup, senders, waiting, digest) that require persisted state.
Unique Capabilities
These capabilities aren't available in any other tool for this API.
Local state that compounds
- `followup` — List emails you sent more than N days ago that the recipient never replied to — close the loops you forgot about.
_Sales, PM, and recruiting workflows live and die on follow-up timing. Reach for this when an agent needs to surface stalled threads._
outlook-email-pp-cli followup --days 7 --agent- `senders` — Group your inbox by sender over a window: count, unread, last-received, dominant folder — see who's drowning your inbox.
_Use as the input to bulk-archive or to drive inbox-rule decisions. Agents pruning a flooded inbox start here._
outlook-email-pp-cli senders --window 30d --min 5 --agent --select sender,count,unread,last_received- `since` — Show what landed since a timestamp, grouped by focused/other, sender, and folder. Perfect for 'what did I miss while I was heads-down'.
_The first command an agent should run when joining a session to catch up. Cheap, structured, agent-shaped._
outlook-email-pp-cli since 2h --agent- `flagged` — List flagged messages with open due dates, days-overdue, age. The inbox-zero work list Outlook never aggregates.
_An agent's todo list. Pair with reply/forward to actually close the items._
outlook-email-pp-cli flagged --overdue --agent- `stale-unread` — Unread messages older than N days, grouped by folder. Surfaces the unread debt hiding in subfolders.
_Different from senders (volume) — answers 'where is unread piling up' so an agent can route folders to bulk-mark-read._
outlook-email-pp-cli stale-unread --days 14 --agent- `waiting` — Conversations where the last message is not from you and is unread or unanswered for N days. The 'someone's waiting on you' work list.
_Symmetric to followup. Pair both at start-of-day to see your half and their half of every open thread._
outlook-email-pp-cli waiting --days 3 --agent- `conversations` — Conversations ranked by message count, participants, and unread tail. Find the threads burning your attention budget.
_Helps an agent decide which thread to summarize or mute next._
outlook-email-pp-cli conversations --top 20 --window 30d --agent- `quiet` — Senders you used to hear from but who've gone silent for N days. Useful for relationship lapse detection.
_Sales/PM use case: surface customers or vendors who used to engage and don't anymore._
outlook-email-pp-cli quiet --baseline 90d --silent 30d --agent- `digest` — One-shot daily summary: received/sent/unread/flagged counts, top senders, top conversations, focused/other ratio.
_Run this from a cron or skill loop to produce a Slack-shaped daily summary without making 10+ Graph calls._
outlook-email-pp-cli digest --date 2026-05-12 --agent- `attachments-stale` — Attachments older than N days and over a size threshold, sortable by size. The mailbox-quota rescue plan.
_When the mailbox is near quota, agents need the largest oldest attachments first; this command is that list._
outlook-email-pp-cli attachments-stale --days 90 --min-mb 1 --agent --select sender,received_at,size_mb,name- `dedup` — Find probable duplicate threads or messages by conversation_id, internet_message_id, or normalized (subject, from, to).
_Surfaces newsletter duplicates and cross-folder copies before bulk-archive runs._
outlook-email-pp-cli dedup --by subject-sender --agentAgent-native plumbing
- `bulk-archive` — Read a sender list or query, print a move plan, optionally execute it. Safe by default, no surprises.
_Pair with senders or quiet for end-to-end inbox triage; agents can audit the plan before opting in to --execute._
outlook-email-pp-cli bulk-archive --from-senders senders.txt --to-folder Archive --executeCommand Reference
attachments — Attachments on a specific message
outlook-email-pp-cli attachments get— Get a single attachment (metadata + base64 contentBytes for fileAttachment)outlook-email-pp-cli attachments list— List attachments on a message (metadata only by default)
categories — Master list of color categories applied across mail and calendar
outlook-email-pp-cli categories create— Create a new color categoryoutlook-email-pp-cli categories delete— Delete a color categoryoutlook-email-pp-cli categories get— Get a category by idoutlook-email-pp-cli categories list— List the master color categories
folders — Mail folders and their hierarchy
outlook-email-pp-cli folders children— List child folders under a parent folderoutlook-email-pp-cli folders create— Create a top-level mail folderoutlook-email-pp-cli folders create-child— Create a child folder under a parentoutlook-email-pp-cli folders delete— Delete a mail folder (moves contents to Deleted Items)outlook-email-pp-cli folders delta— Delta-sync of the mail folder hierarchyoutlook-email-pp-cli folders get— Get a mail folder by id or well-known nameoutlook-email-pp-cli folders list— List top-level mail foldersoutlook-email-pp-cli folders messages— List messages in a specific folderoutlook-email-pp-cli folders update— Rename a mail folder
inference — Focused/Other inbox classification overrides
outlook-email-pp-cli inference create-override— Pin a sender to Focused or Otheroutlook-email-pp-cli inference delete-override— Remove a sender pinoutlook-email-pp-cli inference list-overrides— List sender pins to Focused or Other
mailbox-settings — Mailbox-level settings: timezone, language, signature, automatic replies
outlook-email-pp-cli mailbox-settings get— Get all mailbox settingsoutlook-email-pp-cli mailbox-settings update— Update mailbox settings (automatic replies, timezone, working hours, language)
messages — Outlook mail messages on your default mailbox
outlook-email-pp-cli messages copy— Copy a message into another mail folderoutlook-email-pp-cli messages create-draft— Create a draft message (save without sending)outlook-email-pp-cli messages delete— Delete a message (moves to Deleted Items by default)outlook-email-pp-cli messages delta— Pull incremental message changes since the last delta tokenoutlook-email-pp-cli messages forward— Forward a message to new recipientsoutlook-email-pp-cli messages get— Get a message by idoutlook-email-pp-cli messages list— List messages across all foldersoutlook-email-pp-cli messages move— Move a message to another mail folderoutlook-email-pp-cli messages reply— Send a reply to a message (uses the original sender)outlook-email-pp-cli messages reply-all— Reply to all recipients of a messageoutlook-email-pp-cli messages send-draft— Send a previously-saved draft messageoutlook-email-pp-cli messages update— Update message fields (isRead, categories, flag, importance, subject, body)
rules — Inbox rules that automatically process incoming messages
outlook-email-pp-cli rules create— Create an inbox ruleoutlook-email-pp-cli rules delete— Delete an inbox ruleoutlook-email-pp-cli rules get— Get a single inbox ruleoutlook-email-pp-cli rules list— List inbox rulesoutlook-email-pp-cli rules update— Update an inbox rule
send_mail — Send a brand-new email in one shot (skips the drafts folder)
outlook-email-pp-cli send_mail— Compose and send a message without first saving to drafts
Finding the right command
When you know what you want to do but not which command does it, ask the CLI directly:
outlook-email-pp-cli which "<capability in your own words>"which resolves a natural-language capability query to the best matching command from this CLI's curated feature index. Exit code 0 means at least one match; exit code 2 means no confident match — fall back to --help or use a narrower query.
Recipes
Morning catchup
outlook-email-pp-cli sync && outlook-email-pp-cli since 12h --agent --select sender,subject,inference_classification,received_atDelta-sync the mailbox, then surface only what landed overnight, grouped for an agent to summarize.
Follow-up sweep
outlook-email-pp-cli followup --days 7 --agent --select recipient,subject,sent_at,days_quietEmails you sent more than a week ago with no reply — the loops you owe yourself to close.
Top noisy senders
outlook-email-pp-cli senders --window 30d --min 10 --agentHighest-volume senders over the last 30 days. Feed the output to bulk-archive to plan the prune.
Reply with selected fields only
outlook-email-pp-cli messages get AAMkAGI2... --agent --select subject,from,body_preview,received_atNarrow a deeply-nested message payload to the four fields an agent actually needs before composing a reply.
Plan an inbox cleanup
outlook-email-pp-cli bulk-archive --from-senders senders.txt --to-folder Archive --agentReads a sender list from senders.txt (one address per line), resolves matching messages in the local store, and prints the move plan. Pass --execute to actually call POST /me/messages/{id}/move per id.
Auth Setup
OAuth 2.0 device-code flow against https://login.microsoftonline.com/common. Personal MSAs (Outlook.com, Hotmail, Live) work alongside work/school accounts. Default client id is the Microsoft Graph PowerShell app, so no Azure tenant is needed. BYO Azure AD app via --client-id. Refresh tokens persisted at ~/.config/outlook-email-pp-cli/config.toml; run auth refresh or let commands auto-rotate.
Run outlook-email-pp-cli doctor to verify setup.
Agent Mode
Add --agent to any command. Expands to: --json --compact --no-input --no-color --yes.
- Pipeable — JSON on stdout, errors on stderr
- Filterable —
--selectkeeps a subset of fields. Dotted paths descend into nested structures; arrays traverse element-wise. Critical for keeping context small on verbose APIs:
outlook-email-pp-cli attachments list mock-value --agent --select id,name,status- Previewable —
--dry-runshows the request without sending - Offline-friendly — sync/search commands can use the local SQLite store when available
- Non-interactive — never prompts, every input is a flag
- Explicit retries — use
--idempotentonly when an already-existing create should count as success, and--ignore-missingonly when a missing delete target should count as success
Response envelope
Commands that read from the local store or the API wrap output in a provenance envelope:
{
"meta": {"source": "live" | "local", "synced_at": "...", "reason": "..."},
"results": <data>
}Parse .results for data and .meta.source to know whether it's live or local. A human-readable N results (live) summary is printed to stderr only when stdout is a terminal — piped/agent consumers get pure JSON on stdout.
Agent Feedback
When you (or the agent) notice something off about this CLI, record it:
outlook-email-pp-cli feedback "the --since flag is inclusive but docs say exclusive"
outlook-email-pp-cli feedback --stdin < notes.txt
outlook-email-pp-cli feedback list --json --limit 10Entries are stored locally at ~/.outlook-email-pp-cli/feedback.jsonl. They are never POSTed unless OUTLOOK_EMAIL_FEEDBACK_ENDPOINT is set AND either --send is passed or OUTLOOK_EMAIL_FEEDBACK_AUTO_SEND=true. Default behavior is local-only.
Write what surprised you, not a bug report. Short, specific, one line: that is the part that compounds.
Output Delivery
Every command accepts --deliver <sink>. The output goes to the named sink in addition to (or instead of) stdout, so agents can route command results without hand-piping. Three sinks are supported:
| Sink | Effect |
|---|---|
stdout | Default; write to stdout only |
file:<path> | Atomically write output to <path> (tmp + rename) |
webhook:<url> | POST the output body to the URL (application/json or application/x-ndjson when --compact) |
Unknown schemes are refused with a structured error naming the supported set. Webhook failures return non-zero and log the URL + HTTP status on stderr.
Named Profiles
A profile is a saved set of flag values, reused across invocations. Use it when a scheduled agent calls the same command every run with the same configuration - HeyGen's "Beacon" pattern.
outlook-email-pp-cli profile save briefing --json
outlook-email-pp-cli --profile briefing attachments list mock-value
outlook-email-pp-cli profile list --json
outlook-email-pp-cli profile show briefing
outlook-email-pp-cli profile delete briefing --yesExplicit flags always win over profile values; profile values win over defaults. agent-context lists all available profiles under available_profiles so introspecting agents discover them at runtime.
Exit Codes
| Code | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0 | Success |
| 2 | Usage error (wrong arguments) |
| 3 | Resource not found |
| 4 | Authentication required |
| 5 | API error (upstream issue) |
| 7 | Rate limited (wait and retry) |
| 10 | Config error |
Argument Parsing
Parse $ARGUMENTS:
1. Empty, `help`, or `--help` → show outlook-email-pp-cli --help output 2. Starts with `install` → ends with mcp → MCP installation; otherwise → see Prerequisites above 3. Anything else → Direct Use (execute as CLI command with --agent)
MCP Server Installation
Install the MCP binary from this CLI's published public-library entry or pre-built release, then register it:
claude mcp add outlook-email-pp-mcp -- outlook-email-pp-mcpVerify: claude mcp list
Direct Use
1. Check if installed: which outlook-email-pp-cli If not found, offer to install (see Prerequisites at the top of this skill). 2. Match the user query to the best command from the Unique Capabilities and Command Reference above. 3. Execute with the --agent flag:
outlook-email-pp-cli <command> [subcommand] [args] --agent4. If ambiguous, drill into subcommand help: outlook-email-pp-cli <command> --help.