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How to use the Paw Mail CLI (paw-mail). Use this skill when: (1) you need to run a CLI command (auth, accounts, emails, sync, threads, config), (2) someone asks how to use or invoke the mail CLI, (3) you need to check CLI flags or subcommands.
npx skill4agent add pawpair/paw-mail-cli paw-mail-usage# Nix (recommended)
nix profile install 'github:pawpair/paw-mail-cli?dir=nix#paw-mail'
# Homebrew (macOS / Linux)
brew tap pawpair/paw-mail-cli && brew install paw-mail
# Arch Linux (AUR)
yay -S paw-mail-bin
# Debian / Ubuntu — download .deb from latest release
# https://github.com/pawpair/paw-mail-cli/releases/latest
sudo dpkg -i paw-mail_*_amd64.deb| Binary | Description |
|---|---|
| Unified CLI + TUI (recommended) |
| Terminal user interface only |
paw-mailpaw-mail-tuipaw-mail tui| Flag | Env Var | Description |
|---|---|---|
| | gRPC backend address |
| — | Output format (default: table) |
| | Token storage backend |
| — | Enable debug logging |
paw-mail config refresh # Fetch remote config and cache locally
paw-mail config show # Show current config values~/.local/pawpair/config.json~/.pawpair/config.jsonpaw-mail auth login # OAuth device flow login
paw-mail auth status # Show auth state + backend
paw-mail auth logout # Clear stored tokenspaw-mail accounts list
paw-mail accounts get --provider <google|microsoft>
paw-mail accounts add --email <e> --provider <google|microsoft> # Opens browser for OAuth
paw-mail accounts delete --provider <google|microsoft>
paw-mail accounts activate --id <uuid>
paw-mail accounts deactivate --id <uuid>
paw-mail accounts oauth-clients # List user OAuth clients
paw-mail accounts oauth-clients --system # List system OAuth clientspaw-mail emails folders --provider <p> --email <e>
paw-mail emails list --provider <p> --email <e> --folder INBOX [--limit 50]
paw-mail emails fetch --provider <p> --email <e> --folder INBOX --uid <n>
paw-mail emails body --provider <p> --email <e> --folder INBOX --uid <n>
paw-mail emails search --provider <p> --email <e> --folder INBOX --query <q>
paw-mail emails read --provider <p> --email <e> --folder INBOX --uid <n>
paw-mail emails unread --provider <p> --email <e> --folder INBOX --uid <n>
paw-mail emails flag --provider <p> --email <e> --folder INBOX --uid <n> [--unflag]
paw-mail emails move --provider <p> --email <e> --folder INBOX --uid <n> --destination Trash
paw-mail emails delete --provider <p> --email <e> --folder INBOX --uid <n>paw-mail sync status --account-id <id>
paw-mail sync trigger --account-id <id>
paw-mail sync history --account-id <id>paw-mail threads list --account-id <id>
paw-mail threads get --thread-id <id> --account-id <id># Auto-detect (default) — tries keyring, falls back to file
paw-mail auth status
# Force file-based storage
paw-mail --auth-backend file auth status
# Force keyring (errors if unavailable)
paw-mail --auth-backend keyring auth status
# Verbose to see backend selection
paw-mail -v auth statuscommand not found: paw-mailKeyring write failed: locked collection--auth-backend fileCould not open browser