messages

Original：🇺🇸 English

Translated

Retrieve chat message history, send messages, and manage reactions in Lark - get messages from group chats, private chats, threads, send messages to users or chats, and add/list/remove reactions. Use when user asks about chat messages, conversation history, what was discussed in a group, or wants to send a message or react.

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Sourceyjwong/lark-cli

Added on2026-02-23

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npx skill4agent add yjwong/lark-cli messages

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Messages Skill

Retrieve chat message history, send messages, manage reactions, and search for chats/groups via the

lark

CLI.

🤖 Capabilities and Use Cases

Send markdown-lite messages with links and mentions
Send images with
```
--image
```
and
```
{{image}}
```
placement
Reply to messages and threads with
```
--parent-id
```
/
```
--root-id
```
Message recall/delete for cleanup
Add/list/remove emoji reactions
Browse emoji catalog reference
Read chat history (chat or thread)
Download message resources (images/files/audio/video)
Find chats by name or member
Use clear, flag-based CLI with consistent JSON output

🚀 Quick Reference

Send message:

bash

lark msg send --to user@example.com --text "Hello!"

Reply in thread:

bash

lark msg send --to oc_12345 --parent-id om_abcdef --msg-type text --text "Replying here"

Read messages:

bash

lark msg history --chat-id oc_12345 --limit 10

Find chats:

bash

lark chat search "project team"

React / list / remove reaction:

bash

lark msg react --message-id om_123456789abcdef --reaction SMILE
lark msg react list --message-id om_123456789abcdef
lark msg react remove --message-id om_123456789abcdef --reaction-id ZCaCIjUBVVWSrm5L-3ZTw...

Download resource:

bash

lark msg resource --message-id om_xxx --file-key img_v3_xxx --type image --output ./image.png

Running Commands

Ensure

lark

is in your PATH, or use the full path to the binary. Set the config directory if not using the default:

bash

lark msg <command>
lark chat <command>
# Or with explicit config:
LARK_CONFIG_DIR=/path/to/.lark lark msg <command>

Commands Reference

Search for Chats/Groups

bash

lark chat search "project" --limit 10

Available flags:

```
--limit
```
: Maximum number of chats to retrieve (0 = no limit)

Output fields include:

chats[]

with

chat_id

name

description

owner_id

external

chat_status

```
count
```
,
```
query
```

Send Messages

Send messages to users or group chats as the bot.

bash

lark msg send --to ou_xxxx --text "Hello!"

Reply in thread:

bash

lark msg send --to oc_xxxx --parent-id om_xxxx --msg-type text --text "Replying here"

Available flags:

```
--to
```
(required): Recipient identifier (user ID, open_id, email, or chat_id)
```
--to-type
```
: Explicitly specify ID type (
```
open_id
```
,
```
user_id
```
,
```
email
```
,
```
chat_id
```
) - auto-detected if omitted
```
--text
```
: Message text content (markdown-lite). Use
```
{{image}}
```
to place images.
```
--image
```
: Image file path (repeatable)
```
--msg-type
```
: Message type:
```
post
```
(default) or
```
text
```
```
--parent-id
```
: Parent message ID to reply in thread (optional)
```
--root-id
```
: Root message ID for thread replies (optional)

Output:

json

{
  "success": true,
  "message_id": "om_dc13264520392913993dd051dba21dcf",
  "chat_id": "oc_xxxxx",
  "create_time": "2026-01-14T10:30:00+08:00"
}

Get Chat History

bash

lark msg history --chat-id oc_xxxxx --limit 50 --sort desc

Available flags:

```
--chat-id
```
(required): Chat ID or thread ID
```
--type
```
: Container type -
```
chat
```
(default) or
```
thread
```
```
--start
```
: Start time (Unix timestamp or ISO 8601)
```
--end
```
: End time (Unix timestamp or ISO 8601)
```
--sort
```
: Sort order -
```
asc
```
(default) or
```
desc
```
```
--limit
```
: Maximum number of messages (0 = no limit)

Output fields include:

messages[]

with

message_id

msg_type

content

sender

create_time

mentions

is_reply

thread_id

deleted

```
count
```
,
```
chat_id
```

React to Message

Add a reaction to a message as the bot.

bash

lark msg react --message-id om_dc13264520392913993dd051dba21dcf --reaction SMILE

Available flags:

```
--message-id
```
(required): Message ID to react to
```
--reaction
```
(required): Reaction ID or emoji name
```
--type
```
: Reaction type (default:
```
emoji
```
)

Output:

json

{
  "success": true,
  "message_id": "om_dc13264520392913993dd051dba21dcf",
  "reaction_type": "emoji",
  "reaction_id": "ZCaCIjUBVVWSrm5L-3ZTw...",
  "emoji_type": "SMILE"
}

Notes:

Reactions are added as the bot/app. The bot must be in the chat to react.
Emoji types must match the Lark emoji catalog (e.g.,
```
SMILE
```
,
```
LAUGH
```
).
Replies sent with
```
--parent-id
```
are always created in a thread.

Emoji Catalog Reference

bash

lark msg react emojis

Use this command to list the supported emoji types for reactions.

Custom Emojis: Organization-specific custom emojis can be configured in

.lark/config.yaml

yaml

custom_emojis:
  "7405453485858095136": "ez-pepe"

Custom emoji IDs will appear in the

custom_emojis

field of the output.

List Message Reactions

bash

lark msg react list --message-id om_dc13264520392913993dd051dba21dcf --reaction SMILE --limit 50

Available flags:

```
--message-id
```
(required): Message ID to list reactions for
```
--reaction
```
: Emoji type filter (e.g.,
```
SMILE
```
)
```
--limit
```
: Maximum number of reactions to retrieve (0 = no limit)

Output fields include:

```
message_id
```
,
```
reactions[]
```
,
```
count
```

Remove Message Reaction

bash

lark msg react remove --message-id om_dc13264520392913993dd051dba21dcf --reaction-id ZCaCIjUBVVWSrm5L-3ZTw...

Available flags:

```
--message-id
```
(required): Message ID to remove reaction from
```
--reaction-id
```
(required): Reaction ID to remove

Output fields include:

success

message_id

reaction_type

reaction_id

emoji_type

Recall Messages

Recall/delete previously sent messages from chats.

bash

lark msg recall om_dc13264520392913993dd051dba21dcf

Output fields include:

```
success
```
,
```
message_id
```

Downloading Resource Files

Download images, files, audio, and video from messages using

msg resource

bash

lark msg resource --message-id om_xxx --file-key img_v3_xxx --type image --output ./image.png
lark msg resource --message-id om_xxx --file-key file_v2_xxx --type file --output ./document.pdf

Available flags:

```
--message-id
```
(required): Message ID containing the resource
```
--file-key
```
(required): Resource key from message content (
```
image_key
```
or
```
file_key
```
)
```
--type
```
(required):
```
image
```
for images,
```
file
```
for files/audio/video
```
--output
```
(required): Output file path

Output fields include:

success

message_id

file_key

output_path

content_type

bytes_written

Limitations:

Maximum file size: 100MB
Emoji resources cannot be downloaded
Resources from card, merged, or forwarded messages are not supported
The
```
message_id
```
and
```
file_key
```
must match

Tips

Use
```
\n
```
for line breaks and
```
\t
```
for indentation in
```
--text
```
Use
```
@{ou_xxx}
```
to mention users in group chats
Use
```
{{image}}
```
in text to place images in order
Chat IDs start with
```
oc_
```
; thread IDs start with
```
thread_
```
or
```
omt_
```
Use
```
lark msg react list
```
to discover
```
reaction_id
```
for removal
The CLI auto-detects recipient type; override with
```
--to-type
```
if needed

Message Types

```
text
```
- Plain text message
```
post
```
- Rich text post
```
image
```
- Image
```
file
```
- File attachment
```
audio
```
- Audio message
```
media
```
- Video/media
```
sticker
```
- Sticker/emoji
```
interactive
```
- Interactive card
```
share_chat
```
- Shared chat
```
share_user
```
- Shared user contact

Reading Thread Replies

If a message has a

thread_id

, it is part of a thread (or is the root). To fetch replies:

bash

lark msg history --chat-id oc_xxxxx --limit 10 --sort desc
lark msg history --chat-id omt_1a3b99f9d2cfd982 --type thread

Thread messages will have

is_reply: true

for replies (root message has

is_reply: false

Output Format

All commands output JSON.

Error Handling

Errors return JSON:

json

{
  "error": true,
  "code": "ERROR_CODE",
  "message": "Description"
}

Common error codes:

```
AUTH_ERROR
```
- Need to run
```
lark auth login
```
```
SCOPE_ERROR
```
- Missing messages permissions
```
VALIDATION_ERROR
```
- Missing required fields (e.g., chat-id)
```
API_ERROR
```
- Lark API issue (e.g., bot not in group, missing permissions)

Required Permissions

This skill requires the

messages

scope group. If you see a

SCOPE_ERROR

, add permissions:

bash

lark auth login --add --scopes messages

To check current permissions:

bash

lark auth status

Additional requirements:

For reading messages:

The bot must be in the group chat
Group chat reads require the "Read all messages in associated group chat" permission
Private chat reads require
```
im:message:readonly
```

For sending messages:

Requires
```
im:message
```
or
```
im:message:send_as_bot
```
The bot must be added to group chats before it can send messages to them

For reactions:

List reactions requires
```
im:message.reactions:read
```
Add/remove reactions requires
```
im:message.reactions:write_only
```

Notes

Messages are sent as the bot/app
Messages are sorted by creation time ascending by default
Time filters do not work for thread container type
Message IDs typically start with
```
om_
```

messages

NPX Install

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SKILL.md Content

Messages Skill

🤖 Capabilities and Use Cases

🚀 Quick Reference

Running Commands

Commands Reference

Search for Chats/Groups

Send Messages

Get Chat History

React to Message

Emoji Catalog Reference

List Message Reactions

Remove Message Reaction

Recall Messages

Downloading Resource Files

Tips

Message Types

Reading Thread Replies

Output Format

Error Handling

Required Permissions

Notes