gmail +reply

PREREQUISITE: Read ../gws-shared/SKILL.md for auth, global flags, and security rules. If missing, run gws generate-skills to create it.

Reply to a message (handles threading automatically)

Usage

gws gmail +reply --message-id <ID> --body <TEXT>

Flags

| Flag | Required | Default | Description | |------|----------|---------|-------------| | --message-id | ✓ | — | Gmail message ID to reply to | | --body | ✓ | — | Reply body (plain text, or HTML with --html) | | --from | — | — | Sender address (for send-as/alias; omit to use account default) | | --to | — | — | Additional To email address(es), comma-separated | | --attach | — | — | Attach a file (can be specified multiple times) | | --cc | — | — | CC email address(es), comma-separated | | --bcc | — | — | BCC email address(es), comma-separated | | --html | — | — | Treat --body as HTML content (default is plain text) | | --dry-run | — | — | Show the request that would be sent without executing it | | --draft | — | — | Save as draft instead of sending |

Examples

gws gmail +reply --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body 'Thanks, got it!'
gws gmail +reply --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body 'Looping in Carol' --cc carol@example.com
gws gmail +reply --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body 'Adding Dave' --to dave@example.com
gws gmail +reply --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body '<b>Bold reply</b>' --html
gws gmail +reply --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body 'Updated version' -a updated.docx
gws gmail +reply --message-id 18f1a2b3c4d --body 'Draft reply' --draft

Tips

• Automatically sets In-Reply-To, References, and threadId headers.
• Quotes the original message in the reply body.
• --to adds extra recipients to the To field.
• 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 (, , , etc.) — no / 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.
• For reply-all, use +reply-all instead.

See Also

• gws-shared — Global flags and auth
• gws-gmail — All send, read, and manage email commands