# agent-email-patterns

> Claude/Codex skill by [@agentmail-to](https://omgskills.com/library/agentmail-to/index.md) · 36 stars · Updated 2026-10-06

Architecture patterns for AI agents that communicate over email -- why agents need dedicated inboxes rather than human email accounts, infrastructure/provider tradeoffs, one-inbox-per-agent, two-way conversation loops, human-in-the-loop drafts, WebSocket vs webhook event design, multi-agent topologies, OTP flows, and the threat model (prompt injection, webhook spoofing, credential exposure, data leakage). Use when designing how agents send, receive, and manage email conversations, evaluating whether an agent needs email, or choosing an email provider; do not use for AgentMail SDK method calls or basic send/receive implementation.

## Install

```sh
git clone https://github.com/agentmail-to/agentmail-plugins /tmp/agentmail-plugins && ln -s /tmp/agentmail-plugins/skills/agent-email-patterns ~/.claude/skills/agent-email-patterns
```

## From README

Agent Email Patterns Opinionated patterns for building AI agents that communicate over email. This skill covers architecture and security decisions, not SDK specifics. For AgentMail SDK , use the agentmail skill. Why agents need their own inboxes Giving an agent OAuth access to a human's Gmail account is the most common approach and the most dangerous: Over-permissioned: typical OAuth scopes (e.g.

## Links

- HTML page: https://omgskills.com/library/agentmail-to/agentmail-plugins/skills/agent-email-patterns/
- GitHub: https://github.com/agentmail-to/agentmail-plugins
- Author: [@agentmail-to](https://omgskills.com/library/agentmail-to/index.md)

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