Agent Mail (Alias)

SkillAI & models

Backward-compatible alias for the canonical clawmail protocol. Use when older prompts mention 'agent-mail'. For full, current coordination rules load the `clawmail` skill.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Add ahel to your AI once: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or Codex. Then ask it to use this.

Then ask your AI: use the Agent Mail (Alias) skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by joelhooks/joelclaw in skills/agent-mail/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

This skill is kept for compatibility with older prompts and habits.

Canonical source of truth is now skills/clawmail/SKILL.md.

Use This Skill When

  • a prompt explicitly asks for agent-mail
  • you need to bridge old instructions to current protocol

Current Rules (summary)

  1. Mail access in pi goes through joelclaw mail (wrappers are fine).
  2. Check inbox before starting shared work.
  3. Announce scope (Starting:), reserve paths, send status updates, release locks.
  4. Include file paths and task context in every coordination message.

Immediate Redirect

Load and follow:

  • skills/clawmail/SKILL.md

Related

  • ADR-0172: Agent Mail via MCP Agent Mail
  • joelclaw mail --help

Signals

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Last commit
Sep 2026
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Item type
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Key
agent-mail-joelhooks
Source
github.com/joelhooks/joelclaw