Set Up a Gmail Vacation Responder

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Lets your agent set up a Gmail out-of-office auto-reply with a custom message and date range.

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

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Set Up a Gmail Vacation Responder skill

About this capability

Enable a Gmail out-of-office auto-reply with a custom message and date range.

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by googleworkspace/cli in skills/recipe-create-vacation-responder/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

PREREQUISITE: Load the following skills to execute this recipe: gws-gmail

Enable a Gmail out-of-office auto-reply with a custom message and date range.

Steps

  1. Enable vacation responder: gws gmail users settings updateVacation --params '{"userId": "me"}' --json '{"enableAutoReply": true, "responseSubject": "Out of Office", "responseBodyPlainText": "I am out of the office until Jan 20. For urgent matters, contact backup@company.com.", "restrictToContacts": false, "restrictToDomain": false}'
  2. Verify settings: gws gmail users settings getVacation --params '{"userId": "me"}'
  3. Disable when back: gws gmail users settings updateVacation --params '{"userId": "me"}' --json '{"enableAutoReply": false}'

Signals

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github.com/googleworkspace/cli