Source: skills/openmail/references/setup.md

OpenMail Setup

OpenClaw

openclaw plugins install clawhub:@openmail/openclaw
openclaw channels add --channel openmail --api-key <key>
openclaw gateway restart

The plugin bundles the CLI and the skill. See OpenClaw for modes, pod accounts, and configuration.

Hermes

hermes plugins install openmailsh/hermes-plugin --enable
hermes openmail setup
hermes gateway run

The plugin bundles the skill. hermes openmail setup asks for an API key (any scope), picks or creates the inbox and writes ~/.hermes/.env. See Hermes.

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npm install -g @openmail/cli
export OPENMAIL_API_KEY=om_...
openmail init --mailbox-name my-agent --display-name "My agent"
npx skills add openmailsh/skills

init creates your inbox and saves it as the default
npx skills add installs the skill; or copy skills/openmail/SKILL.md from the skills repo into ~/.claude/skills/openmail/

Requirements

Node.js 20+
An OpenMail account (free at console.openmail.sh, no credit card)

Verify

openmail inbox list

Multiple inboxes

To create additional inboxes:

openmail inbox create --mailbox-name "support" --display-name "Support"

Remove

Delete ~/.openmail-cli/state.json and the skill directory. For OpenClaw, remove the channels.openmail block from openclaw.json and uninstall the plugin. For Hermes, remove the OPENMAIL_* lines from ~/.hermes/.env and uninstall the plugin.

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references/setup.md

OpenMail Setup

OpenClaw

Hermes

Claude Code, Cursor, Codex

Requirements

Verify

Multiple inboxes

Remove

​OpenMail Setup

​OpenClaw

​Hermes

​Claude Code, Cursor, Codex

​Requirements

​Verify

​Multiple inboxes

​Remove

OpenMail Setup

OpenClaw

Hermes

Claude Code, Cursor, Codex

Requirements

Verify

Multiple inboxes

Remove