briskmail reply

Open a reply window, or use --send for guarded auto-send.

Taught in lesson 1, Your first draft from Claude Code.

Usage

briskmail reply <message-id> [--all] [--body B | --body-file F] [--send]
briskmail reply --current [--all] [--body B | --body-file F]

Without --send, Briskmail opens a filled-in reply window and sends nothing. With --send and a message id, the auto-send switch and Touch ID grant are required; unknown recipients become a saved draft.

Needs macOS Automation consent and no switch.

Arguments and flags

<message-id>

Gmail's id for the message you are answering. Not with --current.

--current

Reply to the conversation open in Briskmail's window, instead of giving a message id. Not with <message-id>.

--all

Reply to everyone on the message.

--body TEXT

The reply, as plain text. Not with --body-file.

--body-file PATH

Read the reply from a file, or from stdin with -. Use instead of --body. Not with --body.

--send

Auto-send this reply through the guarded Undo Send window. Requires a message id and the auto-send switch plus Touch ID grant.

Global flags

--account ID

An account id from accounts.json. Leave it out to use the first account. Accepted before or after the command.

--dev

Send the command to the dev build (com.valleyedgeconsulting.edgemail.dev) instead of Briskmail. Only useful when working on Briskmail itself.

Exit codes

Examples

$ briskmail reply 18f2a9c4be01d7a3 --body "Thursday works. See you then."
ok

$ briskmail reply 18f2a9c4be01d7a3 --all --body-file reply.txt
ok

$ briskmail reply 18f2a9c4be01d7a3 --body "Thursday works." --send
sent