listener-creator

Create TypeScript email listeners that trigger actions on email events.

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npx skills add https://github.com/anthropics/claude-agent-sdk-demos --skill listener-creator
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Skill: listener-creator
Source: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-agent-sdk-demos/tree/main/email-agent/agent/.claude/skills/listener-creator
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/anthropics/claude-agent-sdk-demos --skill listener-creator

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve?

Users are often overwhelmed by email, missing important messages or spending excessive time manually sorting, prioritizing, and responding. This Skill automates email monitoring and actions, ensuring critical emails are highlighted and routine tasks are handled automatically, allowing you to focus on what matters.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Event-Driven Automation: Create custom listeners that trigger actions based on various email events (e.g., email received, sent, starred, archived, labeled, or at a scheduled time).
  • AI-Powered Classification: Leverage Claude's intelligence to classify emails (e.g., urgent, newsletter, spam) and extract structured information, providing superior accuracy compared to brittle keyword matching.
  • Customizable Actions: Define specific actions to be performed, such as sending notifications, archiving emails, starring important messages, marking as read, or adding custom labels.
  • Use Case: Set up a listener to monitor emails from your manager. If an email is detected as "urgent" by AI, automatically star it, send a high-priority notification to you, and summarize the key action points, ensuring you never miss a critical request.

Quick Start

Use the listener-creator skill to create a new listener that notifies me with high priority whenever my boss sends an email that Claude determines is urgent, and also stars that email.

Frequently Asked Questions about listener-creator

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

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How do I automate email actions based on specific conditions?

Email automation uses event-driven listeners that monitor incoming messages and trigger custom actions like notifications, archiving, or starring. This Skill lets you define TypeScript handlers that classify emails with AI and execute actions automatically when conditions match.

Can I use AI to classify emails instead of keyword matching?

Yes. This Skill leverages Claude to intelligently classify emails—detecting urgency, newsletters, spam, or custom categories—providing superior accuracy over brittle keyword rules. You define classification logic in your handler function and trigger actions based on results.

What actions can I perform on emails automatically?

Supported actions include sending notifications, archiving emails, starring messages, marking as read, and adding custom labels. Actions are triggered within your TypeScript handler using ListenerContext methods in response to email events.

How do I set up a listener for urgent emails from my manager?

Create a TypeScript module exporting a config object and handler function. Use ListenerContext methods to detect urgent emails via AI classification, then star the message and send a high-priority notification. The Skill executes your handler when matching email events occur.

What email events can trigger listener actions?

Events include email received, sent, starred, archived, labeled, or scheduled-time triggers. Your handler responds to the event type, performs AI classification if needed, and executes actions through ListenerContext on matching conditions.

Do I need coding experience to set up email listeners?

Yes. This Skill requires writing TypeScript code to define your config object, handler function, and action logic. You must understand event-driven patterns and ListenerContext APIs to implement custom email monitoring and automation workflows.