Clawback
/install clawback-sh
clawback
Use clawback for Gmail with policy enforcement. All operations go through a server-side proxy that enforces policies and logs an audit trail. Sends may require human approval.
Prerequisites
The clawback binary must be installed and on your PATH. If it's missing, releases are available at https://github.com/honeybadge-labs/clawback/releases.
Setup (once)
clawback auth login(device flow — opens browser)clawback auth status(verify connection)
Common commands
- Gmail search:
clawback gmail search 'newer_than:7d' --max 10 - Gmail search (all pages):
clawback gmail search 'from:[email protected]' --all --json - Gmail get message:
clawback gmail get \x3CmessageId> --json - Gmail send (plain):
clawback gmail send --to [email protected] --subject "Hi" --body "Hello" - Gmail send (HTML):
clawback gmail send --to [email protected] --subject "Hi" --body-html "\x3Cp>Hello\x3C/p>" - Gmail send (reply):
clawback gmail send --to [email protected] --subject "Re: Hi" --body "Reply" --reply-to-message-id \x3CmsgId> --thread-id \x3CthreadId> - Thread list:
clawback gmail thread list 'subject:meeting' --max 20 - Thread get:
clawback gmail thread get \x3CthreadId> --json - Thread modify labels:
clawback gmail thread modify \x3CthreadId> --add STARRED --remove UNREAD - Labels list:
clawback gmail labels list - Labels create:
clawback gmail labels create --name "Important/Clients" - Labels modify message:
clawback gmail labels modify \x3CmessageId> --add STARRED --remove UNREAD - Drafts list:
clawback gmail drafts list --json - Drafts create:
clawback gmail drafts create --to [email protected] --subject "Draft" --body "WIP" - Drafts send:
clawback gmail drafts send \x3CdraftId>(may require approval) - Drafts delete:
clawback gmail drafts delete \x3CdraftId> - History:
clawback gmail history --since \x3ChistoryId> --max 50 - Batch delete:
clawback gmail batch delete \x3Cid1> \x3Cid2> \x3Cid3> - Batch modify:
clawback gmail batch modify \x3Cid1> \x3Cid2> --add INBOX --remove SPAM - Settings filters list:
clawback gmail settings filters list --json - Settings send-as list:
clawback gmail settings send-as list - Settings vacation get:
clawback gmail settings vacation get - Settings forwarding list:
clawback gmail settings forwarding list - Settings delegates list:
clawback gmail settings delegates list - Approvals list:
clawback approvals list --status pending --json - Approvals get:
clawback approvals get \x3CapprovalId> --json - Policy list:
clawback policy list --json
Agent behavior
- Never expose approval IDs, exit codes, or CLI commands to the user. Those are internal plumbing.
- When composing email on the user's behalf, draft a natural subject and body — don't parrot their words verbatim. If they say "send a hello to Alex," write a friendly greeting, not
--subject "hello" --body "hello". - Confirm with the user before sending. Show them the draft (to, subject, body) and ask if it looks good.
Handling approvals (exit code 8)
When a send command exits with code 8, it means the email needs human approval before it goes out.
- Tell the user in plain language: "Sent! It needs approval in Clawback before it goes through — I'll keep an eye on it."
- Poll
clawback approvals get \x3CapprovalId> --jsonin the background every ~30s. - When resolved, proactively tell the user: "Approved and delivered" or "The approval was rejected/expired — the email was not sent."
- Never ask the user to run commands or check approval status themselves.
Handling other errors
- Exit 4 (not authenticated): "You're not signed in — let me open the login flow." Then run
clawback auth login. - Exit 6 (blocked by policy): "Your org's policy doesn't allow this action." Explain what was blocked.
- Exit 3 (no results): Report naturally, e.g. "No emails matched that search."
- Exit 1 (unexpected error): Report the error and suggest retrying.
Notes
CB_SERVERdefaults tohttps://clawback.sh; set it to use a different server.- Prefer
--jsonplus--no-inputplus--fail-emptyfor reliable output parsing. --connection \x3Cid>selects which Gmail connection to use; auto-detected if you have one connection.--allauto-paginates search results (gmail search and thread list).--select field1,field2projects JSON output to specific fields.--results-onlystrips the envelope and returns just the data array.
- 确保已安装 OpenClaw(本地或 Docker 部署)
- 在对话框中输入安装命令:
/install clawback-sh - 安装完成后,直接呼叫该 Skill 的名称或使用
/clawback-sh触发 - 根据 Skill 的参数说明提供必要输入,即可获得结构化输出
Clawback 是什么?
Gmail security proxy with policy enforcement, approval workflows, and audit logging. Use when the user wants to read, search, or send Gmail with guardrails —... 它是一个面向 Claude Code / OpenClaw 的 AI Agent Skill 插件,目前累计下载 451 次。
如何安装 Clawback?
在 OpenClaw 或 Claude Code 对话框中运行命令「/install clawback-sh」即可一键安装,无需额外配置。
Clawback 是免费的吗?
是的,Clawback 完全免费(开源免费),可自由下载、安装和使用。
Clawback 支持哪些平台?
Clawback 跨平台运行,可在任意部署了 OpenClaw / Claude Code 的环境中使用(cross-platform)。
谁开发了 Clawback?
由 Rotem Tamir(@rotemtam)开发并维护,当前版本 v0.2.0。