Claude Email Automation
This tool integrates Claude AI into email workflows by analyzing email content and generating intelligent responses or summaries. It can be used to automate tasks such as drafting replies, extracting action items, or summarizing long email threads. This is useful for developers looking to enhance productivity by embedding Claude's natural language capabilities into email integrations.
What It Does
- Response Generation: Draft professional responses to emails.
- Summarization: Summarize long email threads.
- Action Items Extraction: Extract actionable tasks from email content.
Installation
- Python 3.7+
openaipackage
Install the required dependencies using:
pip install -r requirements.txtUsage
Run the tool from the command line with the following options:
python claude_email_automation.py --email-file <path_to_email_file> --mode <response|summary|action_items>Arguments
--email-file: Path to the file containing the email content. If not provided, the tool will read from standard input.--mode: The mode of operation. Choose from:response: Generate a professional response to the email.summary: Summarize the email content.action_items: Extract action items or to-do lists from the email.
Example
1. To generate a response for an email stored in a file:
python claude_email_automation.py --email-file email.txt --mode response2. To summarize an email thread from standard input:
python claude_email_automation.py --mode summaryPaste the email content and press Ctrl+D (or Ctrl+Z on Windows) to end input.
Source Code
import argparse
import sys
import openai
def analyze_email_content(email_content, mode):
"""
Analyze email content using OpenAI's API to generate a response, summary, or action items.
Args:
email_content (str): The content of the email to analyze.
mode (str): The mode of analysis ('response', 'summary', or 'action_items').
Returns:
str: The generated output based on the selected mode.
"""
if not email_content.strip():
raise ValueError("Email content is empty.")
prompt = ""
if mode == "response":
prompt = f"Draft a professional response to the following email:\n{email_content}"
elif mode == "summary":
prompt = f"Summarize the following email thread:\n{email_content}"
elif mode == "action_items":
prompt = f"Extract action items or to-do lists from the following email:\n{email_content}"
else:
raise ValueError("Invalid mode. Choose from 'response', 'summary', or 'action_items'.")
try:
response = openai.Completion.create(
engine="text-davinci-003",
prompt=prompt,
max_tokens=200,
temperature=0.7
)
return response.choices[0].text.strip()
except Exception as e:
raise RuntimeError(f"Error communicating with OpenAI API: {e}")
def main():
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
description="Claude Email Automation: Analyze email content and generate intelligent responses, summaries, or action items."
)
parser.add_argument(
"--email-file", type=str, help="Path to the email content file.", required=False
)
parser.add_argument(
"--mode",
type=str,
choices=["response", "summary", "action_items"],
required=True,
help="Mode of operation: 'response', 'summary', or 'action_items'.",
)
args = parser.parse_args()
if args.email_file:
try:
with open(args.email_file, "r", encoding="utf-8") as file:
email_content = file.read()
except FileNotFoundError:
print(f"Error: File '{args.email_file}' not found.", file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
else:
print("Reading email content from stdin. Press Ctrl+D (or Ctrl+Z on Windows) to end input.")
email_content = sys.stdin.read()
try:
result = analyze_email_content(email_content, args.mode)
print(result)
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()Community
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Details
- Tool Name
- claude_email_automation
- Category
- Claude AI Integration
- Generated
- May 7, 2026
- Tests
- Passing โ
- Fix Loops
- 2
Quick Install
Clone just this tool:
git clone --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --sparse \ https://github.com/ptulin/autoaiforge.git cd autoaiforge git sparse-checkout set generated_tools/2026-05-07/claude_email_automation cd generated_tools/2026-05-07/claude_email_automation pip install -r requirements.txt 2>/dev/null || true python claude_email_automation.py