name: nylas-email-calendar description: Email, calendar & contacts via Nylas API — 14 typed tools across Gmail, Outlook, Exchange, Yahoo, iCloud, and IMAP. user-invocable: true metadata: {"openclaw":{"requires":{"env":["NYLAS_API_KEY"]},"primaryEnv":"NYLAS_API_KEY","emoji":"📧"}}

Nylas Email, Calendar & Contacts

Unified access to email, calendar, and contacts across Gmail, Outlook, Exchange, Yahoo, iCloud, and IMAP — powered by the Nylas API.

Setup

Install the plugin (one command, no restart needed):

openclaw plugins install @nylas/openclaw-nylas-plugin

Configure your API key:

openclaw config set nylas.apiKey "YOUR_NYLAS_API_KEY"

Get your API key from Nylas Dashboard.

Verify setup:

openclaw nylas status
openclaw nylas discover

Tools

Email (7 tools)

• nylas_list_messages — List recent messages with optional filters (unread, limit)
• nylas_search_messages — Search messages by keyword (e.g., from:sarah Q4 budget)
• nylas_read_message — Read a specific message by ID (full content)
• nylas_send_message — Send an email (to, subject, body)
• nylas_create_draft — Create a draft for review before sending
• nylas_list_threads — List email threads grouped by conversation
• nylas_list_folders — List mailbox folders and labels

Calendar (5 tools)

• nylas_list_events — List calendar events for a date range
• nylas_create_event — Create a new event with title, time, and participants
• nylas_update_event — Update an existing event (reschedule, add attendees)
• nylas_delete_event — Delete a calendar event
• nylas_get_availability — Check free/busy availability for scheduling

Contacts (2 tools)

• nylas_search_contacts — Search contacts by name or email
• nylas_get_contact — Get full contact details by ID

Multi-Account Support

The plugin auto-discovers all connected accounts from your API key. Use named grants to reference accounts:

• "Check my work email" — resolves to your work grant
• "What's on my personal calendar?" — resolves to your personal grant

Examples

• "Show me unread emails from this week"
• "Send a reply to Sarah's last message"
• "What meetings do I have tomorrow?"
• "Schedule a 30-min call with the team on Thursday at 2pm"
• "Find Sarah Chen's email address"
• "Am I free Friday afternoon?"
• "Create a draft response to the budget proposal"

Links

• Installation Guide
• npm Package
• Nylas CLI