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Interact with HEY via the HEY CLI. Read and send emails, manage contacts, boxes, labels, collections, calendars, todos, habits, time tracking, and journal entries. Use for ANY HEY-related question or action.

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Overview

Interact with HEY via the HEY CLI. Read and send emails, manage contacts, boxes, labels, collections, calendars, todos, habits, time tracking, and journal entries. Use for ANY HEY-related question or action.

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/hey - HEY Email Workflow Command

CLI for HEY: mailboxes, labels, collections, email threads, contacts, replies, compose, calendars, todos, habits, time tracking, and journal entries.

Agent Invariants

MUST follow these rules:

  1. Choose the right structured output — use --jq '<expression>' to filter or extract fields and --json for the full response. Never pipe to an external jq; --jq is built in and implies --json.
  2. Reuse stored authentication — run the requested data command; it uses stored credentials and refreshes expiring OAuth tokens automatically. If it returns an auth error, report the task as blocked. Use hey auth status --json when an explicit authentication check is needed. Never run hey auth login unattended; use it only for interactive recovery with the user present.
  3. HTML output is available via --html for commands that return HTML content
  4. Linked mail accounts share one login — use hey account list --json, then --account <id|all> when a task must target one account
  5. Local HEY configuration requires human trust — never run hey config trust-local without the user's explicit approval

Output Filtering

--jq filters the full JSON success envelope, so result data is under .data. String results print as plain text; objects and arrays print as formatted JSON. Use --quiet --jq when the expression should run against result data directly. Errors retain their complete structured envelope. Commands with dedicated raw output (auth token, completion, skill, tui, and --version) reject --jq.

hey box list --jq '.data[] | {id, name}'
hey search "quarterly planning" --jq '.data[].id'
hey box list --quiet --jq '.[].name'

An empty result is an empty array rather than null, so .data[] is safe to run against a listing that found nothing.

For the two commonest shapes there is no need for an expression at all: --ids-only prints one ID per line and --count prints a bare number, both on stdout with any pagination notice on stderr. Both need list data, so they work on hey box list, hey box view, hey label list, hey label view, hey collection list, hey collection view, hey workflow list, hey workflow view, hey clip list, hey snippet list, hey draft list, hey search, hey contact list, hey screener list, hey screener history, hey calendar list, hey event list, hey event day, hey event week, hey todo list, hey habit list, hey timetrack list, hey journal list and hey attachment list. On hey box view they count and list its postings, not the box itself.

Quick Reference

TaskCommand
List linked mail accountshey account list --json
Set default mail accounthey account use <id|all>
Run once for one accounthey --account <id> box list --json
Review trusted local settingshey config trusted-locals --json
Trust this repository's settingshey config trust-local (requires explicit user approval)
List mailboxeshey box list --json
List emails in a boxhey box view imbox --json
List labelshey label list --json
List emails with a labelhey label view <label_id> --all --json
Add a label to a threadhey label add <id> --to <label_id>
Create and add a labelhey label create "Travel receipts" <id>
Remove labelshey label remove <id> --from <label_id|all>
List collectionshey collection list --json
List collection threadshey collection view <collection_id> --all --json
Create a collectionhey collection create "Kitchen remodel"
Update a collectionhey collection update <collection_id> --name "Kitchen renovation"
Add a thread to a collectionhey collection add <topic_id> --to <collection_id>
Remove a thread from a collectionhey collection remove <topic_id> --from <collection_id>
List Set Aside threads with their grouphey set-aside view --all --json
List Set Aside groupshey set-aside group list --json
List a group's threadshey set-aside group view <group_id> --json
Gather threads into a new grouphey set-aside group create <id> <id>
File threads into a grouphey set-aside group add <id> --to <group_id>
Take threads out of their grouphey set-aside group remove <id>
Break a group uphey set-aside group delete <group_id>
List workflowshey workflow list --json
View workflow stageshey workflow view <workflow_id> --json
List clipshey clip list --json
List snippetshey snippet list --json
Search emailhey search "quarterly planning" --json
List search filtershey search filters --json
List contactshey contact list --json
View contacthey contact show <id> --json
Add contacthey contact add --name "Jane Doe" --email jane@example.com
Edit contacthey contact update <id> --name "Jane Dawson"
Hide contacthey contact hide <id>
Show contact againhey contact show-again <id>
Bundle a contact's mailhey contact bundle <id>
List a contact's mail separatelyhey contact unbundle <id>
Read private contact notehey contact note show <id> --json
Set private contact notehey contact note set <id> "Prefers email"
Delete private contact notehey contact note delete <id>
Read email threadhey thread read <topic_id> --json
Get a sharing linkhey share <thread_id>
Turn off a sharing linkhey unshare <thread_id>
Reply to emailhey reply <topic_id> -m "Friday works for me."
Forward emailhey forward <topic_id> --to alice@example.com -m "For your review"
Compose emailhey compose --to alice@example.com --subject "Lunch plans" -m "Are you free Friday?"
Compose with CC/BCChey compose --to alice@example.com --cc bob@example.com --bcc carol@example.org --subject "Kitchen remodel timeline"
List draftshey draft list --json (--all/--page follow the cursor)
Draft an email for human reviewhey compose --to alice@example.com --subject "Lunch plans" -m "Free Friday?" --draft
Draft a reply for human reviewhey reply <topic_id> -m "Drafting this." --draft
Read a draft backhey draft show <draft_id> --json
Change a drafthey draft edit <draft_id> --to alice@example.com --subject "New subject"
Send a drafthey draft send <draft_id>
Trash draftshey draft delete <draft_id>...
Who is waiting in The Screenerhey screener list --json (clearance IDs)
Number waitinghey screener list --count
Let a sender throughhey screener approve <clearance_id>
Turn a sender awayhey screener deny <clearance_id>
Who was already screenedhey screener history --json
Preview a bulk replyhey bulk-reply preview <id> <id> --json
Send a bulk replyhey bulk-reply send <id> <id> -m "Thanks for the update."
Recall a bulk replyhey bulk-reply undo <delivery_id>
List calendarshey calendar list --json
List calendar eventshey event list --json
Today's schedule, recurrences expandedhey event day --json
Add a calendar eventhey event add "Design review" --starts-on 2026-09-02 --start-time 14:00
List todoshey todo list --json
Add todohey todo add "Draft the quarterly report"
Complete todohey todo complete 123
Uncomplete todohey todo uncomplete 123
Delete todohey todo delete 123
Wait for new mailhey watch --box imbox --exit-on-first
Follow every changehey watch
Mark as seenhey seen 12345
Mark as unseenhey unseen 12345
Move email threadshey move 12345 --to feed
Remove Reply Laterhey move 12345 --to imbox
Bubble a thread up nowhey bubble up 12345 --now
Bubble a thread up on a datehey bubble up 12345 --on 2026-09-04
Bubble a thread up this weekendhey bubble up 12345 --weekend
List bubbled-up and scheduled threadshey bubble list --json
Cancel a bubble-uphey bubble pop 12345
Move email threads to Trashhey trash 12345
Mark email threads as spamhey spam 12345
Ignore email threadshey ignore 12345
Stop ignoring email threadshey stop-ignoring 12345
List habitshey habit list --json
Create habithey habit create "Morning strength training"
Edit habithey habit edit 123 --days mon,wed,fri
Delete habithey habit delete 123
Complete habithey habit complete 123
Uncomplete habithey habit uncomplete 123
Start time trackinghey timetrack start
Stop time trackinghey timetrack stop
Current timerhey timetrack current --json
List time entrieshey timetrack list --json
Export completed time entrieshey timetrack export > tracked-time.csv (--json etc. need --output)
Save a time tracking exporthey timetrack export --output tracked-time.csv --json
List time track categorieshey timetrack categories --json
Create time track categoryhey timetrack category create "Client work"
List journal entrieshey journal list --json
Read journal entryhey journal read 2024-03-15 --json
Write journal entryhey journal write "Shipped the pagination fix." (empty content removes the entry)
Check auth statushey auth status --json
Print bearer tokenhey auth token (refuses a --cookie login)
Launch TUIhey tui (Ctrl+A switches linked mail accounts)

Decision Trees

Reading Email
Want to read email?
├── Which mailbox? → hey box list --json
├── List emails in box? → hey box view <name|id> --json
├── List labels or labeled email? → hey label list --json / hey label view <label_id> --json
├── Add, create, or remove a label? → hey label add|create|remove
├── List collections or collection thread
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File metadata
name: hey
description: |
  Interact with HEY via the HEY CLI. Read and send emails, manage contacts,
  boxes, labels, collections, calendars, todos, habits, time tracking, and journal entries. Use for ANY
  HEY-related question or action.
triggers:
  # Direct invocations
  - hey
  - /hey
  # Email actions
  - hey account
  - hey box
  - hey label
  - hey collection
  - hey set-aside
  - hey workflow
  - hey clip
  - hey snippet
  - hey search
  - hey contact
  - hey thread read
  - hey share
  - hey unshare
  - hey reply
  - hey bulk-reply
  - hey forward
  - hey compose
  - hey draft list
  - hey draft show
  - hey draft edit
  - hey draft send
  - hey draft delete
  - hey screener
  - screen a sender
  - approve a sender
  - deny a sender
  # Calendar actions
  - hey calendar list
  - hey event
  # Todos
  - hey todo
  # Seen/unseen
  - hey seen
  - hey unseen
  - hey move
  - hey bubble
  - hey trash
  - hey spam
  - hey ignore
  - hey stop-ignoring
  - move email
  - bubble a thread up
  - trash email
  - mark as spam
  - ignore email thread
  - stop ignoring email thread
  - mark as read
  - mark as seen
  - mark as unseen
  - mark as unread
  # Habits
  - hey habit
  # Time tracking
  - hey timetrack
  # Journal
  - hey journal
  # Auth
  - hey auth
  # Common actions
  - check my email
  - read email
  - send email
  - reply to email
  - forward email
  - share email thread
  - turn off sharing link
  - compose email
  - list mailboxes
  - search email
  - find email
  - list contacts
  - add contact
  - edit contact
  - hide contact
  - bundle contact mail
  - unbundle contact mail
  - contact note
  - check calendar
  - add todo
  - complete todo
  - track time
  - write journal
  # Questions
  - can I hey
  - how do I hey
  - what's in hey
  - what hey
  - does hey
  # My work
  - my emails
  - my inbox
  - my imbox
  - my todos
  - my calendar
  - my journal
  # URLs
  - hey.com
invocable: true
argument-hint: "[command] [args...]"
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---
name: hey
description: |
  Interact with HEY via the HEY CLI. Read and send emails, manage contacts,
  boxes, labels, collections, calendars, todos, habits, time tracking, and journal entries. Use for ANY
  HEY-related question or action.
triggers:
  # Direct invocations
  - hey
  - /hey
  # Email actions
  - hey account
  - hey box
  - hey label
  - hey collection
  - hey set-aside
  - hey workflow
  - hey clip
  - hey snippet
  - hey search
  - hey contact
  - hey thread read
  - hey share
  - hey unshare
  - hey reply
  - hey bulk-reply
  - hey forward
  - hey compose
  - hey draft list
  - hey draft show
  - hey draft edit
  - hey draft send
  - hey draft delete
  - hey screener
  - screen a sender
  - approve a sender
  - deny a sender
  # Calendar actions
  - hey calendar list
  - hey event
  # Todos
  - hey todo
  # Seen/unseen
  - hey seen
  - hey unseen
  - hey move
  - hey bubble
  - hey trash
  - hey spam
  - hey ignore
  - hey stop-ignoring
  - move email
  - bubble a thread up
  - trash email
  - mark as spam
  - ignore email thread
  - stop ignoring email thread
  - mark as read
  - mark as seen
  - mark as unseen
  - mark as unread
  # Habits
  - hey habit
  # Time tracking
  - hey timetrack
  # Journal
  - hey journal
  # Auth
  - hey auth
  # Common actions
  - check my email
  - read email
  - send email
  - reply to email
  - forward email
  - share email thread
  - turn off sharing link
  - compose email
  - list mailboxes
  - search email
  - find email
  - list contacts
  - add contact
  - edit contact
  - hide contact
  - bundle contact mail
  - unbundle contact mail
  - contact note
  - check calendar
  - add todo
  - complete todo
  - track time
  - write journal
  # Questions
  - can I hey
  - how do I hey
  - what's in hey
  - what hey
  - does hey
  # My work
  - my emails
  - my inbox
  - my imbox
  - my todos
  - my calendar
  - my journal
  # URLs
  - hey.com
invocable: true
argument-hint: "[command] [args...]"
---

# /hey - HEY Email Workflow Command

CLI for HEY: mailboxes, labels, collections, email threads, contacts, replies, compose, calendars, todos, habits, time tracking, and journal entries.

## Agent Invariants

**MUST follow these rules:**

1. **Choose the right structured output** — use `--jq '<expression>'` to filter or extract fields and `--json` for the full response. Never pipe to an external `jq`; `--jq` is built in and implies `--json`.
2. **Reuse stored authentication** — run the requested data command; it uses stored credentials and refreshes expiring OAuth tokens automatically. If it returns an auth error, report the task as blocked. Use `hey auth status --json` when an explicit authentication check is needed. Never run `hey auth login` unattended; use it only for interactive recovery with the user present.
3. **HTML output** is available via `--html` for commands that return HTML content
4. **Linked mail accounts share one login** — use `hey account list --json`, then `--account <id|all>` when a task must target one account
5. **Local HEY configuration requires human trust** — never run `hey config trust-local` without the user's explicit approval

## Output Filtering

`--jq` filters the full JSON success envelope, so result data is under `.data`. String results print as plain text; objects and arrays print as formatted JSON. Use `--quiet --jq` when the expression should run against result data directly. Errors retain their complete structured envelope. Commands with dedicated raw output (`auth token`, `completion`, `skill`, `tui`, and `--version`) reject `--jq`.

```bash
hey box list --jq '.data[] | {id, name}'
hey search "quarterly planning" --jq '.data[].id'
hey box list --quiet --jq '.[].name'
```

An empty result is an empty array rather than `null`, so `.data[]` is safe to run against a
listing that found nothing.

For the two commonest shapes there is no need for an expression at all: `--ids-only` prints
one ID per line and `--count` prints a bare number, both on stdout with any pagination
notice on stderr. Both need list data, so they work on `hey box list`, `hey box view`,
`hey label list`, `hey label view`, `hey collection list`, `hey collection view`, `hey workflow list`,
`hey workflow view`, `hey clip list`, `hey snippet list`, `hey draft list`, `hey search`,
`hey contact list`, `hey screener list`, `hey screener history`, `hey calendar list`,
`hey event list`, `hey event day`, `hey event week`, `hey todo list`, `hey habit list`,
`hey timetrack list`, `hey journal list` and `hey attachment list`. On `hey box view` they count and list its postings, not the box itself.

## Quick Reference

| Task | Command |
|------|---------|
| List linked mail accounts | `hey account list --json` |
| Set default mail account | `hey account use <id\|all>` |
| Run once for one account | `hey --account <id> box list --json` |
| Review trusted local settings | `hey config trusted-locals --json` |
| Trust this repository's settings | `hey config trust-local` (requires explicit user approval) |
| List mailboxes | `hey box list --json` |
| List emails in a box | `hey box view imbox --json` |
| List labels | `hey label list --json` |
| List emails with a label | `hey label view <label_id> --all --json` |
| Add a label to a thread | `hey label add <id> --to <label_id>` |
| Create and add a label | `hey label create "Travel receipts" <id>` |
| Remove labels | `hey label remove <id> --from <label_id\|all>` |
| List collections | `hey collection list --json` |
| List collection threads | `hey collection view <collection_id> --all --json` |
| Create a collection | `hey collection create "Kitchen remodel"` |
| Update a collection | `hey collection update <collection_id> --name "Kitchen renovation"` |
| Add a thread to a collection | `hey collection add <topic_id> --to <collection_id>` |
| Remove a thread from a collection | `hey collection remove <topic_id> --from <collection_id>` |
| List Set Aside threads with their group | `hey set-aside view --all --json` |
| List Set Aside groups | `hey set-aside group list --json` |
| List a group's threads | `hey set-aside group view <group_id> --json` |
| Gather threads into a new group | `hey set-aside group create <id> <id>` |
| File threads into a group | `hey set-aside group add <id> --to <group_id>` |
| Take threads out of their group | `hey set-aside group remove <id>` |
| Break a group up | `hey set-aside group delete <group_id>` |
| List workflows | `hey workflow list --json` |
| View workflow stages | `hey workflow view <workflow_id> --json` |
| List clips | `hey clip list --json` |
| List snippets | `hey snippet list --json` |
| Search email | `hey search "quarterly planning" --json` |
| List search filters | `hey search filters --json` |
| List contacts | `hey contact list --json` |
| View contact | `hey contact show <id> --json` |
| Add contact | `hey contact add --name "Jane Doe" --email jane@example.com` |
| Edit contact | `hey contact update <id> --name "Jane Dawson"` |
| Hide contact | `hey contact hide <id>` |
| Show contact again | `hey contact show-again <id>` |
| Bundle a contact's mail | `hey contact bundle <id>` |
| List a contact's mail separately | `hey contact unbundle <id>` |
| Read private contact note | `hey contact note show <id> --json` |
| Set private contact note | `hey contact note set <id> "Prefers email"` |
| Delete private contact note | `hey contact note delete <id>` |
| Read email thread | `hey thread read <topic_id> --json` |
| Get a sharing link | `hey share <thread_id>` |
| Turn off a sharing link | `hey unshare <thread_id>` |
| Reply to email | `hey reply <topic_id> -m "Friday works for me."` |
| Forward email | `hey forward <topic_id> --to alice@example.com -m "For your review"` |
| Compose email | `hey compose --to alice@example.com --subject "Lunch plans" -m "Are you free Friday?"` |
| Compose with CC/BCC | `hey compose --to alice@example.com --cc bob@example.com --bcc carol@example.org --subject "Kitchen remodel timeline"` |
| List drafts | `hey draft list --json` (`--all`/`--page` follow the cursor) |
| Draft an email for human review | `hey compose --to alice@example.com --subject "Lunch plans" -m "Free Friday?" --draft` |
| Draft a reply for human review | `hey reply <topic_id> -m "Drafting this." --draft` |
| Read a draft back | `hey draft show <draft_id> --json` |
| Change a draft | `hey draft edit <draft_id> --to alice@example.com --subject "New subject"` |
| Send a draft | `hey draft send <draft_id>` |
| Trash drafts | `hey draft delete <draft_id>...` |
| Who is waiting in The Screener | `hey screener list --json` (clearance IDs) |
| Number waiting | `hey screener list --count` |
| Let a sender through | `hey screener approve <clearance_id>` |
| Turn a sender away | `hey screener deny <clearance_id>` |
| Who was already screened | `hey screener history --json` |
| Preview a bulk reply | `hey bulk-reply preview <id> <id> --json` |
| Send a bulk reply | `hey bulk-reply send <id> <id> -m "Thanks for the update."` |
| Recall a bulk reply | `hey bulk-reply undo <delivery_id>` |
| List calendars | `hey calendar list --json` |
| List calendar events | `hey event list --json` |
| Today's schedule, recurrences expanded | `hey event day --json` |
| Add a calendar event | `hey event add "Design review" --starts-on 2026-09-02 --start-time 14:00` |
| List todos | `hey todo list --json` |
| Add todo | `hey todo add "Draft the quarterly report"` |
| Complete todo | `hey todo complete 123` |
| Uncomplete todo | `hey todo uncomplete 123` |
| Delete todo | `hey todo delete 123` |
| Wait for new mail | `hey watch --box imbox --exit-on-first` |
| Follow every change | `hey watch` |
| Mark as seen | `hey seen 12345` |
| Mark as unseen | `hey unseen 12345` |
| Move email threads | `hey move 12345 --to feed` |
| Remove Reply Later | `hey move 12345 --to imbox` |
| Bubble a thread up now | `hey bubble up 12345 --now` |
| Bubble a thread up on a date | `hey bubble up 12345 --on 2026-09-04` |
| Bubble a thread up this weekend | `hey bubble up 12345 --weekend` |
| List bubbled-up and scheduled threads | `hey bubble list --json` |
| Cancel a bubble-up | `hey bubble pop 12345` |
| Move email threads to Trash | `hey trash 12345` |
| Mark email threads as spam | `hey spam 12345` |
| Ignore email threads | `hey ignore 12345` |
| Stop ignoring email threads | `hey stop-ignoring 12345` |
| List habits | `hey habit list --json` |
| Create habit | `hey habit create "Morning strength training"` |
| Edit habit | `hey habit edit 123 --days mon,wed,fri` |
| Delete habit | `hey habit delete 123` |
| Complete habit | `hey habit complete 123` |
| Uncomplete habit | `hey habit uncomplete 123` |
| Start time tracking | `hey timetrack start` |
| Stop time tracking | `hey timetrack stop` |
| Current timer | `hey timetrack current --json` |
| List time entries | `hey timetrack list --json` |
| Export completed time entries | `hey timetrack export > tracked-time.csv` (`--json` etc. need `--output`) |
| Save a time tracking export | `hey timetrack export --output tracked-time.csv --json` |
| List time track categories | `hey timetrack categories --json` |
| Create time track category | `hey timetrack category create "Client work"` |
| List journal entries | `hey journal list --json` |
| Read journal entry | `hey journal read 2024-03-15 --json` |
| Write journal entry | `hey journal write "Shipped the pagination fix."` (empty content removes the entry) |
| Check auth status | `hey auth status --json` |
| Print bearer token | `hey auth token` (refuses a `--cookie` login) |
| Launch TUI | `hey tui` (Ctrl+A switches linked mail accounts) |

## Decision Trees

### Reading Email

```
Want to read email?
├── Which mailbox? → hey box list --json
├── List emails in box? → hey box view <name|id> --json
├── List labels or labeled email? → hey label list --json / hey label view <label_id> --json
├── Add, create, or remove a label? → hey label add|create|remove
├── List collections or collection thread

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