aerc Extensible Terminal Email Client with IMAP JMAP and Notmuch
SkillCommunicationaerc is a terminal email client that lets your AI read, organize, and send email directly. Once added, your AI can work with your existing email accounts, follow threaded conversations, and handle code patches that arrive by email. Everything runs in the terminal, so it is all done through text and keyboard commands.
Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.
No other account needed.
After adding it, connect an email account and ask your AI to open the inbox. Start with a simple task, like reading unread messages or drafting a reply.
Then ask your AI: use the aerc Extensible Terminal Email Client with IMAP JMAP and Notmuch skill
What your AI can do with it
- Read, organize, and send email from connected accounts
- Follow long conversations with threaded views
- Display HTML-formatted messages
- Apply and manage code patches received by email
- Work with mail stored on your computer as well as online accounts
- Get things done quickly using keyboard shortcuts
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by agentskillexchange/skills in skills/aerc-extensible-terminal-email-client/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
aerc is a terminal-based email client written in Go with first-class support for IMAP, SMTP, JMAP, Maildir, and Notmuch. It features Vim-like keybindings, email threading, HTML rendering, built-in patch management, and deep UNIX integration through pipes and commands.
Installation
Basic usage or getting-started notes:
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On its first run, aerc will copy the default config files to ~/.config/aerc
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on Linux or ~/Library/Preferences/aerc on MacOS (or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/aerc if set)
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and show the account configuration wizard.
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Source: https://git.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc
Source
Signals
- GitHub stars
- 38
- Forks
- 53
- Last commit
- Sep 2026
Advanced
- Catalog kind
- skill
- Gateway key
aerc-extensible-terminal-email-client-with-imap-jmap-0de1pn9- Source
- github.com/agentskillexchange/skills