Recipe Label And Archive Emails

This is a Gmail automation recipe that searches for emails matching your criteria, slaps a label on them, and archives them in one go. You'd use this to automatically organize recurring emails like notifications, newsletters, or automated reports without manually sorting through your inbox. It's essentially a poor man's Gmail filter built with command-line tools. The three-step process is straightforward: search with a Gmail query, apply your chosen label, then remove the INBOX label to archive. Works well for bulk cleanup operations or when you need more complex matching logic than Gmail's built-in filters provide.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add googleworkspace/cli --skill recipe-label-and-archive-emails --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

Label and Archive Gmail Threads

PREREQUISITE: Load the following skills to execute this recipe: gws-gmail

Apply Gmail labels to matching messages and archive them to keep your inbox clean.

Steps

Search for matching emails: gws gmail users messages list --params '{"userId": "me", "q": "from:notifications@service.com"}' --format table
Apply a label: gws gmail users messages modify --params '{"userId": "me", "id": "MESSAGE_ID"}' --json '{"addLabelIds": ["LABEL_ID"]}'
Archive (remove from inbox): gws gmail users messages modify --params '{"userId": "me", "id": "MESSAGE_ID"}' --json '{"removeLabelIds": ["INBOX"]}'

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