Nylas Email, Calendar & Contacts

Access and manage email, calendar, and contacts across multiple providers using the Nylas API for unified communication and scheduling tasks.

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