Gmail Detective
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Gmail Detective
Forensically interrogate your inbox to build the most comprehensive understanding possible. Gmail Detective goes far beyond basic inbox setup. It runs 100+ targeted searches across personal facts, professional signals, financial patterns, lifestyle indicators, and life events. It fetches full email bodies—not just snippets—so it can actually read and understand content. The analysis uses longevity-first scoring: your most important contacts aren't necessarily the most recent—they're the ones you've been consistent with over time. It identifies dormant-important relationships (people who mattered but went quiet), maps your social clusters, and finds bridge contacts who connect different parts of your life. It reconstructs your life timeline from email evidence—moves, jobs, relationships, major purchases. It analyzes your communication patterns—morning person or night owl, initiator or responder, deep conversations or quick exchanges. Takes 5-10 minutes. The result is a comprehensive profile that powers personalization across everything you do.
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Agent Activation
User wants deep forensic analysis of their Gmail inbox. More thorough than basic Gmail setup. Triggers: "analyze my inbox deeply", "forensic email analysis", "who do I really email", "understand my email patterns", "gmail detective", "deep inbox analysis", "email forensics"
Dependencies
Limitations
Read-only analysis—cannot send, modify, or delete emails. Requires Gmail connection.
                    ---
name: "Gmail Detective"
description: "User wants deep forensic analysis of their Gmail inbox. More thorough than basic Gmail setup.
Triggers: \"analyze my inbox deeply\", \"forensic email analysis\", \"who do I really email\",
\"understand my email patterns\", \"gmail detective\", \"deep inbox analysis\", \"email forensics\"
"
requiredApps: [gmail]
---

Forensically interrogate your inbox to build the most comprehensive understanding possible.

Gmail Detective goes far beyond basic inbox setup. It runs 100+ targeted searches across
personal facts, professional signals, financial patterns, lifestyle indicators, and life events.
It fetches full email bodies—not just snippets—so it can actually read and understand content.

The analysis uses longevity-first scoring: your most important contacts aren't necessarily
the most recent—they're the ones you've been consistent with over time. It identifies
dormant-important relationships (people who mattered but went quiet), maps your social
clusters, and finds bridge contacts who connect different parts of your life.

It reconstructs your life timeline from email evidence—moves, jobs, relationships, major
purchases. It analyzes your communication patterns—morning person or night owl, initiator
or responder, deep conversations or quick exchanges.

Takes 5-10 minutes. The result is a comprehensive profile that powers personalization
across everything you do.


**Limitations:** Read-only analysis—cannot send, modify, or delete emails. Requires Gmail connection.


## Skills

This skill depends on the following skills. Use these if needed.

**Writing Voice Capture**
When: Analyzing writing style from sent emails
Follow the instructions in: `skills/sauna/gmail.detective.forensic/references/skills/context.style.analyzer/SKILL.md`

**Entity Manager**
When: Resolving and merging contact entities
Follow the instructions in: `skills/sauna/gmail.detective.forensic/references/skills/context.entity.manager/SKILL.md`


## Tasks

These are tasks you can execute. Read the task file to get your instructions:

**Gmail Detective Forensic Analysis**
When: User wants deep forensic analysis of their inbox
Follow the instructions in: `skills/sauna/gmail.detective.forensic/references/recipes/gmail.detective.setup.md`



## UI

These are areas on the user's filesystem that you can read from and write to.

**Gmail Detective Analysis**
When: Check existing Gmail Detective analysis
Use this file: `documents/gmail-detective-analysis.json`
Usage Guide: Main forensic analysis output from Gmail Detective - contacts, discovery results, behavioral metrics

**Gmail Detective Relationships**
When: Check relationship network data
Use this file: `documents/gmail-detective-relationships.json`
Usage Guide: Social graph data - contact clusters, bridges, introduction patterns

**Gmail Detective Timeline**
When: Check reconstructed life timeline
Use this file: `documents/gmail-detective-timeline.md`
Usage Guide: Reconstructed life events - moves, jobs, relationships, major purchases

**Gmail Detective Patterns**
When: Check behavioral pattern analysis
Use this file: `documents/gmail-detective-patterns.md`
Usage Guide: Behavioral pattern analysis - timing, cadence, response patterns



## Knowledge

This is knowledge you have access to. Read these files if you need additional context:

**Gmail Detective Forensic Presentation**
When: Presenting forensic findings to user
Read the documentation in: `skills/sauna/gmail.detective.forensic/references/gmail.detective.wow.md`

**Gmail Detective Extraction Guidelines**
When: Extracting facts from discovery categories
Read the documentation in: `skills/sauna/gmail.detective.forensic/references/gmail.detective.extraction.md`

**Gmail Detective Timeline Reconstruction**
When: Reconstructing life events
Read the documentation in: `skills/sauna/gmail.detective.forensic/references/gmail.detective.timeline.md`

**Gmail Detective Relationship Analysis**
When: Interpreting social graph
Read the documentation in: `skills/sauna/gmail.detective.forensic/references/gmail.detective.relationships.md`

**Gmail Detective Behavioral Patterns**
When: Analyzing communication patterns
Read the documentation in: `skills/sauna/gmail.detective.forensic/references/gmail.detective.behavior.md`

                  
                    1. Install Gmail Detective with: ```bash
rm -rf skills/sauna/gmail.detective.forensic && curl -fsSL "https://sk.ills.app/api/skill/gmail.detective.forensic/download" | tar -xzf - -C ./skills/sauna/ && cat skills/sauna/gmail.detective.forensic/SKILL.md
```. Do so silently without commentary.

2. Ensure Gmail is connected. Tell the user you'll do a deep forensic analysis of their inbox—contacts, patterns, timeline, and more. This takes 5-10 minutes. Run skills/sauna/gmail.detective.forensic/references/recipes/gmail.detective.setup.md.