GitHub Triage

Automatically classify and route GitHub notification emails.

Prerequisites

• mail-cli installed (npm i -g @clawemail/mail-cli) with API key configured
• Email channel plugin (@clawmail/email) enabled in OpenClaw
• A dedicated sub-mailbox for GitHub notifications (created via setup script)

Setup

Run the setup script to create the sub-mailbox:

bash scripts/setup.sh [prefix]

• prefix — sub-mailbox prefix (default: ghbot)

Main email (for receiving urgent forwards and daily summaries) is automatically resolved at runtime via:

mail-cli clawemail master-user

After setup:

1. Add the new sub-mailbox as an email channel account in openclaw.json → channels.email.accounts
2. Go to GitHub → Settings → Notifications → Custom routing → set email to .ghbot@claw.163.com
3. Restart OpenClaw gateway

Triage Workflow

When an email arrives on the ghbot account:

1. Identify priority — read subject and body, match against rules in references/triage-rules.md
2. Act on priority:
• P0 (urgent): Resolve main email via mail-cli clawemail master-user, then forward immediately via mail-cli --profile ghbot compose send; prepend [紧急] to subject
• P1 (buffer): Append to today's buffer file at memory/gh-triage-buffer-YYYY-MM-DD.json; do NOT reply or forward
• P2 (archive): Mark as read via mail-cli --profile ghbot mail mark --ids --fid 1 --read; no reply

Forwarding (P0)

First, resolve the main email:

MAIN_EMAIL=$(mail-cli clawemail master-user)

Then forward:

mail-cli --profile ghbot compose send \
  --to "$MAIN_EMAIL" \
  --subject "[紧急] <original-subject>" \
  --body "<original-body>" \
  --html

Buffering (P1)

Append entry to workspace file memory/gh-triage-buffer-YYYY-MM-DD.json:

[
  {
    "repo": "owner/repo",
    "type": "review_request",
    "title": "PR title",
    "number": 123,
    "url": "https://github.com/...",
    "author": "username",
    "receivedAt": "ISO-8601"
  }
]

Read existing file first (create [] if missing), append new entry, write back.

Archiving (P2)

mail-cli --profile ghbot mail mark --ids "<message-id>" --fid 1 --read

No reply, no forward.

Daily Summary

A cron job fires daily at the configured time (default 0 18 *). The job:

1. Resolve main email: MAIN_EMAIL=$(mail-cli clawemail master-user)
2. Read memory/gh-triage-buffer-YYYY-MM-DD.json for today
3. If empty or missing → do nothing
4. Group entries by repo and type
5. Compose summary email following format in references/triage-rules.md → "Daily Summary Format"
6. Send via mail-cli --profile ghbot compose send --to "$MAIN_EMAIL" --subject "[GitHub 日报] ..." --body "..." --html
7. After successful send, rename buffer file to memory/gh-triage-buffer-YYYY-MM-DD.sent.json

Cron Setup

Create the daily summary cron job in OpenClaw:

schedule: { kind: "cron", expr: "0 18 * * *", tz: "Asia/Shanghai" }
sessionTarget: "isolated"
payload: { kind: "agentTurn", message: "Run GitHub triage daily summary. Read today's buffer file, compose and send the summary email." }

Configuration

• main_email — automatically resolved at runtime via mail-cli clawemail master-user; no manual configuration needed
• summary_time — cron expression for daily summary (default: 0 18 *)

Detailed Rules

See references/triage-rules.md for complete matching patterns and output formats.