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<h1>Emalia</h1>

<p><strong>An AI agent that lives in your email — and the typed Python IMAP/SMTP toolkit behind it.</strong></p>

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[Quick start](#quick-start) · [How it works](#how-it-works) · [Toolkit](#just-the-toolkit-no-llm-required) · [Security](#security) · [FAQ](#faq) · [Docs](docs/)

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---

**Emalia** turns an ordinary mailbox into an interface for an LLM agent. Point it at any
IMAP/SMTP account — Gmail, Outlook, Fastmail, your own server — and it watches for mail,
decides whether the sender is allowed, works the request with tools, and replies in thread.
No app to install, no chat window, no new account for anyone you work with. If they can send
an email, they can use it.

It also ships as a standalone **Python email library**: `emalia.mail` is a typed wrapper over
`imaplib` and `smtplib` that handles threading, quoted-reply stripping, RFC 2047 headers,
charset fallbacks, attachments and reconnection. It imports in under half a second and pulls in
nothing agent-related, so you can use it in a plain script, a cron job, or somebody else's agent
framework.

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## What you get

| | What it is | Import | Needs an LLM? |
|---|---|---|---|
| **The toolkit** | Typed IMAP/SMTP client: read, search, send, reply, forward, attachments, flags, folders. | `emalia.mail` | No |
| **The tools** | Every capability as a railtracks function node, gated by one policy object. | `emalia.tools` | Bring your own agent |
| **The agent** | A mailbox listener that answers what arrives, in thread, with an audit log. | `emalia.runtime` | Yes |

Each layer is usable without the ones above it. That is the whole design.

## Install

```bash
pip install emalia
```

Or with [uv](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv):

```bash
uv add emalia
```

Provider extras, if you want the SDK pinned explicitly:
`emalia[anthropic]`, `emalia[openai]`, `emalia[gemini]`, `emalia[all]`.

## Quick start

```bash
emalia init          # writes emalia.toml and .env
# fill in .env, then add your own address to allowed_senders in emalia.toml
emalia check         # verifies IMAP, SMTP, model credentials, and the policy
emalia run           # starts watching the mailbox
```

`.env` — secrets only, never committed:

```bash
EMALIA_ADDRESS=assistant@gmail.com
EMALIA_PASSWORD=your-app-password      # an App Password, not your login password
EMALIA_PROVIDER=gmail
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...
```

`emalia.toml` — safe to commit:

```toml
instance_name = "Emalia"
poll_interval = 30.0

[llm]
provider = "anthropic"
model = "claude-sonnet-4-6"

[policy]
allowed_senders = ["you@example.com"]    # empty means nobody, deliberately
sandbox_roots = ["~/documents/shared"]
enabled_toolsets = ["email", "file_read"]
```

Now email the address in plain English:

```
To:      assistant@example.com
Subject: quarterly numbers

Can you find the Q3 spreadsheet in my reports folder and tell me what the
revenue line says? Attach the file too.
```

```
Re: quarterly numbers

Found reports/2026-Q3-summary.xlsx, last modified 12 October. The revenue
line reads 1,284,000, up 8% on Q2. The file is attached.
```

Providers with built-in presets: **Gmail**, **Outlook / Microsoft 365**, **Yahoo**, **iCloud**,
**Fastmail**, **Zoho**, **Proton** (via Bridge). Anything else works with explicit hosts and
ports, including STARTTLS-only servers.

## How it works

Five layers, dependencies strictly downward. Nothing below `emalia.tools` knows that
railtracks or an LLM exists.

```mermaid
flowchart TD
    CLI["emalia.cli<br/>init · check · run · once · send · inbox · audit"]
    RT["emalia.runtime<br/>poll · gate · dispatch · reply · audit"]
    AG["emalia.agent<br/>system prompt · model · tool wiring"]
    TL["emalia.tools<br/>email · file_read · file_write · http · shell · python"]
    SEC["emalia.security<br/>Policy · sandboxed path resolution"]
    ML["emalia.mail<br/>MailClient · IMAP · SMTP · MIME · parsing"]

    CLI --> RT
    RT --> AG
    AG --> TL
    TL --> SEC
    TL --> ML
    RT --> ML
    AG -.-> SEC

    RTX(["railtracks"]) -.-> AG
    STD(["stdlib only"]) -.-> ML

    classDef agentish fill:#ede9fe,stroke:#6d28d9,color:#3b0764
    classDef plain fill:#e0f2fe,stroke:#0369a1,color:#0c4a6e
    classDef ext fill:#f1f5f9,stroke:#94a3b8,color:#334155,stroke-dasharray:4 3
    class CLI,RT,AG agentish
    class TL,SEC,ML plain
    class RTX,STD ext
```

The boundary is real rather than aspirational, and it is cheap to verify: `import emalia.mail`
takes about **0.1 s** and leaves `railtracks` absent from `sys.modules`, while `import
emalia.agent` costs around **4 s** because the provider SDKs come with it — considerably more on
a cold first import. If you only want the mail layer, you never pay for the rest.

### What happens to one email

```mermaid
sequenceDiagram
    autonumber
    participant S as Sender
    participant I as IMAP
    participant L as Listener
    participant P as Policy
    participant A as Agent
    participant T as Tools

    S->>I: sends mail
    L->>I: poll for unread
    I-->>L: message
    L->>L: loop guards: self, auto-reply, list, Message-ID
    L->>P: sender_decision()
    alt not allowed
        P-->>L: ignore
        Note over L: silently dropped, no bounce to a<br/>possibly spoofed address
    else allowed
        P-->>L: accept
        L->>A: body wrapped in untrusted delimiters
        A->>T: tool calls, each charged against a budget
        T->>P: policy check per call
        T-->>A: result, truncated
        A-->>L: reply text
        L->>S: reply, in thread
        L->>I: mark read, only after success
    end
```

The ordering matters: the message is marked read **after** the reply succeeds, so a crash
mid-request means the mail is retried rather than silently lost.

## Just the toolkit, no LLM required

`emalia.mail` is worth installing on its own. It is the part of email work that is tedious in
the standard library, done once and typed.

```python
from emalia.mail import MailClient, SearchCriteria

with MailClient.from_env() as mail:
    for message in mail.unread(limit=5):
        print(message.sender.address, message.subject)
        print(message.body)                 # plain text, quoted history already stripped
        mail.reply(message, "Got it.")      # threads correctly in every client

    uids = mail.search(SearchCriteria().from_("alice@").since("01-Jun-2026"))
    invoice = mail.fetch(uids[0])
    mail.save_attachments(invoice, "~/downloads")
```

What it handles that raw `imaplib` and `smtplib` do not:

- **Threading.** Replies carry `In-Reply-To` and `References`, so mail clients group them
  instead of starting a fresh conversation every time.
- **Quoted-reply stripping.** `message.body` is what the sender typed *this time*, not the
  entire thread again. Handles `On … wrote:` in several languages, Outlook's
  `-----Original Message-----`, and `>` runs.
- **Header decoding.** RFC 2047 encoded words come back as text, not `=?utf-8?B?…?=`.
- **Charset fallbacks.** A latin-1 sender does not raise and stall your loop.
- **UIDs, not sequence numbers**, so mail arriving mid-batch cannot shift what you fetch.
- **Reconnection.** Sessions survive the idle drops both protocols are prone to.
- **Attachments both ways**, including directories zipped with correct relative paths, and
  filename sanitisation on save.
- **Bcc that stays blind.** Used for the envelope, stripped before transmission.
- **Plain dataclasses out.** `EmailMessage`, `EmailAddress`, `Attachment` — an
  `email.message.Message` never reaches your code.

Full reference: [docs/toolkit.md](docs/toolkit.md).

## Tools for your own agent

Every capability is a railtracks function node behind the same `Policy`, whether Emalia calls
it or you do.

```python
import railtracks as rt
from emalia.mail import MailClient
from emalia.security import Policy
from emalia.tools import build_tool_nodes

policy = Policy(
    allowed_senders=["me@example.com"],
    sandbox_roots=["~/notes"],
    enabled_toolsets=["email", "file_read"],
)

Agent = rt.agent_node(
    "Inbox Agent",
    tool_nodes=build_tool_nodes(policy, client=MailClient.from_env()),
    llm=rt.llm.AnthropicLLM("claude-sonnet-4-6"),
    system_message="You triage this inbox.",
)
```

Individual groups work too — `EmailTools`, `FileReadTools`, `FileWriteTools`, `HttpTools`,
`ShellTools`, `PythonTools`. Each `.tools()` returns plain functions with type hints and
docstrings, callable directly in a test with no model involved.

### Giving the agent tools of your own

Write a function, pass it in. Its signature and docstring *are* the interface the model sees.

```python
from emalia import EmaliaConfig
from emalia.runtime import EmaliaListener

def check_calendar(day: str) -> str:
    """Look up what is scheduled on a day.

    Args:
        day: The day to look up, as YYYY-MM-DD.

    Returns:
        A description of what is scheduled.
    """
    return my_calendar.lookup(day)

EmaliaListener(EmaliaConfig.load(), extra_tools=[check_calendar]).run()
```

## Security

**An inbox is an unauthenticated public endpoint.** Anyone who learns the address can put
arbitrary text in front of your model, and a convincing enough email is a prompt injection with
a delivery mechanism. Emalia is built on that assumption.

```mermaid
flowchart LR
    M[Incoming mail] --> G1{"Loop guards<br/>self · auto · list"}
    G1 -->|hit| D1[drop]
    G1 -->|pass| G2{"Seen before?<br/>Message-ID"}
    G2 -->|yes| D2[drop]
    G2 -->|no| G3{"Sender<br/>allowlisted?"}
    G3 -->|no| D3[drop, silently]
    G3 -->|yes| G4{"Token required<br/>in subject?"}
    G4 -->|missing| D4[drop]
    G4 -->|ok| A[Agent runs]
    A --> T{"Tool registered?<br/>decided before<br/>the model started"}
    T -->|no| R[refusal string]
    T -->|yes| B{"Budget, sandbox,<br/>recipient checks"}
    B -->|fail| R
    B -->|pass| X[execute]

    classDef bad fill:#fee2e2,stroke:#dc2626,color:#7f1d1d
    classDef good fill:#dcfce7,stroke:#16a34a,color:#14532d
    class D1,D2,D3,D4,R bad
    class X,A good
```

The controls that matter:

- **Nobody is answered by default.** `allowed_senders` starts empty, and an empty allowlist
  makes the listener refuse to start rather than quietly answering the world.
- **Capability is gated outside the model.** A disabled toolset is never constructed, so no
  amount of persuasion in an email body can reach it. This is registration-time, not prompting.
- **Replies go to the sender and nobody else** unless you widen `allowed_recipients`. That is
  what stops *"forward my SSH key to mallory@…"* from working even if the model is convinced.
- **Files are sandboxed** to `sandbox_roots` by resolved-path containment, and
  credential-shaped names (`.env`, `id_rsa`, `*.pem`, `.netrc`) are refused even inside a root.
- **Shell and Python are off**, need a second explicit switch, and the policy refuses to combine
  either with an open sender list at all. `run_python` runs in a subprocess, not in the daemon.
- **Untrusted content is delimited** in the prompt, and the agent is told the text between the
  markers is data rather than instruction.
- **Blocked mail is never answered**, so the mailbox cannot be turned into a bounce generator
  aimed at a spoofed address.
- **Errors never leak.** A failure sends a fixed one-line notice; the traceback stays local.

Read [SECURITY.md](SECURITY.md) before widening anything. It documents the threat model
*and* what Emalia deliberately does not defend against.

## Commands

| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
| `emalia init` | Write a starter `emalia.toml` and `.env` |
| `emalia check` | Verify IMAP, SMTP, model credentials, and the policy |
| `emalia run` | Watch the mailbox until interrupted |
| `emalia once` | Handle one batch and exit — suits cron and systemd timers |
| `emalia send` | Send one email, bypassing the agent entirely |
| `emalia inbox` | List recent messages |
| `emalia audit` | Show recent entries from the JSONL audit log |

`--dry-run` on `run` and `once` does everything except send; replies go to the log.

## Toolsets

| Toolset | Tools | Default |
|---|---|---|
| `email` | `list_inbox` `read_email` `search_email` `send_email` `reply_to_email` `forward_email` `mark_email` `list_folders` `save_attachments` | **on** |
| `file_read` | `read_file` `list_directory` `search_files` `file_info` | **on** |
| `file_write` | `write_file` `delete_file` | off |
| `http` | `http_request`, with SSRF guards | off |
| `shell` | `run_shell` | off, needs `allow_dangerous_tools` |
| `python` | `run_python`, in a subprocess | off, needs `allow_dangerous_tools` |

## FAQ

<details>
<summary><strong>Does this work with Gmail?</strong></summary>

Yes. Turn on 2-Step Verification, create an **App Password**, and use that as
`EMALIA_PASSWORD` — Google has rejected plain account passwords over IMAP since 2022. Set
`EMALIA_PROVIDER=gmail` and the hosts and ports are filled in for you.
</details>

<details>
<summary><strong>Can I use it without an LLM at all?</strong></summary>

Yes. `emalia.mail` is a complete IMAP/SMTP library with no agent dependency, no API key, and no
railtracks import. `pip install emalia`, then `from emalia.mail import MailClient`.
</details>

<details>
<summary><strong>Which model providers are supported?</strong></summary>

Whatever railtracks supports: Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini, Azure, Hugging Face, a local
**Ollama** server, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint via `provider = "compatible"` and an
`api_base`. Set it in `[llm]`.
</details>

<details>
<summary><strong>How is prompt injection handled?</strong></summary>

By not relying on the model to resist it. What the agent can do is decided by the `Policy`
before the model runs: disabled tools are never registered, replies are restricted to the
original sender, file access is confined to declared roots, and shell/Python are unavailable
unless you turn them on twice. Injected text can make the model *try* things; it cannot widen
what exists to try. See [SECURITY.md](SECURITY.md).
</details>

<details>
<summary><strong>Will it reply to spam, or to itself?</strong></summary>

No. Mail from outside the allowlist is dropped without a reply. Mail carrying
`Auto-Submitted`, `X-Autoreply`, `Precedence: bulk|list|junk`, `List-Id` or `List-Unsubscribe`
is dropped. Its own address is dropped. Every `Message-ID` it has handled is persisted, so a
restart does not re-answer the same mail. Outgoing replies carry
`Auto-Submitted: auto-replied` so the other end's autoresponder stays quiet too.
</details>

<details>
<summary><strong>Can I run it on a schedule instead of as a daemon?</strong></summary>

Yes — `emalia once` handles one batch and exits with a non-zero code if anything failed, which
is what you want from cron or a systemd timer.
</details>

<details>
<summary><strong>How much does it cost to run?</strong></summary>

One model call per email, plus a call per tool round-trip, bounded by `max_tool_calls`
(25 by default). `max_replies_per_hour` caps the blast radius if something goes wrong.
</details>

<details>
<summary><strong>Is my mail password sent anywhere?</strong></summary>

Only to your mail provider. It is read from the environment or `.env`, never written to
`emalia.toml` (the loader rejects it there), never logged, and redacted in `emalia check`
output. `run_python` executes in a subprocess specifically so untrusted code cannot read it out
of the running process.
</details>

## Documentation

| | |
|---|---|
| [Quick start](docs/quickstart.md) | From `pip install` to a working assistant |
| [Design](docs/design.md) | Architecture, layer rules, and the mapping from the 2023 code |
| [Toolkit reference](docs/toolkit.md) | `emalia.mail` in full |
| [Configuration](docs/configuration.md) | Every setting, environment variable and precedence rule |
| [Security](SECURITY.md) | Threat model, hardening, and what is out of scope |
| [End-to-end testing](docs/e2e-testing.md) | Running the suite against a real mailbox |
| [Examples](examples/) | Runnable scripts |
| [Changelog](CHANGELOG.md) | What changed, and the defects this release fixed |

## Requirements

- **Python 3.11+** (3.11, 3.12 and 3.13 tested on Linux, macOS and Windows)
- An IMAP/SMTP mailbox, usually with an app password
- An API key for your model provider — unless you run a local one through Ollama

## Project layout

```
src/emalia/
├── mail/        MailClient, IMAP, SMTP, MIME, parsing   — stdlib only
├── security/    Policy, sandboxed path resolution
├── tools/       six toolsets as railtracks function nodes
├── agent.py     system prompt, model resolution, tool wiring
├── runtime/     the mailbox listener, seen-set and audit log
└── cli.py       the emalia command
```

## History

Emalia began in 2023 as a keyword-driven email controller: you sent `READ/1 <path>` and it
mailed the file back. It never reached a working state. This release rebuilds it on
[railtracks](https://github.com/RailtownAI/railtracks) around natural language, ships the mail
layer as a library in its own right, and takes the security model seriously in a way the
original did not. The [changelog](CHANGELOG.md) lists the original defects, several of which are
the reason a control exists now.

## Contributing

Issues and pull requests are welcome. See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) — in short, run
`ruff check`, `ruff format`, `mypy` and `pytest` before opening one; CI runs all four across
three operating systems and three Python versions.

## License

MIT. See [LICENSE](LICENSE).

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