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Generated from bd help --doc mail. Delegates mail operations to an external mail provider. Agents often type ‘bd mail’ when working with beads, but mail functionality is typically provided by the orchestrator. This command bridges that gap by delegating to the configured mail provider. Configuration (checked in order):
  1. BEADS_MAIL_DELEGATE or BD_MAIL_DELEGATE environment variable
  2. ‘mail.delegate’ config setting (bd config set mail.delegate “gt mail”)
Examples:

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Configure delegation (one-time setup)

export BEADS_MAIL_DELEGATE="gt mail"

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or

bd config set mail.delegate “gt mail”

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Then use bd mail as if it were gt mail

bd mail inbox # Lists inbox bd mail send mayor/ -s “Hi” # Sends mail bd mail read msg-123 # Reads a message 
bd mail [subcommand] [args...] [flags]