Author profile
Qasim Muhammad
Staff SRE
Qasim writes and maintains the Nylas CLI guides, with a focus on email automation, MCP, AI agents, and production-safe workflows. His work connects command behavior, live verification, and AI-readable documentation so developers can use the CLI safely in scripts and agent runtimes.
Areas of expertise
- Email APIs
- CLI tools
- Developer tools
- AI agents
- Model Context Protocol
Guides on this site
- Gmail CLI: Send Gmail from Command Line
Send Gmail from command line with Nylas CLI. Skip Gmail API client code, SMTP passwords, Postfix, and sendmail. Supports CC/BCC, scheduling, tracking, and JSON.
- Gmail API Search Query Examples
Gmail API search query examples for q, labels, categories, date filters, attachments, and rfc822msgid. Compare direct API code with supported CLI filters.
- Calendly Alternative for Developers
Build a developer-owned scheduling flow with Nylas CLI: find time, check availability, create events, and handle calendar webhooks.
- Email Signature Extraction from the CLI
Create, list, attach, and extract email signatures with Nylas CLI for outbound templates and contact enrichment workflows.
- Mailtrap Alternative for Real Inbox Testing
Compare Mailtrap, Mailosaur, and Nylas Agent Accounts for testing transactional email flows with real inbox delivery.
- GitHub Actions Email Notifications
Send GitHub Actions email notifications on failed builds, deploys, and test runs with Nylas CLI and encrypted workflow secrets.
- Parse Inbound Email Webhooks
Register inbound email webhooks, verify signatures, and parse message.created payloads into JSON your app can process.
- Create Calendar Invites from the CLI
Create calendar invites from the command line with attendees, location, body text, busy status, and provider-sent notifications.
- Check Calendar Availability from Terminal
Check calendar availability and free/busy windows from the terminal with Nylas CLI before creating meetings or booking rooms.
- Cypress Email Testing
Test password resets, magic links, and OTP emails in Cypress with a real inbox, Nylas CLI JSON output, and isolated agent accounts.
- Best Email Infrastructure for AI Agents
Compare Agent Accounts, provider APIs, IMAP, SMTP, MCP, and CLI tools for agent email. Choose a stack for reads, sends, audits, and scale.
- Send-MgUserMail vs Send-MailMessage
Compare PowerShell email options in 2026: obsolete SMTP, Microsoft Graph setup, one CLI send path, and Agent Account senders.