Give Your AI Agent Email, Calendar & Contacts — One Command

You want your OpenClaw agent to read email, check your calendar, and look up contacts — without wiring up shell commands or managing exec permissions. Here’s how. Get started Sign up for Nylas and create an API key Connect at least one email account under Grants Run openclaw plugins install @nylas/openclaw-nylas-plugin Set your API key and start talking to your agent Full setup guide with troubleshooting: cli.nylas.com/guides/install-openclaw-nylas-plugin The problem with exec-based tool access Most AI agent setups that interact with external services do it through shell commands. The agent constructs a CLI command, runs it via exec, and parses the text output. This works, but: The agent guesses at flag syntax and gets it wrong You need an exec-approvals.json allowlist for security Output parsing breaks when the CLI format changes You’re limited to one account at a time The plugin approach: typed tools, zero shell access The @nylas/openclaw-nylas-plugin package registers 14 native tool