EMAIL FOR ANY MCP AGENT

Find and retrieve Email attachments with an agent

Locate the correct email first, then retrieve attachments by their message-scoped attachment IDs rather than filenames alone.

Find the latest signed contract from Sarah and retrieve the PDF attachment.

Designed for people searching documents buried in email. The agent works only with accounts connected to your Nilyo user.

What you can ask your agent to do

1

Search likely messages

Your agent completes a clear Nilyo action and keeps the result linked to the correct provider account for the next step.

2

Inspect attachment metadata

Your agent completes a clear Nilyo action and keeps the result linked to the correct provider account for the next step.

3

Retrieve the selected attachment from its parent email

Your agent completes a clear Nilyo action and keeps the result linked to the correct provider account for the next step.

How this workflow works

  1. Describe sender, subject, date or document clues.
  2. Ask the agent to show matching emails and attachment names.
  3. Select the exact message and attachment before retrieval.
IMPORTANT IDENTIFIER & SAFETY NOTE

Keep email ID and attachment ID paired. Two messages may contain attachments with identical filenames.

Questions people ask

Can filename alone identify an attachment?

No. The agent uses the attachment ID returned by the parent email.

Does this work with IMAP?

Yes. Generic IMAP attachment workflows are first-class where supported.

Can the agent forward the file?

Supported message/email actions remain separate and should use explicit destinations.

Why use Nilyo for this?

Nilyo gives your chosen agent access only to the accounts you connect. Your provider passwords are never shown to the agent, and reading information does not silently authorize sending, inviting or deleting.

If several accounts, people or companies match, the agent asks you to clarify. If the result of an important action is uncertain, it checks what happened before attempting it again.

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Give Nilyo to your agent.

Paste one setup link. Your agent can guide OAuth, account connection and the first useful action.