PowerSkills — Outlook

Outlook COM automation for email and calendar.

Requirements

• Microsoft Outlook (desktop, COM-enabled)
• Non-admin PowerShell session (admin session cannot access user's Outlook profile)

Actions

.\powerskills.ps1 outlook <action> [--params]

Action	Params	Description
inbox	--limit N	List inbox messages (default: 15)
unread	--limit N	List unread messages (default: 20)
sent	--limit N	List sent items (default: 15)
read	--index N --folder inbox|sent|drafts	Read full email by index
search	--query "text" --folder inbox|sent --limit N	Search by subject/body
calendar	--days N	List upcoming events (default: 7 days)
send	--to addr --subject text --body text [--cc addr] [--draft]	Send or save as draft
reply	--index N --body text [--reply-all] [--draft]	Reply to inbox email
folders		List all mail folders with counts

Examples

# Check unread mail
.\powerskills.ps1 outlook unread --limit 5

# Read a specific email
.\powerskills.ps1 outlook read --index 0 --folder inbox

# Read from sent folder
.\powerskills.ps1 outlook read --index 3 --folder sent

# Search for emails
.\powerskills.ps1 outlook search --query "project update" --limit 10

# Save a reply as draft
.\powerskills.ps1 outlook reply --index 0 --body "Thanks, will review." --draft

# Check calendar for next 3 days
.\powerskills.ps1 outlook calendar --days 3

Output Fields

List actions (inbox, unread, sent)

index, subject, sender, sender_email, received, unread, importance, has_attachments

Read action

subject, sender, sender_email, to, cc, received, body, unread, importance, attachments

Calendar action

subject, start, end, location, organizer, is_recurring, all_day, busy_status