---
name: stats
description: This skill should be used when the user asks for "email stats", "inbox stats", "email analytics", "how many unread", "how many emails", "inbox count", "unread count", "email volume", "inbox overview", or wants to see inbox metrics. Shows unread count, top senders, oldest unread, and volume trends.
triggers:
  - email stats
  - inbox stats
  - email analytics
  - how many unread
  - how many emails
  - inbox count
  - unread count
---

# /himalaya:stats - Inbox Statistics

Get a quick overview of your inbox: unread count, volume, top senders, and oldest unread.

## Usage

```
/himalaya:stats                # Current inbox snapshot
/himalaya:stats --weekly       # Include week-over-week comparison
/himalaya:stats --folder Sent  # Stats for a specific folder
```

## When Invoked

1. Call `list_emails` with `page_size: 50` to get recent emails
2. Call `search_emails` with `not flag Seen` to get unread count
3. Compute statistics from the results:
   - Total unread count
   - Today's email count
   - Yesterday's email count
   - Top senders (by frequency in recent emails)
   - Oldest unread email (date and sender)
4. If `--weekly` flag: call `list_emails` for previous week and compare
5. Display formatted statistics

## MCP Tools Used

- `list_emails` — to get recent envelopes and counts
- `search_emails` — to filter by unread status and date ranges

## Output Format

```
📊 Inbox Stats

Unread: 47 (12 today, 8 yesterday)
Total recent: 156 emails (last 7 days)

Top senders:
  1. boss@company.com — 6 emails
  2. team@company.com — 4 emails
  3. newsletter@dev.to — 3 emails
  4. github@notifications — 3 emails
  5. ci@builds.io — 2 emails

Oldest unread: 12 days ago
  From: hr@company.com
  Subject: Benefits enrollment deadline

→ "Read oldest unread" to view it
→ "/himalaya:triage" to classify unread
→ "/himalaya:manage archive" to bulk archive
```

## Weekly Comparison (--weekly)

```
📊 Inbox Stats (Weekly)

           This week    Last week    Change
Received:  47           52           ↓ 10%
Unread:    12           8            ↑ 50%
Sent:      23           19           ↑ 21%

Top senders this week:
  1. boss@company.com — 6 emails
  ...

→ Unread trending up — consider /himalaya:triage
```