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Install mail-assistant with Homebrew Cask
Companion tool for Drafts to allow sending HTML formatted email. Version 0.5 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Companion tool for Drafts to allow sending HTML formatted email
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Project history and usage
Mail Assistant is a free macOS helper from the maker of Drafts that opens pre-filled mail-composition windows and supports raw HTML message bodies.
Project history
Agile Tortoise developed Mail Assistant as a companion utility for Drafts on macOS. It bridges a platform gap by exposing UIKit mail-composition functionality that Drafts can use on iOS but cannot invoke directly on macOS.
Adoption history
Mail Assistant occupies a narrow role in the Drafts automation ecosystem. It is mainly adopted by macOS Drafts users who compose Markdown and want to convert and send it as HTML-formatted mail.
How it is used
Mail Assistant can be launched directly, but its principal use is through Drafts actions or other automation software. Its mail-assistant URL scheme accepts recipients, subject, body, sender, HTML mode, and x-callback-url completion parameters.
Apple Mail must already contain at least one valid email account. Mail Assistant delegates composition and sending rather than maintaining a separate account or credential store.
Why package nerds care
The package is a small example of a single-purpose macOS automation bridge: it exposes an operating-system capability through an x-callback-url interface instead of trying to become a full mail client.
Timeline
- Initial purpose: Created to enable Drafts actions to send HTML-formatted mail on macOS.
- Version 0.2 or later: Added a Send Mail action for macOS Shortcuts.
- 2025: Official documentation lists version 0.5 and notes restored compatibility beginning with macOS 15.4.
Related projects
- Drafts
- Apple Mail
- Shortcuts
- x-callback-url
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No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for mail-assistant. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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page generated2026-11-04
manager version0.5
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://docs.getdrafts.com/misc/mail-assistant
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://docs.getdrafts.com/misc/mail-assistantnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:mail-assistant |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.5 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/mail-assistant |
| Homepage | https://docs.getdrafts.com/misc/mail-assistant |
| Upstream docs | https://docs.getdrafts.com/misc/mail-assistant |
| Source archive | https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/downloads.agiletortoise.com/Mail+Assistant.app.zip |
| SHA-256 | no_check |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
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| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | mail-assistant |
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| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
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