recipe-create-vacation-responder▌
googleworkspace/cli · updated Apr 8, 2026
Set up Gmail out-of-office auto-replies with custom messages and date ranges.
- ›Enables vacation responder with customizable subject line, plain-text response body, and optional contact/domain restrictions
- ›Supports three core operations: enable auto-reply, verify current settings, and disable when returning
- ›Requires the gws-gmail skill as a dependency
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4.8★★★★★33 reviews- ★★★★★Shikha Mishra· Dec 24, 2024
recipe-create-vacation-responder has been reliable in day-to-day use. Documentation quality is above average for community skills.
- ★★★★★Hiroshi Li· Dec 24, 2024
I recommend recipe-create-vacation-responder for anyone iterating fast on agent tooling; clear intent and a small, reviewable surface area.
- ★★★★★Carlos Johnson· Dec 16, 2024
recipe-create-vacation-responder reduced setup friction for our internal harness; good balance of opinion and flexibility.
- ★★★★★Rahul Santra· Nov 15, 2024
Solid pick for teams standardizing on skills: recipe-create-vacation-responder is focused, and the summary matches what you get after install.
- ★★★★★Hiroshi Kim· Nov 15, 2024
Useful defaults in recipe-create-vacation-responder — fewer surprises than typical one-off scripts, and it plays nicely with `npx skills` flows.
- ★★★★★Sakura Flores· Nov 11, 2024
recipe-create-vacation-responder fits our agent workflows well — practical, well scoped, and easy to wire into existing repos.
- ★★★★★Li Taylor· Nov 7, 2024
recipe-create-vacation-responder is among the better-maintained entries we tried; worth keeping pinned for repeat workflows.
- ★★★★★Anika Farah· Oct 26, 2024
Useful defaults in recipe-create-vacation-responder — fewer surprises than typical one-off scripts, and it plays nicely with `npx skills` flows.
- ★★★★★Pratham Ware· Oct 6, 2024
We added recipe-create-vacation-responder from the explainx registry; install was straightforward and the SKILL.md answered most questions upfront.
- ★★★★★Hiroshi Mensah· Oct 6, 2024
recipe-create-vacation-responder is among the better-maintained entries we tried; worth keeping pinned for repeat workflows.
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