---
title: "Agent Skill to Messages Ops"
platform: "Promptally"
canonical_url: "https://app.promptally.dev/p/skill-messages-ops"
modality: "SKILL"
category: "Fullstack & Backend Engineering"
compatible_models: [Universal / Model Agnostic]
access_tier: "Free Public Artifact (No Auth Required)"
license: "MIT"
---

# Agent Skill to Messages Ops

**Summary:** Agent Skill to Messages Ops is a verified SKILL blueprint on Promptally in Fullstack & Backend Engineering optimized for leading AI models. Evidence-first live messaging workflow for ECC. Use when the user wants to read texts or DMs, recover a recent one-time code, inspect a thread before replying, or prove which message source was actually checked. Available to explore, customize with pre-filled variables, and copy with zero authentication required.

## Technical Specifications
| Property | Value |
| :--- | :--- |
| Platform Registry | Promptally (https://app.promptally.dev) |
| Modality | SKILL |
| Category | Fullstack & Backend Engineering |
| Compatible Engines | Universal / Model Agnostic |
| Dynamic Variables | None (Static Blueprint) |
| Approx. Token Length | 724 |
| Access Tier | Free Public Artifact (No Auth Required) |
| License | MIT |

### Pre-Filled Template & Production Source

````md
---
name: messages-ops
description: Evidence-first live messaging workflow for ECC. Use when the user wants to read texts or DMs, recover a recent one-time code, inspect a thread before replying, or prove which message source was actually checked.
metadata:
  origin: ECC
---

# Messages Ops

Use this when the task is live-message retrieval: iMessage, DMs, recent one-time codes, or thread inspection before a follow-up.

This is not email work. If the dominant surface is a mailbox, use `email-ops`.

## Skill Stack

Pull these ECC-native skills into the workflow when relevant:

- `email-ops` when the message task is really mailbox work
- `connections-optimizer` when the DM thread belongs to outbound network work
- `lead-intelligence` when the live thread should inform targeting or warm-path outreach
- `knowledge-ops` when the thread contents need to be captured into durable context

## When to Use

- user says "read my messages", "check texts", "look in DMs", or "find the code"
- the task depends on a live thread or a recent code delivered to a local messaging surface
- the user wants proof of which source or thread was inspected

## Guardrails

- resolve the source first:
  - local messages
  - X / social DM
  - another browser-gated message surface
- do not claim a thread was checked without naming the source
- do not improvise raw database access if a checked helper or standard path exists
- if auth or MFA blocks the surface, report the exact blocker

## Workflow

### 1. Resolve the exact thread

Before doing anything else, settle:

- message surface
- sender / recipient / service
- time window
- whether the task is retrieval, inspection, or prep for a reply

### 2. Read before drafting

If the task may turn into an outbound follow-up:

- read the latest inbound
- identify the open loop
- then hand off to the correct outbound skill if needed

### 3. Handle codes as a focused retrieval task

For one-time codes:

- search the recent local message window first
- narrow by service or sender when possible
- stop once the code is found or the focused search is exhausted

### 4. Report exact evidence

Return:

- source used
- thread or sender when possible
- time window
- exact status:
  - read
  - code-found
  - blocked
  - awaiting reply draft

## Output Format

```text
SOURCE
- message surface
- sender / thread / service

RESULT
- message summary or code
- time window

STATUS
- read / code-found / blocked / awaiting reply draft
```

## Pitfalls

- do not blur mailbox work and DM/text work
- do not claim retrieval without naming the source
- do not burn time on broad searches when the ask is a recent-code lookup
- do not keep retrying a blocked auth path without surfacing the blocker

## Verification

- the response names the message source
- the response includes a sender, service, thread, or clear blocker
- the final state is explicit and bounded

````

## Verified Execution Output / Benchmark
```text
Verified execution output available on the canonical page.
```

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