# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gmail body newline/escape handling fixes and features

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #43366: productivity/google-workspace: Gmail send/reply can send literal \\n instead of line breaks
- PR #113260: feat(google-workspace): add --body-file for gmail send/reply
- PR #125217: fix(google-workspace): unescape literal \\n/\\t in gmail/calendar/docs text args (#43366)

These items address how literal escape sequences like \\n and \\t are handled in Gmail send/reply body text, including a bug where \\n was sent literally instead of as a line break, fixes to decode shell escapes, and a related feature to support reading body content from a file.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.50`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #43366: productivity/google-workspace: Gmail send/reply can send literal \\n instead of line breaks

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#43373: fix(google-workspace): decode literal shell escapes in gmail send/reply body**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#113260`
- **#113260: feat(google-workspace): add --body-file for gmail send/reply**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `skills/productivity/google-workspace/SKILL.md`, `skills/productivity/google-workspace/scripts/google_api.py`, `tests/skills/test_google_workspace_api.py`
- **#125217: fix(google-workspace): unescape literal \\n/\\t in gmail/calendar/docs text args (#43366)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `skills/productivity/google-workspace/scripts/google_api.py`, `tests/skills/test_google_workspace_api.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `skills`