{"schemaVersion":"opencli.cli.v1","slug":"meli","name":"meli","shortName":"meli","binaryName":"meli","maker":{"slug":"meli","name":"meli","type":"org","url":"https://meli.delivery","officialPlatformMaker":false,"featuredBuilder":false},"category":"Productivity","description":"Terminal email, mail client, and knowledge work from the terminal. Built by meli. Runs entirely on your machine.","tagline":"Terminal email, mail client, and knowledge work from the terminal.","install":{"packageManager":"brew","command":"brew install meli","packageName":null,"npmPackage":null,"brewFormula":null,"brewCask":null,"crateName":null,"pypiPackage":null,"goPackage":null,"dockerImage":null},"verify":{"command":"meli --help","signal":"meli responds locally; authenticate before real work."},"quickStart":"meli","exampleWorkflow":["meli"],"agent":{"readiness":{"label":"Human-first CLI","score":10,"reasons":["Can run locally with less credential exposure."],"guardrails":["Prefer small commands and ask the agent to summarize plain text output.","Expect prompts; keep a human in the loop for interactive flows.","Verify identity/account before running task commands.","Network access is required; avoid leaking secrets in logs.","Require confirmation before apply, delete, deploy, transfer, merge, or write actions."]},"packUrl":"https://opencli.co/cli/meli/agent.md","packMarkdown":"# OpenCLI Agent Pack: meli\n\nUse this when an AI agent needs to work with `meli`.\n\n## What this CLI is for\nTerminal email, mail client, and knowledge work from the terminal. Built by meli. Runs entirely on your machine.\n\nBest for: terminal email, mail client, and knowledge work from the terminal.\n\n## Agent readiness\nHuman-first CLI (10/100)\n- Can run locally with less credential exposure.\n\n## Install\n```sh\nbrew install meli\n```\n\n## Verify before real work\n```sh\nmeli --help\n```\nExpected signal: meli responds locally; authenticate before real work.\n\n## Safe starting commands\n```sh\nmeli --help\n```\n\n```sh\nmeli\n```\n\n## Guardrails for agents\n- Prefer small commands and ask the agent to summarize plain text output.\n- Expect prompts; keep a human in the loop for interactive flows.\n- Verify identity/account before running task commands.\n- Network access is required; avoid leaking secrets in logs.\n- Require confirmation before apply, delete, deploy, transfer, merge, or write actions.\n\n## Suggested agent instruction\nYou may use meli (`meli`) for terminal email, mail client, and knowledge work from the terminal.. First install it if missing, then run the verify command. Start with read-only or inspection commands. Summarize what you found before changing anything. Ask for confirmation before commands that mutate remote state, spend money, deploy, delete data, merge code, or expose secrets.\n\nSource: OpenCLI\n"},"fit":{"bestFor":"terminal email, mail client, and knowledge work from the terminal.","useThisIf":"You want productivity workflows that runs entirely on your machine.","skipIf":"You're not comfortable with a tool that can write to production.","whatHappensNext":"Run `meli` and see what comes back."},"capabilities":{"agentFriendly":false,"supportsJsonOutput":false,"supportsNonInteractive":false,"supportsDryRun":false,"requiresAuth":true,"requiresNetwork":true,"ciFriendly":false,"localFirst":true,"destructivePotential":"high"},"taxonomy":{"useCases":["Terminal email","Mail client","Knowledge work"],"aliases":[],"keywords":["email","mail"],"tags":[]},"links":{"website":"https://meli.delivery","github":"https://github.com/meli/meli","docs":"https://meli.delivery/documentation.html","opencli":"https://opencli.co/cli/meli","markdown":"https://opencli.co/cli/meli/agent.md","json":"https://opencli.co/cli/meli.json"},"metrics":{"githubStars":866,"latestRelease":"2026-06-06T09:29:11Z","license":"GPL-3.0","metricLabel":"Homebrew installs (30d)","metricValue":9,"metricSource":"homebrew","metricAsOf":"2026-06-08T11:01:05.211Z"}}