outlook_search_emails

Outlook · Windows

Effect: read (strongest supported action). Status: gated.

Gated means the tool requires an installed app, a connected account, permission, or runtime availability. Check those requirements on the listed platform before using it.

Windows

Purpose

Searches Outlook emails by keyword in subject or body.

Required inputs

query — Search term

Permissions and confirmation

No explicit confirmation parameter is exposed in this snapshot. This does not grant permission to act: obtain user authorization before any real action.

Use only the apps, accounts and resources authorized by the user on this platform. Consult this tool's platform-specific description for its connection and permission requirements; this catalog does not assert additional OAuth scopes or OS entitlements.

Full input schema — Windows

{
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "description": "Maximum results (default: 20, maximum: 10000)",
      "maximum": 10000,
      "minimum": 1,
      "type": "number"
    },
    "query": {
      "description": "Search term",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "scope": {
      "default": "metadata",
      "description": "\"metadata\" (default) searches subject/sender in the Inbox only, same as before. \"body\" searches the plain-text body across every mail store (Inbox, other folders, other accounts). \"all\" searches subject and body across every store. body/all are slower (async COM search with a timeout) and report search_coverage since some stores can be skipped (offline, timed out, or not searchable).",
      "enum": [
        "metadata",
        "body",
        "all"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Documentation example

Do not execute this example. These concrete inputs refer to a fictional demonstration dataset. Resolve real handles and obtain user authorization before any real call.

{
  "query": "launch checklist"
}