Use the @bridge AI Chat

The @bridge AI Chat is a panel inside Thunderbird where the AI of your choice works your mail and calendar — across every account at once, on your machine.

Note

First time? Set up the @bridge extension and connect a provider first.

Open it and ask

1. Click the @b button in Thunderbird to open the chat.

2. Pick your provider and model from the dropdowns (switch any time).

3. Ask in plain language — for example:

   • “How many unread emails do I have per account?”
   • “Summarise the thread from Maya and draft a friendly reply.”
   • “Find the invoice from last month and forward it to accounting.”
   • “What’s on my calendar today, and is anything clashing?”

Reads are instant; writes ask first

Reading, searching, and summarising happen straight away. Anything that changes your mail or calendar — sending, replying, moving, deleting, creating an event — pauses for your confirmation before it runs. The AI proposes; you approve.

Tip

Want a quick, deterministic answer with no AI tokens? Type / for a skill — /today, /from, /clashes, and more.

Make it yours

• Prompt library — save prompts you reuse (Settings → Prompt library), then run them from the chat.
• Preferences — set which account the AI sends from, which calendar it uses, and the default tone (Settings → Preferences).
• Any provider, any model — connect several and switch per task; local Ollama keeps everything on your machine.

Related

• @bridge Skills
• Branded Email — turn a request into an on-brand HTML email
• Connect your AI