diff --git a/api/endpoints/chat.php b/api/endpoints/chat.php
index f298380..e855be1 100644
--- a/api/endpoints/chat.php
+++ b/api/endpoints/chat.php
@@ -300,6 +300,86 @@ if (!$reply && preg_match('/(is|are|what.s|status|state).*(on|off|light|switch|p
 }
 
 
+// ── Email queries ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+if (!$reply && preg_match('/\b(email|emails|inbox|gmail|outlook|mail|unread|messages)\b/i', $message)) {
+    $emailUrl  = (defined('SITE_URL') ? SITE_URL : 'https://jarvis.orbishosting.com') . '/api/email';
+    $account   = 'all';
+    if (preg_match('/\bgmail\b/i', $message))   $account = 'gmail';
+    if (preg_match('/\boutlook\b/i', $message)) $account = 'outlook';
+    if (preg_match('/\bicloud\b/i', $message))  $account = 'icloud';
+
+    $ch = curl_init($emailUrl . '?account=' . $account);
+    curl_setopt_array($ch, [
+        CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
+        CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER     => ['X-Session-Token: ' . ($_SESSION['jarvis_token'] ?? '')],
+        CURLOPT_TIMEOUT        => 20,
+        CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT => 5,
+        CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => false,
+    ]);
+    $emailJson = curl_exec($ch);
+    $emailCode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
+    curl_close($ch);
+
+    if ($emailCode === 200 && $emailJson) {
+        $ed      = json_decode($emailJson, true) ?? [];
+        $summary = $ed['summary'] ?? [];
+        $unread  = (int)($summary['total_unread'] ?? 0);
+        $recent  = $summary['recent'] ?? [];
+        $accts   = $ed['accounts'] ?? [];
+
+        // "How many" / "any" / check → just count
+        if (preg_match('/\b(how many|any|check|count|unread)\b/i', $message) && !preg_match('/\bread\b/i', $message)) {
+            if ($unread === 0) {
+                $reply = "No unread emails, {$userAddr}.";
+            } else {
+                // break down by account
+                $parts = [];
+                foreach ($accts as $a => $r) {
+                    if (!empty($r['unread'])) $parts[] = $r['unread'] . ' on ' . ucfirst($a);
+                }
+                $breakdown = $parts ? ' (' . implode(', ', $parts) . ')' : '';
+                $reply = "You have {$unread} unread email" . ($unread>1?'s':'') . "{$breakdown}, {$userAddr}.";
+            }
+            $source = 'email:count';
+
+        // "emails from [person]" → filter by sender
+        } elseif (preg_match('/\bfrom\s+(.+)/i', $message, $fm)) {
+            $sender = strtolower(trim($fm[1]));
+            $matches = array_filter($recent, fn($m) =>
+                stripos($m['from_name']??'', $sender) !== false ||
+                stripos($m['from_email']??'', $sender) !== false
+            );
+            if ($matches) {
+                $m = array_values($matches)[0];
+                $reply = "Email from {$m['from_name']}: \"{$m['subject']}\" — {$m['date']}.";
+                if (!empty($m['preview'])) $reply .= ' Preview: ' . mb_substr($m['preview'], 0, 150);
+            } else {
+                $reply = "No recent emails from {$sender}, {$userAddr}.";
+            }
+            $source = 'email:search';
+
+        // "read" / "latest" / "recent" → read top emails
+        } else {
+            $unreadOnly = array_values(array_filter($recent, fn($m) => $m['unread']));
+            $toRead = $unreadOnly ?: $recent;
+            $toRead = array_slice($toRead, 0, 3);
+            if (empty($toRead)) {
+                $reply = "No emails to report, {$userAddr}.";
+            } else {
+                $lines = [];
+                foreach ($toRead as $m) {
+                    $flag   = $m['unread'] ? '' : '';
+                    $acct   = isset($m['account']) ? ' [' . strtoupper($m['account']) . ']' : '';
+                    $lines[] = "From {$m['from_name']}: \"{$m['subject']}\", {$m['date']}{$acct}.";
+                }
+                $intro = $unread > 0 ? "You have {$unread} unread. " : "";
+                $reply = $intro . implode(' ', $lines);
+            }
+            $source = 'email:read';
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 // ── Tier 0.5: Network Device Management ──────────────────────────────────
 if (!$reply) {
     // Flow state stored in kb_facts (session_write_close() is called before this runs)
diff --git a/api/endpoints/email.php b/api/endpoints/email.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d752948
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/endpoints/email.php
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+<?php
+// JARVIS Email endpoint — IMAP reader for Gmail, Outlook, iCloud.
+// GET  ?action=email                    → recent + unread summary (cached 5 min)
+// GET  ?action=email&account=gmail      → Gmail only
+// GET  ?action=email&force=1            → bypass cache, fetch live
+// GET  ?action=email&search=from:john   → search emails
+
+function imapFetch(string $host, string $user, string $pass, int $maxMsgs = 10): array {
+    if (!$user || !$pass) return ['error' => 'not_configured'];
+
+    $mbox = @imap_open($host, $user, $pass, 0, 1, ['DISABLE_AUTHENTICATOR' => 'GSSAPI']);
+    if (!$mbox) return ['error' => imap_last_error() ?: 'connection_failed'];
+
+    $total   = imap_num_msg($mbox);
+    $unseen  = imap_search($mbox, 'UNSEEN') ?: [];
+    $unread  = count($unseen);
+
+    // Fetch most recent messages (newest first)
+    $start   = max(1, $total - $maxMsgs + 1);
+    $msgs    = [];
+    for ($i = $total; $i >= $start; $i--) {
+        $hdr   = @imap_headerinfo($mbox, $i);
+        if (!$hdr) continue;
+
+        $from  = $hdr->from[0] ?? null;
+        $fromName  = $from ? (isset($from->personal) ? imap_utf8($from->personal) : '') : '';
+        $fromEmail = $from ? ($from->mailbox . '@' . ($from->host ?? '')) : '';
+        $subject   = isset($hdr->subject) ? imap_utf8($hdr->subject) : '(no subject)';
+        $date      = isset($hdr->date)    ? date('M j g:ia', strtotime($hdr->date)) : '';
+        $isUnread  = in_array($i, $unseen);
+
+        // Fetch plain text preview (first 300 chars)
+        $preview = '';
+        $struct  = @imap_fetchstructure($mbox, $i);
+        if ($struct) {
+            if ($struct->type === 0) {
+                // Single-part message
+                $raw = @imap_fetchbody($mbox, $i, '1');
+                $enc = $struct->encoding ?? 0;
+                if ($enc === 3)      $raw = base64_decode($raw);
+                elseif ($enc === 4)  $raw = quoted_printable_decode($raw);
+                $preview = mb_substr(strip_tags($raw), 0, 300);
+            } else {
+                // Multi-part — find first text/plain part
+                foreach (($struct->parts ?? []) as $idx => $part) {
+                    if ($part->type === 0) { // text
+                        $raw = @imap_fetchbody($mbox, $i, (string)($idx + 1));
+                        $enc = $part->encoding ?? 0;
+                        if ($enc === 3)      $raw = base64_decode($raw);
+                        elseif ($enc === 4)  $raw = quoted_printable_decode($raw);
+                        $preview = mb_substr(strip_tags($raw), 0, 300);
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        $preview = trim(preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', $preview));
+
+        $msgs[] = [
+            'id'        => $i,
+            'from_name' => $fromName ?: $fromEmail,
+            'from_email'=> $fromEmail,
+            'subject'   => $subject,
+            'date'      => $date,
+            'unread'    => $isUnread,
+            'preview'   => $preview,
+        ];
+    }
+
+    imap_close($mbox);
+    return ['total' => $total, 'unread' => $unread, 'messages' => $msgs];
+}
+
+$account = $data['account'] ?? $_GET['account'] ?? 'all';
+$force   = !empty($data['force']) || !empty($_GET['force']);
+$search  = trim($data['search'] ?? $_GET['search'] ?? '');
+
+$cacheKey = 'email_' . $account;
+$cacheTtl = 300; // 5 minutes
+
+if (!$force) {
+    $cached = JarvisDB::single(
+        "SELECT data, UNIX_TIMESTAMP(updated_at) ts FROM api_cache WHERE cache_key=?",
+        [$cacheKey]
+    );
+    if ($cached && (time() - (int)$cached['ts']) < $cacheTtl) {
+        $out = json_decode($cached['data'], true);
+        $out['cache_age_s'] = time() - (int)$cached['ts'];
+        echo json_encode($out);
+        exit;
+    }
+}
+
+$result = ['accounts' => [], 'summary' => []];
+
+if (in_array($account, ['all', 'gmail']) && defined('GMAIL_USER') && GMAIL_USER) {
+    $r = imapFetch('{imap.gmail.com:993/imap/ssl}INBOX', GMAIL_USER, GMAIL_PASS);
+    $result['accounts']['gmail'] = $r;
+}
+
+if (in_array($account, ['all', 'outlook']) && defined('OUTLOOK_USER') && OUTLOOK_USER) {
+    $r = imapFetch('{outlook.office365.com:993/imap/ssl}INBOX', OUTLOOK_USER, OUTLOOK_PASS);
+    $result['accounts']['outlook'] = $r;
+}
+
+if (in_array($account, ['all', 'icloud']) && defined('ICLOUD_USER') && ICLOUD_USER) {
+    $r = imapFetch('{imap.mail.me.com:993/imap/ssl}INBOX', ICLOUD_USER, ICLOUD_PASS);
+    $result['accounts']['icloud'] = $r;
+}
+
+// Build summary across all accounts
+$totalUnread = 0;
+$allMessages = [];
+foreach ($result['accounts'] as $acct => $r) {
+    if (isset($r['unread'])) $totalUnread += (int)$r['unread'];
+    if (!empty($r['messages'])) {
+        foreach ($r['messages'] as $m) {
+            $m['account'] = $acct;
+            $allMessages[] = $m;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// Sort by date descending (approximate — already newest first per account)
+$result['summary'] = [
+    'total_unread' => $totalUnread,
+    'recent'       => array_slice($allMessages, 0, 10),
+    'fetched_at'   => date('c'),
+];
+
+// Cache result
+JarvisDB::execute(
+    "INSERT INTO api_cache (cache_key, data, updated_at) VALUES (?,?,NOW())
+     ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE data=VALUES(data), updated_at=NOW()",
+    [$cacheKey, json_encode($result)]
+);
+
+$result['cache_age_s'] = 0;
+echo json_encode($result);
diff --git a/public_html/api.php b/public_html/api.php
index 6326865..67fc938 100644
--- a/public_html/api.php
+++ b/public_html/api.php
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ switch ($endpoint) {
     case 'tts':
         require __DIR__ . '/../api/endpoints/tts.php';
         break;
+    case 'email':
+        require __DIR__ . '/../api/endpoints/email.php';
+        break;
     case 'do':
         require __DIR__ . '/../api/endpoints/do_server.php';
         break;