diff --git a/lib/__tests__/plugin-host-search-position.test.ts b/lib/__tests__/plugin-host-search-position.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..452a2ea20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/__tests__/plugin-host-search-position.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import type { InstalledPlugin } from '../plugin-types';
+import type { IJMAPClient } from '../jmap/client-interface';
+import { useAuthStore } from '@/stores/auth-store';
+import { useEmailStore } from '@/stores/email-store';
+
+vi.mock('@/stores/toast-store', () => ({
+  toast: { success: vi.fn(), error: vi.fn(), info: vi.fn(), warning: vi.fn() },
+}));
+
+import { dispatchApiCall } from '../plugin-sandbox/host-api';
+
+// api.email.search pages with `position`, so a plugin can go past the
+// first 50 results (the assistant's batches of more than 50 messages).
+
+const READER = {
+  id: 'reader', name: 'Reader', version: '1.0.0', author: 'test', description: '',
+  type: 'hook', permissions: ['email:read'], grantedPermissions: ['email:read'], entrypoint: 'index.js',
+  enabled: true, status: 'running', settings: {},
+} as InstalledPlugin;
+const search = (query: unknown) => dispatchApiCall(READER, 'email.search', [query]);
+
+let client: Record<string, ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>>;
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  client = {
+    getEmails: vi.fn(async () => ({ emails: [], hasMore: false, total: 0 })),
+    getMailboxes: vi.fn(async () => []),
+    getAccountId: vi.fn(() => 'acc1'),
+  };
+  useAuthStore.setState({ client: client as unknown as IJMAPClient });
+  useEmailStore.setState({ mailboxes: [], selectedEmail: null });
+});
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  useAuthStore.setState({ client: null });
+});
+
+describe('api.email.search position', () => {
+  it('asks the server for the page after `position` results', async () => {
+    await search({ text: 'invoice', limit: 50, position: 50 });
+    expect(client.getEmails).toHaveBeenCalledWith(undefined, undefined, 50, 50, undefined, false, { text: 'invoice' });
+  });
+
+  it('starts at the first result without it', async () => {
+    await search({ text: 'invoice' });
+    expect(client.getEmails).toHaveBeenCalledWith(undefined, undefined, 20, 0, undefined, false, { text: 'invoice' });
+  });
+
+  it('takes whole numbers from 0 to 1,000,000 only', async () => {
+    await expect(search({ text: 'x', position: -1 })).rejects.toThrow(/position must be a whole number from 0 to 1000000/);
+    await expect(search({ text: 'x', position: 1.5 })).rejects.toThrow(/position must be a whole number/);
+    await expect(search({ text: 'x', position: '10' })).rejects.toThrow(/position must be a whole number/);
+    expect(client.getEmails).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/lib/plugin-sandbox/host-api-mail.ts b/lib/plugin-sandbox/host-api-mail.ts
index bf36629e7..9e3f4f8a4 100644
--- a/lib/plugin-sandbox/host-api-mail.ts
+++ b/lib/plugin-sandbox/host-api-mail.ts
@@ -147,11 +147,13 @@ const SEARCH_DATE_FIELDS = ['after', 'before'] as const;
  * subject and body, whole words), `from`, `to`, `subject`, `after` and
  * `before` (dates), `hasAttachment`, in one folder with `mailboxId`. At
  * least one condition; summaries without the body (api.email.get reads one).
+ * `position` skips that many results, to page past the first `limit`.
  */
 export async function doEmailSearch(options: unknown): Promise<EmailSummary[]> {
   const method = 'email.search';
-  const opts = readObject(options, method, 'query', [...SEARCH_TEXT_FIELDS, ...SEARCH_DATE_FIELDS, 'hasAttachment', 'mailboxId', 'limit']);
+  const opts = readObject(options, method, 'query', [...SEARCH_TEXT_FIELDS, ...SEARCH_DATE_FIELDS, 'hasAttachment', 'mailboxId', 'limit', 'position']);
   const limit = opts.limit === undefined ? 20 : readInteger(opts.limit, method, 'limit', 1, MAX_PLUGIN_SEARCH_RESULTS);
+  const position = opts.position === undefined ? 0 : readInteger(opts.position, method, 'position', 0, 1_000_000);
   const filter: Record<string, unknown> = {};
   for (const key of SEARCH_TEXT_FIELDS) {
     if (opts[key] === undefined) continue;
@@ -177,7 +179,7 @@ export async function doEmailSearch(options: unknown): Promise<EmailSummary[]> {
     jmapMailboxId = mailbox.originalId || mailbox.id;
     accountId = mailbox.isShared ? mailbox.accountId : undefined;
   }
-  const { emails } = await client.getEmails(jmapMailboxId, accountId, limit, 0, undefined, false, filter);
+  const { emails } = await client.getEmails(jmapMailboxId, accountId, limit, position, undefined, false, filter);
   return emails.map((email) => emailSummary(email, accountId ?? client.getAccountId()));
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/plugin-sandbox/runtime.tsx b/lib/plugin-sandbox/runtime.tsx
index 64e65bb8a..bf8569a6d 100644
--- a/lib/plugin-sandbox/runtime.tsx
+++ b/lib/plugin-sandbox/runtime.tsx
@@ -828,9 +828,9 @@ function buildCoreApi(manifest: PluginManifest) {
        * body: `text` (sender, recipients, subject and body, whole words),
        * `from`, `to`, `subject`, `after`/`before` (dates), `hasAttachment`,
        * in one folder with `mailboxId`. At least one condition; limit 1-50
-       * (default 20).
+       * (default 20); `position` skips that many results (paging).
        */
-      search: (query: { text?: string; from?: string; to?: string; subject?: string; after?: string; before?: string; hasAttachment?: boolean; mailboxId?: string; limit?: number }) =>
+      search: (query: { text?: string; from?: string; to?: string; subject?: string; after?: string; before?: string; hasAttachment?: boolean; mailboxId?: string; limit?: number; position?: number }) =>
         callApi('email.search', [query]) as Promise<EmailSummary[]>,
       /**
        * The bytes of one attachment of a message (email:blob-read, at most