Gmail MCP Server

Instructions

Implementation Reference

• src/index.ts:481-490 (registration)

  Registration of the 'list_labels' tool. Includes empty input schema and inline handler function that uses the shared 'handleTool' helper to call Gmail API's users.labels.list and format the response.
  server.tool("list_labels", "List all labels in the user's mailbox", {}, async () => { return handleTool(config, async (gmail: gmail_v1.Gmail) => { const { data } = await gmail.users.labels.list({ userId: 'me' }) return formatResponse(data) }) } )
• src/index.ts:484-489 (handler)

  Inline handler function for 'list_labels' tool, which authenticates via handleTool, lists labels using Gmail API, and formats the response.
  async () => { return handleTool(config, async (gmail: gmail_v1.Gmail) => { const { data } = await gmail.users.labels.list({ userId: 'me' }) return formatResponse(data) }) }
• src/index.ts:483-483 (schema)

  Input schema for 'list_labels' tool: no parameters required.
  {},
• src/index.ts:50-80 (helper)

  Shared 'handleTool' helper used by 'list_labels' and other tools for authentication, Gmail client creation, API call execution, and error handling.
  const handleTool = async (queryConfig: Record<string, any> | undefined, apiCall: (gmail: gmail_v1.Gmail) => Promise<any>) => { try { const oauth2Client = queryConfig ? createOAuth2Client(queryConfig) : defaultOAuth2Client if (!oauth2Client) throw new Error('OAuth2 client could not be created, please check your credentials') const credentialsAreValid = await validateCredentials(oauth2Client) if (!credentialsAreValid) throw new Error('OAuth2 credentials are invalid, please re-authenticate') const gmailClient = queryConfig ? google.gmail({ version: 'v1', auth: oauth2Client }) : defaultGmailClient if (!gmailClient) throw new Error('Gmail client could not be created, please check your credentials') const result = await apiCall(gmailClient) return result } catch (error: any) { // Check for specific authentication errors if ( error.message?.includes("invalid_grant") || error.message?.includes("refresh_token") || error.message?.includes("invalid_client") || error.message?.includes("unauthorized_client") || error.code === 401 || error.code === 403 ) { return formatResponse({ error: `Authentication failed: ${error.message}. Please re-authenticate by running: npx @shinzolabs/gmail-mcp auth`, }); } return formatResponse({ error: `Tool execution failed: ${error.message}` }); } }
• src/index.ts:48-48 (helper)

  Shared 'formatResponse' helper used to wrap tool responses in MCP format.
  const formatResponse = (response: any) => ({ content: [{ type: "text", text: JSON.stringify(response) }] })