Gmail MCP Server

Instructions

Implementation Reference

• src/index.ts:805-816 (handler)

  The trash_thread tool handler implementation, which uses the Gmail API to move a thread to trash. It relies on the shared handleTool for authentication.
  server.tool("trash_thread", "Move a thread to the trash", { id: z.string().describe("The ID of the thread to move to trash") }, async (params) => { return handleTool(config, async (gmail: gmail_v1.Gmail) => { const { data } = await gmail.users.threads.trash({ userId: 'me', id: params.id }) return formatResponse(data) }) } )
• src/index.ts:807-809 (schema)

  Input schema for trash_thread tool: requires thread ID as string.
  { id: z.string().describe("The ID of the thread to move to trash") },
• src/index.ts:805-816 (registration)

  Registration of the trash_thread tool using McpServer.tool method.
  server.tool("trash_thread", "Move a thread to the trash", { id: z.string().describe("The ID of the thread to move to trash") }, async (params) => { return handleTool(config, async (gmail: gmail_v1.Gmail) => { const { data } = await gmail.users.threads.trash({ userId: 'me', id: params.id }) return formatResponse(data) }) } )
• src/index.ts:50-80 (helper)

  Shared helper function handleTool used by trash_thread (and all tools) to manage authentication, client creation, 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}` }); } }