get_auto_forwarding
Retrieve Gmail auto-forwarding settings to view and manage email forwarding rules for your account.
Instructions
Gets auto-forwarding settings
Input Schema
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Implementation Reference
- src/index.ts:817-826 (handler)The handler implementation for the 'get_auto_forwarding' MCP tool. It uses the shared handleTool helper to authenticate and call the Gmail API's users.settings.getAutoForwarding method, then formats the response.server.tool("get_auto_forwarding", "Gets auto-forwarding settings", {}, async () => { return handleTool(config, async (gmail: gmail_v1.Gmail) => { const { data } = await gmail.users.settings.getAutoForwarding({ userId: 'me' }) return formatResponse(data) }) } )
- src/index.ts:819-819 (schema)Input schema for the 'get_auto_forwarding' tool, which takes no parameters.{},
- src/index.ts:817-826 (registration)Registration of the 'get_auto_forwarding' tool on the MCP server using server.tool().server.tool("get_auto_forwarding", "Gets auto-forwarding settings", {}, async () => { return handleTool(config, async (gmail: gmail_v1.Gmail) => { const { data } = await gmail.users.settings.getAutoForwarding({ userId: 'me' }) return formatResponse(data) }) } )
- src/index.ts:50-66 (helper)Shared helper function used by get_auto_forwarding (and other tools) to handle OAuth2 authentication, client creation, and execution of the Gmail API call.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) { return `Tool execution failed: ${error.message}` } }
- src/index.ts:48-48 (helper)Helper function to format the API response as MCP content.const formatResponse = (response: any) => ({ content: [{ type: "text", text: JSON.stringify(response) }] })