delete_thread
Remove email threads from Gmail by providing the thread ID to permanently delete conversation chains and manage inbox space.
Instructions
Delete a thread
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | Yes | The ID of the thread to delete |
Implementation Reference
- src/index.ts:688-693 (handler)Handler function for the 'delete_thread' tool. It uses the shared handleTool helper to authenticate and call the Gmail API's users.threads.delete method with the provided thread ID, then formats the response.
async (params) => { return handleTool(config, async (gmail: gmail_v1.Gmail) => { const { data } = await gmail.users.threads.delete({ userId: 'me', id: params.id }) return formatResponse(data) }) } - src/index.ts:685-687 (schema)Input schema for the 'delete_thread' tool, defined using Zod. Requires a single 'id' parameter: the thread ID as a string.
{ id: z.string().describe("The ID of the thread to delete") }, - src/index.ts:683-694 (registration)Registration of the 'delete_thread' tool on the MCP server using server.tool(), including description, input schema, and handler function.
server.tool("delete_thread", "Delete a thread", { id: z.string().describe("The ID of the thread to delete") }, async (params) => { return handleTool(config, async (gmail: gmail_v1.Gmail) => { const { data } = await gmail.users.threads.delete({ userId: 'me', id: params.id }) return formatResponse(data) }) } ) - src/index.ts:49-65 (helper)Shared helper function used by all Gmail tools, including delete_thread, to handle OAuth2 authentication, create Gmail client, execute the API call, and handle errors.
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:47-47 (helper)Helper function to format API responses into MCP-compatible content structure by JSON stringifying the response.
const formatResponse = (response: any) => ({ content: [{ type: "text", text: JSON.stringify(response) }] })