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Gmail MCP Server

by arkaigrowth

Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault

No arguments

Capabilities

Features and capabilities supported by this server

CapabilityDetails
tools
{
  "listChanged": true
}

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

NameDescription
gmail_list_accountsA

List all configured Gmail accounts and their authentication status

gmail_switch_accountA

Switch the active Gmail account for this session. All subsequent tool calls use this account by default unless overridden.

gmail_authenticateB

Authenticate a Gmail account via OAuth. Opens a browser for Google consent.

gmail_search_messagesC

Legacy search returning an array of Gmail message metadata using Gmail query syntax.

gmail_search_emailsA

Paginated rich Gmail search. Prefer this for triage because it returns messages, nextPageToken, and resultSizeEstimate.

gmail_read_messageA

Read a specific Gmail message by ID, including full body content

gmail_batch_read_messagesA

Read explicit shortlisted Gmail message IDs. Use after search when snippets are insufficient.

gmail_read_threadB

Read a Gmail thread. Pass thread_id for legacy behavior, or id plus id_type=message/thread. max_messages returns the most recent N messages.

gmail_list_labelsA

List all Gmail labels for an account

gmail_create_labelA

Create a Gmail label, or return the existing label if one already has this name.

gmail_create_filterB

Create a Gmail filter. Label names must already exist and are resolved to label IDs.

gmail_list_filtersA

List all Gmail filters for an account

gmail_delete_filterB

Delete one Gmail filter by its filter ID

gmail_apply_labels_to_messagesB

Apply or remove Gmail labels on explicit message IDs. Does not accept queries.

gmail_archive_messagesA

Archive explicit Gmail message IDs by removing INBOX. Does not accept queries.

gmail_stage_trash_messagesA

Stage explicit messages for Trash. Must be confirmed with gmail_confirm_trash_messages.

gmail_confirm_trash_messagesB

Confirm and move previously staged messages to Trash using the confirmation code.

gmail_prepare_bulk_label_queryA

Preview and stage a capped query-based bulk label operation. Nothing changes until gmail_confirm_bulk_label_operation.

gmail_confirm_bulk_label_operationB

Confirm a staged bulk label operation using the confirmation code.

gmail_create_draftA

Create a draft email (does NOT send it)

gmail_list_draftsC

List Gmail drafts with summarized metadata.

gmail_update_draftA

Update an existing Gmail draft. Omitted fields preserve current values. Drafts with attachments are rejected.

gmail_create_forward_draftB

Create draft forwards for source messages. Source attachments are not preserved in v1.

gmail_get_profileA

Get Gmail profile info for an account (message/thread counts)

gmail_send_draftA

Stage a draft for sending. Returns a preview and confirmation code. The draft is NOT sent until gmail_confirm_send.

gmail_confirm_sendA

Confirm and send a previously staged draft. Code expires after 60 seconds.

gmail_download_attachmentA

Download an email attachment to a sandboxed quarantine directory. Returns local path, SHA-256 hash, and image flag.

drive_search_docsB

Search Google Docs visible to an account by title using Drive metadata only.

drive_get_file_metadataA

Get Google Drive file metadata visible to an account. Does not download file content.

drive_list_commentsA

List comments on a Google Drive file visible to an account. Uses existing narrow Drive access and does not broaden scopes.

drive_list_revisionsB

List coarse Drive revisions for a file visible to an account. For native Docs, this is not the full editor version history.

docs_read_documentA

Read text and tables from a Google Doc visible to an account.

drive_create_folderA

Create a Google Drive folder visible to an account. Uses the narrow drive.file scope.

drive_upload_fileA

Upload an explicit local file to Google Drive for an account. Uses the narrow drive.file scope.

drive_create_text_docA

Create a native Google Doc from plain text in Google Drive. Uses the narrow drive.file scope.

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

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No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

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No resources

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