get_profile
Retrieve the authenticated user's Gmail profile information to verify account details and access permissions for email management tasks.
Instructions
Get the current user's Gmail profile
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
No arguments | |||
Implementation Reference
- src/index.ts:1306-1311 (handler)The handler function for the 'get_profile' MCP tool. It uses the shared handleTool utility to authenticate, create a Gmail client, call gmail.users.getProfile('me'), and format the response as JSON text content.
async () => { return handleTool(config, async (gmail: gmail_v1.Gmail) => { const { data } = await gmail.users.getProfile({ userId: 'me' }) return formatResponse(data) }) } - src/index.ts:1303-1312 (registration)Registration of the 'get_profile' tool on the McpServer instance, including name, description, empty input schema (zod), and the handler function.
server.tool("get_profile", "Get the current user's Gmail profile", {}, async () => { return handleTool(config, async (gmail: gmail_v1.Gmail) => { const { data } = await gmail.users.getProfile({ userId: 'me' }) return formatResponse(data) }) } ) - src/index.ts:1305-1305 (schema)Input schema for 'get_profile' tool: empty object, indicating no input parameters are required.
{}, - src/index.ts:50-80 (helper)Shared helper function used by all Gmail tools, including get_profile, to handle OAuth2 client creation, credential validation, Gmail API client instantiation, API call execution, and error handling with authentication-specific messages.
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:48-49 (helper)Utility function to format API responses as MCP content blocks with JSON-stringified text.
const formatResponse = (response: any) => ({ content: [{ type: "text", text: JSON.stringify(response) }] })