📬 EmailAssistant for Claude Desktop

EmailAssistant is an MCP-compatible server that integrates with the Gmail API to fetch and summarize emails based on custom queries or recent activity. It can be used with Claude Desktop to interact hands-free with your inbox.

⚙️ Setup Instructions

1. Enable Gmail API

1. Go to Google Cloud Console.

2. Create a new project or use an existing one.

3. Enable the Gmail API under “APIs & Services”.

4. Create OAuth 2.0 Client ID credentials.

5. Download the client_secret_XXXXX.json file.

Related MCP server: Gmail Plugin MCP Server

🔧 Configuration Summary

🔁 Create config.py with these contents:

import os

SCOPES = ["https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.readonly"]
PROJECT_DIR = "/absolute/path/to/your/project/directory/"
CREDENTIALS_FP = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, "client_secret_XXXXX.json")
TOKEN_FP = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, "token.json")

Note: Make sure to replace the placeholders in the above code---PROJECT_DIR & CREDENTIALS_FP

🖥️ 3. Claude Desktop Configuration

In your Claude Desktop configuration file (can find it in Developer Settings):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "EmailAssistant": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--with",
        "mcp[cli]",
        "--with",
        "yake",
        "--with",
        "google-api-python-client",
        "--with",
        "google-auth-httplib2",
        "--with",
        "google-auth-oauthlib",
        "mcp",
        "run",
        "/absolute/path/to/your/project/directory/main.py"
      ]
    }
  }
}

✅ Running It

Once configured:

1. Start Claude Desktop

2. Claude will automatically recognize the EmailAssistant MCP server.

3. You can now use Claude to call functions like:

get_email_summary(time="newer_than:1d")
get_top_matching_email(query_keywords="project deadline")

4. All you need to do is ask Claude in plain english about your inbox

📌 Requirements

• Python 3.9+

• uv (or use pip if not using uv)

• The following Python packages:

  • google-api-python-client

  • google-auth-httplib2

  • google-auth-oauthlib

  • mcp[cli]