Gmail MCP

Instructions

Implementation Reference

• src/index.ts:1001-1010 (registration)

  Registration of the 'list_delegates' tool using server.tool(). Includes description, empty input schema, and inline handler function that lists Gmail delegates.

  server.tool("list_delegates",
    "Lists the delegates for the specified account",
    {},
    async () => {
      return handleTool(config, async (gmail: gmail_v1.Gmail) => {
        const { data } = await gmail.users.settings.delegates.list({ userId: 'me' })
        return formatResponse(data)
      })
    }
  )

• src/index.ts:1004-1009 (handler)

  The handler function executes the tool logic: authenticates via handleTool, calls Gmail API to list delegates for the user, and formats the response.

  async () => {
    return handleTool(config, async (gmail: gmail_v1.Gmail) => {
      const { data } = await gmail.users.settings.delegates.list({ userId: 'me' })
      return formatResponse(data)
    })
  }

• src/index.ts:1003-1003 (schema)

  Empty input schema (no parameters required).

  {},

• src/index.ts:50-80 (helper)

  handleTool helper: Manages OAuth2 authentication, creates Gmail client, executes the provided API call, and handles errors including auth failures.

  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:48-48 (helper)

  formatResponse helper: Converts API response to MCP content format (JSON string in text block).

  const formatResponse = (response: any) => ({ content: [{ type: "text", text: JSON.stringify(response) }] })