About Gmail MCP Server
Gmail MCP Server connects Gmail functionality to LLMs through MCP. Its tools cover email actions such as sending messages, creating drafts, and marking messages as read; the project describes iterative prompting to use them without an agent framework.
Key features
- 01Send email
- 02Create drafts
- 03Mark email as read
- 04Use Gmail actions through LLM tool calls
Use cases
- 01Send an email requested in a prompt
- 02Prepare a draft message
- 03Mark a message as read
MCP support
The MCP server lists Gmail tools for an MCP client to invoke, and the README also describes a client that sends queries to the server.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
We haven’t collected a package or remote endpoint for this server. Follow the instructions in the project README.
Tools
Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.
Details
From the project READMEOverview
Gmail MCP server - Connecting Gmail and LLM using MCP
Project
- using functionalities of Gmail applications we create tools to send mail, create draft, mark email as read and more...
- The aim is to to manually convert an LLM into an Agent without using any framework. Using iterative prompting we get our LLM to utilise tools and send email to required receipient
Demo
Code Details
This is the server file that enlists all the tools that our LLM can use. Below is the main code that opens FreeForm app, creates a rectangle and adds text inside it.
This is the client file that uses MCP to send the query to the server.
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