YAGMS
About
An MCP server for interacting with the Gmail API, enabling email management.
Details
- License
- MIT
Explore
- List emails with optional sender, max results, and label filters
- Retrieve a specific email by its ID
- Search emails using Gmail search syntax (e.g., from:[email protected] has:attachment)
- Get all Gmail labels from your account
- Customizable OAuth and credentials file paths via environment variables
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
YAGMSCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
Prerequisites
1. Create OAuth credentials for Gmail API:
- Go to Google Cloud Console
- Create a new project or select an existing one
- Enable the Gmail API
- Create OAuth 2.0 credentials (Desktop application)
- Download the credentials JSON file and save it as ~/.yagms-oauth.keys.json
senderEmail
(optional): Filter by sender email
maxResults
(optional, default: 10): Maximum number of emails to return
labelIds
(optional, default: ["INBOX"]): Label IDs to filter by
emailId
The ID of the email to retrieve
query
Gmail search query (e.g., "from:[email protected] has:attachment")
The Gmail MCP server provides the following tools:
1. list-emails: Get emails from your inbox
- Parameters:
- senderEmail (optional): Filter by sender email
- maxResults (optional, default: 10): Maximum number of emails to return
- labelIds (optional, default: ["INBOX"]): Label IDs to filter by
2. get-email: Get a specific email by ID
- Parameters:
- emailId: The ID of the email to retrieve
3. search-emails: Search for emails using Gmail search syntax
- Parameters:
- query: Gmail search query (e.g., "from:[email protected] has:attachment")
- maxResults (optional, default: 10): Maximum number of emails to return
4. get-labels: Get all Gmail labels
- No parameters required
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Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"yagms": {
"yagms": {
"command": "bun",
"args": [
"run",
"build-gmail",
"#",
"It",
"will",
"emit",
"./dist/gmail.js"
]
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"yagms": {
"command": "bun",
"args": [
"run",
"build-gmail",
"#",
"It",
"will",
"emit",
"./dist/gmail.js"
]
}
}Yet Another Gmail MCP Server
Setup and Usage
Gmail MCP Server
The Gmail MCP server provides tools to interact with your Gmail account through the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
Prerequisites
1. Create OAuth credentials for Gmail API:
- Go to Google Cloud Console
- Create a new project or select an existing one
- Enable the Gmail API
- Create OAuth 2.0 credentials (Desktop application)
- Download the credentials JSON file and save it as ~/.yagms-oauth.keys.json
Build this project
1. Install Bun.
2. Build the code
bun install
bun run build-gmail # It will emit ./dist/gmail.js
Authentication
Before using the Gmail MCP server, you need to authenticate with your Google account:
```bash
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