Gmail MCP Server

Name: Gmail MCP Server
Author: io.github.domdomegg

io.github.domdomegg/gmail-mcp

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What is the Gmail MCP server?

Allow AI systems to read, send, archive, and manage emails via Gmail.

How to install Gmail

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

GOOGLE_ACCESS_TOKEN
required
secret
Google OAuth access token with Gmail scopes.
MCP_TRANSPORT
required
Transport type.
GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID
required
Google OAuth client ID.
GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET
required
secret
Google OAuth client secret.

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gmail-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "gmail-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_ACCESS_TOKEN>",
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT>",
        "GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID>",
        "GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gmail-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "gmail-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_ACCESS_TOKEN>",
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT>",
        "GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID>",
        "GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gmail-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "gmail-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_ACCESS_TOKEN>",
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT>",
        "GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID>",
        "GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "gmail-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "gmail-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_ACCESS_TOKEN>",
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT>",
        "GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID>",
        "GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add gmail-mcp --env GOOGLE_ACCESS_TOKEN=<YOUR_GOOGLE_ACCESS_TOKEN> --env MCP_TRANSPORT=<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT> --env GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=<YOUR_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID> --env GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=<YOUR_GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET> -- npx -y gmail-mcp