What it does

Searches Gmail and reads threads, with optional draft creation. Its name advertises 'auto auth', which is convenient and worth understanding before you run it: the agent operates with whatever scope the token was granted. Read and draft are safe; add send only when you have watched it draft for a while.

Install

Terminal

npx -y @gongrzhe/server-gmail-autoauth-mcp

Client configuration

Paste this into your MCP client config (Claude Desktop, Cursor, or any client that reads mcpServers), then restart the client.

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gmail": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@gongrzhe/server-gmail-autoauth-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Use it for

Searching mail and drafting replies without leaving the session

Skip it if

Sending automatically; outbound mail is irreversible

When to use it

Reach for this when the task needs email inside the agent loop. Skip it if a plain shell command or a one-off script is enough — every server you add costs context and adds a failure mode.

Other TypeScript servers

Filesystem — Gives an agent scoped read, write, and search access to directories you explicitly allow
Memory — A persistent knowledge graph stored in a local JSON file, exposed through entities, relations, and observations
Sequential Thinking — Gives the model a scratchpad for structured, revisable reasoning: numbered thoughts that can branch, revise, and conclude

Gmail MCP