- Create gmail skill with check-unread, check-urgent, and search patterns - Update PA agent to reference gmail skill - Use direct Gmail API calls via Python (faster/more reliable than MCP) - Includes query patterns for common email operations 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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name, description, allowed-tools
| name | description | allowed-tools | |
|---|---|---|---|
| gmail | Gmail read access via direct Python API - search, check unread, detect urgent emails |
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Gmail Skill
Access Gmail via direct Python API calls. Uses OAuth credentials at ~/.gmail-mcp/.
Usage
For any Gmail request, use Bash to run the Python helper:
GMAIL_CREDENTIALS_PATH=~/.gmail-mcp/credentials.json ~/.claude/mcp/gmail/venv/bin/python << 'EOF'
from gmail_mcp.utils.GCP.gmail_auth import get_gmail_service
from collections import defaultdict
service = get_gmail_service()
# Your query here
results = service.users().messages().list(userId='me', q='is:unread newer_than:3d', maxResults=25).execute()
messages = results.get('messages', [])
for msg in messages:
detail = service.users().messages().get(userId='me', id=msg['id'], format='metadata', metadataHeaders=['From', 'Subject', 'Date']).execute()
headers = {h['name']: h['value'] for h in detail['payload']['headers']}
print(f"From: {headers.get('From', 'Unknown')}")
print(f"Subject: {headers.get('Subject', '(no subject)')}")
print(f"Date: {headers.get('Date', 'Unknown')}")
print("---")
EOF
Query Patterns
| Request | Gmail Query |
|---|---|
| Unread | is:unread |
| Last N days | newer_than:Nd |
| From sender | from:email@example.com |
| With attachments | has:attachment |
| Important | is:important |
| Urgent keywords | subject:(urgent OR asap OR "action required") |
Common Tasks
Check unread (grouped by sender)
GMAIL_CREDENTIALS_PATH=~/.gmail-mcp/credentials.json ~/.claude/mcp/gmail/venv/bin/python << 'EOF'
from gmail_mcp.utils.GCP.gmail_auth import get_gmail_service
from collections import defaultdict
service = get_gmail_service()
results = service.users().messages().list(userId='me', q='is:unread newer_than:7d', maxResults=25).execute()
by_sender = defaultdict(list)
for msg in results.get('messages', []):
detail = service.users().messages().get(userId='me', id=msg['id'], format='metadata', metadataHeaders=['From', 'Subject']).execute()
headers = {h['name']: h['value'] for h in detail['payload']['headers']}
sender = headers.get('From', 'Unknown').split('<')[0].strip().strip('"')
by_sender[sender].append(headers.get('Subject', '(no subject)')[:50])
for sender, subjects in sorted(by_sender.items(), key=lambda x: -len(x[1])):
print(f"* {sender} ({len(subjects)})")
for s in subjects[:2]: print(f" - {s}")
if len(subjects) > 2: print(f" - ...+{len(subjects)-2} more")
EOF
Check urgent
GMAIL_CREDENTIALS_PATH=~/.gmail-mcp/credentials.json ~/.claude/mcp/gmail/venv/bin/python << 'EOF'
from gmail_mcp.utils.GCP.gmail_auth import get_gmail_service
service = get_gmail_service()
results = service.users().messages().list(userId='me', q='is:unread newer_than:3d (subject:urgent OR subject:asap OR subject:"action required" OR is:important)', maxResults=15).execute()
for msg in results.get('messages', []):
detail = service.users().messages().get(userId='me', id=msg['id'], format='metadata', metadataHeaders=['From', 'Subject', 'Date']).execute()
headers = {h['name']: h['value'] for h in detail['payload']['headers']}
print(f"From: {headers.get('From', 'Unknown')}")
print(f"Subject: {headers.get('Subject', '(no subject)')}")
print(f"Date: {headers.get('Date', 'Unknown')}")
print("---")
EOF
Policy
- Read-only operations only
- Summarize results (don't dump raw content)
- Report metadata, not full body unless asked