- 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>
91 lines
3.4 KiB
Markdown
91 lines
3.4 KiB
Markdown
---
|
|
name: gmail
|
|
description: Gmail read access via direct Python API - search, check unread, detect urgent emails
|
|
allowed-tools:
|
|
- Bash
|
|
---
|
|
|
|
# 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:
|
|
|
|
```bash
|
|
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)
|
|
```bash
|
|
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
|
|
```bash
|
|
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
|