gmail-mcp: Instructions file for Gemini CLI

GEMINI.md

gmail-mcp GEMINI.md is an instructions file for Gemini CLI from pouyanafisi/gmail-mcp. It costs 1,770 tokens per session, scanned A, a copy of gmail-mcp CLAUDE.md, MIT.

A project instruction file for a Gmail connector that documents operations for email, labels, and filters. It covers tasks such as reading, searching, drafting, sending, organizing, and deleting messages.

In plain words
What is it for?
It is for guiding email searches and drafts, label and filter management, attachment handling, and batch message changes.
Why use it?
It gives an AI tool consistent rules for handling Gmail operations and the different kinds of data involved.

Instructions file for Gemini CLI

Written for Gemini CLI: the file is GEMINI.md.

This is pouyanafisi/gmail-mcp's own configuration. It tells Gemini CLI how to work on gmail-mcp itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything gmail-mcp configures →

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gmail-mcp GEMINI.md scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 7d ago.

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95% identical to gmail-mcp CLAUDE.md — 9 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

GEMINI.md · 180 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 180 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Gmail MCP Guidelines for Gemini

Guidelines for using the Gmail MCP server with Gemini.

Available Operations

19 operations available for comprehensive Gmail management.

Email Operations (9)

  • send_email - Send emails with optional attachments (plain text, HTML, or multipart)
  • draft_email - Create email drafts with attachments support
  • read_email - Read email content with full MIME parsing and attachment information
  • search_emails - Search emails using Gmail search syntax
  • modify_email - Modify email labels (add/remove labels)
  • delete_email - Permanently delete emails
  • download_attachment - Download email attachments to local filesystem
  • batch_modify_emails - Modify labels for multiple emails in batches
  • batch_delete_emails - Delete multiple emails in batches

Label Management (5)

  • list_email_labels - List all Gmail labels (system and user)
  • create_label - Create a new Gmail label with visibility settings
  • update_label - Update label properties (name, visibility)
  • delete_label - Delete a user-created label
  • get_or_create_label - Get existing label by name or create if it doesn't exist

Filter Management (5)

  • create_filter - Create a custom Gmail filter with criteria and actions
  • list_filters - List all Gmail filters
  • get_filter - Get details of a specific filter
  • delete_filter - Delete a Gmail filter
  • create_filter_from_template - Create a filter using pre-built templates

Usage Guidelines

Before Operations

  1. Verify authentication status - if authentication fails, guide user to run npm run auth
  2. For email operations, check if message IDs are valid
  3. For label operations, check if labels exist before creating duplicates
  4. For filter operations, understand the user's filtering needs

Email Operations

Sending Emails
  • Use send_email for immediate sending
  • Use draft_email to create drafts for review
  • Support attachments by providing file paths in the attachments array
  • Support HTML emails with htmlBody parameter
  • Support multipart emails (both plain text and HTML) with mimeType: "multipart/alternative"

Read the full file on GitHub · 180 lines

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gmail-mcp GEMINI.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository pouyanafisi/gmail-mcp (4 stars, last pushed 8mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,770 tokens to every session, about $0.0089 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 95% identical to gmail-mcp CLAUDE.md, differing in 9 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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