Gmail Attachments Mcp

io.github.zayansalman/gmail-attachments-mcp · v0.1.0

Minimal MCP server for downloading Gmail attachments to disk. Read-only OAuth by default.

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Terminal

claude mcp add gmail-attachments-mcp -e GMAIL_MCP_CREDENTIALS=<GMAIL_MCP_CREDENTIALS> -e GMAIL_MCP_TOKEN=<GMAIL_MCP_TOKEN> -e GMAIL_MCP_DEFAULT_DEST_DIR=<GMAIL_MCP_DEFAULT_DEST_DIR> -e GMAIL_MCP_SCOPES=<GMAIL_MCP_SCOPES> -- uvx gmail-attachments-mcp==0.1.0

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gmail-attachments-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "gmail-attachments-mcp==0.1.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GMAIL_MCP_CREDENTIALS": "<GMAIL_MCP_CREDENTIALS>",
        "GMAIL_MCP_TOKEN": "<GMAIL_MCP_TOKEN>",
        "GMAIL_MCP_DEFAULT_DEST_DIR": "<GMAIL_MCP_DEFAULT_DEST_DIR>",
        "GMAIL_MCP_SCOPES": "<GMAIL_MCP_SCOPES>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gmail-attachments-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "gmail-attachments-mcp==0.1.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GMAIL_MCP_CREDENTIALS": "<GMAIL_MCP_CREDENTIALS>",
        "GMAIL_MCP_TOKEN": "<GMAIL_MCP_TOKEN>",
        "GMAIL_MCP_DEFAULT_DEST_DIR": "<GMAIL_MCP_DEFAULT_DEST_DIR>",
        "GMAIL_MCP_SCOPES": "<GMAIL_MCP_SCOPES>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "gmail-attachments-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "gmail-attachments-mcp==0.1.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GMAIL_MCP_CREDENTIALS": "<GMAIL_MCP_CREDENTIALS>",
        "GMAIL_MCP_TOKEN": "<GMAIL_MCP_TOKEN>",
        "GMAIL_MCP_DEFAULT_DEST_DIR": "<GMAIL_MCP_DEFAULT_DEST_DIR>",
        "GMAIL_MCP_SCOPES": "<GMAIL_MCP_SCOPES>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Tools

This server runs locally, so its tools are listed by your MCP client once it starts.

Environment variables

Name	Description
`GMAIL_MCP_CREDENTIALS` Optional	Path to the Google OAuth client secret JSON. Default: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gmail-attachments-mcp/credentials.json.
`GMAIL_MCP_TOKEN` Optional, secret	Path to the cached Gmail OAuth refresh token. Default: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gmail-attachments-mcp/token.json.
`GMAIL_MCP_DEFAULT_DEST_DIR` Optional	Default directory where downloaded attachments are saved when the tool call does not specify dest_dir. Default: ~/Downloads.
`GMAIL_MCP_SCOPES` Optional	Comma-separated Google OAuth scopes. Default: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.readonly.

Details

Package	`[email protected]` (PYPI, stdio)
First published	22 Jun 2026
Last updated	22 Jun 2026
Registry name	`io.github.zayansalman/gmail-attachments-mcp`

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