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Gmail MCP connector

The Gmail connector lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, any MCP client, and the Elaichi Agent read, draft, label, and send email from a person's own Gmail inbox, with every action logged and limited to what that person can already do.

  • How it connects. Connects over OAuth. The credential goes into a vault nobody reads back.

  • One address. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, the same for every user.

  • Their own access. An agent never gets more than the person it acts for.

How to connect

How to connect Gmail to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Two steps, about a minute.

1

In Elaichi

Connect Gmail once

  1. Open Connections, choose Add connection, and pick Gmail.

  2. Optionally set Share with to give a team access, then press Connect.

  3. Approve it in Gmail. Gmail's own window opens. Whoever approves it decides what this connection can reach.

The credential is vaulted. Nobody reads it back, not even the AI.

Add connection

Choose a connector.

gmail
Gmail
Amply
Mailchimp
Mailtrap
Outlook Mail
Postmark
2

In your AI client

Point it at one endpoint

Everyone in the organization uses the same address, and each person only ever reaches what their own account allows.

Connect Gmail to Claude

  1. 1

    Open Customize, then Connectors.

  2. 2

    Press Add.

  3. 3

    Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  4. 4

    Sign in and approve.

On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.

Connect Gmail to ChatGPT

  1. 1

    Open Plugins, then press the + button.

  2. 2

    Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.

  4. 4

    Press Create, then sign in and approve.

Works on the web today. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

Connect Gmail to Cursor

  1. 1

    Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

  2. 2

    Add the endpoint under mcpServers.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.

Connect Gmail to any MCP client

  1. 1

    Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Sign in and approve.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.

Use cases

What teams do with Gmail through Elaichi

Every one of these runs inside the access the person already has, and lands in the same audit log.

  • Sales

    Catch up on a prospect thread before a call

    Ask for everything a prospect has said across the whole thread, get the open questions pulled out, and have a reply drafted ready to review before you dial.

  • Support

    Triage the shared inbox each morning

    Have the overnight messages sorted by urgency, labeled by issue type, and a first reply drafted for each, so the desk starts the day with a plan instead of a pile.

  • Recruiting

    Draft candidate follow-ups after interviews

    Pull the interview thread, write a follow-up for each candidate in your own tone, and leave it in drafts for you to read and send.

  • Finance

    Find every invoice that arrived this month

    Search the inbox for supplier invoices and receipts, list the attachments, and label them so nothing is missed at close.

  • Operations

    Clear the inbox of newsletters and notices

    Label or trash the automated notices, subscriptions, and calendar noise in one pass so the messages that need a person stay visible.

  • Executive assistant

    Summarize a long thread and reply for review

    Get a plain summary of a thirty-message thread, a proposed reply saved as a draft, and the thread labeled for follow-up, all without opening each message.

Try asking

  • “Summarize unread threads in the shared support inbox today.”
  • “Draft a reply to the latest message from Acme.”
  • “List drafts older than a week and who owns them.”

See all 57 Gmail tools below

AI tools

Gmail tools for your AI agents

57 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Gmail, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.

See it in Elaichi

What connecting Gmail gets you

6 screens from the product, each doing one job for your Gmail account.

The agent

Ask about threads, get answers back.

Type a question in plain language and read live Gmail messages and drafts.

  • messages
  • threads
  • drafts
  • attachments

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

Summarize unread threads in the shared support inbox today.

Draft a reply to the latest message from Acme.

List drafts older than a week and who owns them.

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

MCP clients

Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor read Gmail.

One org MCP endpoint over OAuth, no SDK and no shared API key.

ElaichiMCP clients
Claude ChatGPT Cursor

Copy the endpoint

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Client Connected by Status Last used
Claude
E

Emma Laurent

• Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
S

Sofia Ricci

• Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
C

Clara Nowak

• Connected Yesterday

Tool catalog

57 Gmail tools ready to call.

Messages, threads, drafts, attachments and batches, with no custom code to write.

  • List all Gmail messages
  • Get single Gmail message by ID
  • Create a Gmail message
  • Update a Gmail message by ID
ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
List all Gmail messages List Search and list Gmail messages matching a query. Use when locating specific emails by sender, subject, label, or unread state. Pass q with Gmail search syntax (from:, to:, subject:, label:, is:unread, has:attachment, after:, before:). Results are summaries (id and threadId only); hydrate via this resource's get with format=metadata. For conversation previews with snippets, prefer threads list instead. Returns one page; pass the response's next_cursor to fetch subsequent pages.
Get single Gmail message by ID Get Read a single Gmail message: sender, subject, date, and snippet by default via format=metadata. Use when you know the exact message to inspect. Pass format=full only when you need the body to reply or summarize — metadata is faster and usually enough. Obtain id from messages list or threads get.
Create a Gmail message Create Send a Gmail message on behalf of the authenticated user. Provide the email as plain-text RFC 2822 MIME in the raw field (headers + blank line + body); Truto base64url-encodes it before sending, so do NOT pre-encode. For attachments, build a multipart/mixed MIME and pass the whole thing as raw. Returns the sent message resource including its id and threadId.
Update a Gmail message by ID Update Modify labels on a Gmail message (addLabelIds / removeLabelIds) without changing the body. Use when starring, marking read/unread, archiving (remove INBOX), or applying user labels. Does NOT edit subject or body — use drafts for composition. Obtain id from messages.
Gmail messages trash Action Move a Gmail message to Trash (recoverable). Use when the user asks to delete an email and a soft delete is acceptable. Prefer this over messages delete. Obtain id from messages.

Toolboxes

Every team gets its own toolbox.

Support keeps threads, Sales keeps drafts, each toolbox scoped to one team.

  • Support
  • Sales
  • Recruiting
  • Finance
ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

Support toolbox

Gmail · inbound threads and replies

Gmail starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Sales toolbox

Gmail · outreach drafts and follow ups

9 Mar 2, 2026

Recruiting toolbox

Gmail · candidate threads and attachments

24 Feb 27, 2026

Finance toolbox

Gmail · invoice messages and attachments

Gmail starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Marketing toolbox

Gmail · campaign replies and lists

31 Jan 30, 2026

Operations toolbox

Gmail · batch sends and labels

12 Jan 22, 2026

Shared connections

Teammates send mail without the password.

See who connected each Gmail account and which teams and members use it.

  • Support EMEA
  • Sales US
  • Recruiting
  • Billing
ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
GM

Gmail (Support EMEA)

Connected by Emma Laurent

Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
GM

Gmail (Sales US)

Connected by James Whitfield

Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
GM

Gmail (Recruiting)

Connected by Sofia Ricci

Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
GM

Gmail (Billing)

Connected by Daniel Ortega

Personal • Needs re-auth 1 team · 3 members
GM

Gmail (Marketing)

Connected by Clara Nowak

Personal • Active Not shared
GM

Gmail (Shared inbox)

Connected by Michael Brennan

Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Audit log

Every Gmail call is on record.

When, who, what happened, type and resource, in an append only log.

  • When
  • Who
  • What happened
  • Type
ElaichiAudit log
When Who What happened Type

2 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM

E

Emma Laurent

[email protected]

Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM

J

James Whitfield

[email protected]

Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM

S

Sofia Ricci

[email protected]

Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM

D

Daniel Ortega

[email protected]

Gmail Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM

C

Clara Nowak

[email protected]

Gmail Messages Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM

M

Michael Brennan

[email protected]

Gmail Messages List Toolbox

Launching soon

From answering questions to doing the work

A person no longer has to ask. A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations and live dashboards are launching soon, on the Black plan.

Automations

A schedule fires, a digest gets sent.

Six steps fetch threads, group them, draft a digest, wait for approval, then send.

Gmail digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emma Laurent

  1. Schedule

    Every weekday at 08:00

    0.2s
  2. Fetch messages

    Gmail

    1.4s
  3. Group by owner

    Transform

    0.1s
  4. Draft the digest

    Agent step

    Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary

    6.2s
  5. Approve the digest

    Needs approval

    Assigned to Michael Brennan

    Approve
  6. Post the digest

    Gmail

    Queued

Collections and dashboards

Gmail numbers computed, not requested.

Four metrics, 14 days of messages created and a team breakdown, refreshed on schedule.

Gmail health

Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the messages collection

Live

Messages

1,284 ↓ 12%

Threads

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Messages created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

Support EMEA 34%

Sales US 27%

Recruiting 21%

Billing 18%

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do I connect Gmail to Claude?

Connect Gmail in Elaichi first: pick Gmail from the catalog, click connect, and sign in with your Google account when Google's own sign-in page appears. There is no OAuth application to register and no client ID or secret to generate. Then open Claude, go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp as the address. Sign in to Elaichi when Claude asks, and Gmail is ready to use.

Does Gmail work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

Yes. Once Gmail is connected in Elaichi, the same address, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, any other MCP client, and the Elaichi Agent. You connect Gmail once and every client you use picks it up.

What can an AI agent actually do with my Gmail data?

With Gmail connected, an agent can search and read your messages and threads, open attachments, summarize a long conversation, and write replies as drafts for you to check before sending. It can also send a draft, apply and manage labels, mark messages, and move email to the trash. Short, concrete asks such as "find the invoice from Acme last week" work better than long paragraphs of instruction.

Does connecting Gmail give the AI my whole inbox?

An agent working through Gmail sees only what the person who signed in can see in their own Google account, nothing more. Elaichi can narrow that further, for example read-only access to Gmail with no sending or trashing, but it can never widen what Google already allows. Access follows the person, not the tool.

Can my team share one Gmail connection?

Yes. One person connects a Gmail account, such as a shared support or sales inbox, and shares it with a team in Elaichi. Teammates work through that Gmail connection without ever handling a password or token, and each of them still signs in to Elaichi as themselves, so the audit log records exactly who read or sent each message.

Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in Gmail?

Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi apply per action, so you can allow reading and drafting in Gmail while blocking sending, trashing messages, or deleting labels. A blocked action is never shown to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any other client at all, so no prompt, however worded, can reach it.

What happens to a Gmail connection when someone leaves?

Offboarding a person in Elaichi ends their access to Gmail through every client at once. If they connected a shared Gmail inbox, that connection keeps working for everyone else on the team. Disconnecting Gmail once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and every other client in one step.

Put Gmail in front of your team

Fourteen days on Gold, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.