Gmail MCP Server

A Java-based Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that integrates with Gmail to enable natural language email queries via Claude Desktop. The server exposes tools to search emails by topic (e.g.…

Local serverstdio

What is the Gmail MCP Server?

Gmail MCP Server is an MCP project maintained in the gemacjr/mcp-gmail-server repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “A Java-based Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that integrates with Gmail to enable natural language email queries via Claude Desktop. The server exposes tools to…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using java. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the Gmail MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gmail": {
      "command": "java",
      "args": [
        "-jar",
        "/full/path/to/gmail-mcp-server-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar"
      ]
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.