Gmail MCP for Claude now installs with one command
A Gmail connector for Claude, distributed as an MCP server, is now available as a one-line install via "npx @artymclabin/gmail-mcp auth." It's published on npm (@artymclabin/gmail-mcp, v1.2.3, MIT license), the official , and Smithery, and has reportedly been running in production since February. It supports sending, reading, and searching email, full attachment handling, thread-level operations, label and filter management, and batch operations, with automatic OAuth login through a browser flow.
OAuth scopes are configurable, so users can grant instead of full mailbox access. It runs as a local , meaning Gmail credentials never leave the user's machine.
The developer deliberately avoided a or any hosted/cloud mode, and kept dependencies minimal. A more feature-rich alternative, klodr/gmail-mcp, exists as an unaffiliated project.
Key points
- Installs with a single command: npx @artymclabin/gmail-mcp auth
- Published on npm, the official , and Smithery
- Supports send/read/search email, attachments, threads, labels, batch operations
- Configurable OAuth scopes allow read-only instead of full mailbox access
- Runs as a local , no or cloud mode