# Gmail (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-gmail)

Gmail MCP Pack

- Trust score: 82/100 (high trust)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-04

## Components

- remote · `gateway.pipeworx.io`: 77/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-gmail/gmail-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-gmail/gmail-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-gmail`: 82/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-gmail/pipeworx-mcp-gmail.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-gmail/pipeworx-mcp-gmail)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-gmail`
- Version: `0.2.1`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-04.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 100/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - No production dependencies, so there is no dependency health to assess.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 97/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to pipeworx-io/mcp-gmail).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 2 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 74/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 476 tokens (~95/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 20/100
  - Stability observed for 6 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 75/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - 0 of 1 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation; "gmail_send" implies "send" and declares no destructiveHint at all, which the MCP spec reads as destructive by default.
  - An AI judge read all 6 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the Gmail MCP server?

Gmail runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-gmail. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add pipeworx-io-gmail -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-gmail
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-gmail": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-gmail"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "pipeworx-io-gmail": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-gmail"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add pipeworx-io-gmail -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-gmail
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "pipeworx-io-gmail": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-gmail"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add pipeworx-io-gmail --command npx --arg -y --arg @pipeworx/mcp-gmail
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  pipeworx-io-gmail:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-gmail"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-gmail": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-gmail"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add pipeworx-io-gmail -t stdio -c npx -a -y @pipeworx/mcp-gmail
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-gmail": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-gmail"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-03 (score 82, +16)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-11-02 (score 66, −13)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.13
- [functional] Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.2.1

### 2026-10-30 (score 79, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-10-29 (score 79)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `gmail_list_messages` (~108 tokens)

List messages in your inbox with optional filtering by label or read status. Returns message IDs, thread IDs, and preview text. Use gmail_search for complex queries like date ranges or attachments.

Input parameters:

- `max_results` (number): Maximum number of messages to return (default 10, max 100)
- `page_token` (string): Token for fetching the next page of results
- `query` (string): Gmail search query to filter messages (e.g., "from:alice subject:meeting")

### `gmail_get_message` (~66 tokens)

Fetch full email details by message ID. Returns headers, subject, body text, sender, recipients, attachments, and applied labels.

Input parameters:

- `format` (string): Format of the returned message (default: full)
- `message_id` (string, required): The ID of the message to retrieve

### `gmail_search` (~109 tokens)

Search emails using Gmail query syntax (e.g., 'from:sender@example.com', 'subject:invoice', 'has:attachment', 'after:2024/01/01', 'is:unread'). Returns matching message IDs.

Input parameters:

- `max_results` (number): Maximum number of messages to return (default 10, max 100)
- `query` (string, required): Gmail search query (e.g., "from:bob@example.com after:2024/01/01 has:attachment")

### `gmail_send` (~99 tokens)

Send an email with recipient, subject, and body text. Optionally add CC, BCC, reply-to address, and file attachments.

Input parameters:

- `bcc` (string): BCC recipients (comma-separated email addresses)
- `body` (string, required): Email body text (plain text)
- `cc` (string): CC recipients (comma-separated email addresses)
- `subject` (string, required): Email subject line
- `to` (string, required): Recipient email address

### `gmail_list_labels` (~43 tokens)

Get all your labels including system folders (INBOX, SENT, TRASH, DRAFTS) and custom labels. Returns label names and IDs for filtering or organizing.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-gmail/pipeworx-mcp-gmail#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-04: 82
- 2026-11-03: 82
- 2026-11-02: 66
- 2026-11-01: 79
- 2026-10-31: 79
- 2026-10-30: 79
- 2026-10-29: 79

## Common questions

### What is the Gmail MCP server?

Gmail is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/gmail. Gmail MCP Pack. This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-gmail).

### Is the Gmail MCP server safe to use?

Gmail scores 82 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 4 November 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. Its build provenance is signed and verified. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Gmail MCP server expose?

Gmail exposes 5 tools: gmail_list_messages, gmail_get_message, gmail_search, gmail_send, gmail_list_labels. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 425 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Gmail MCP server still maintained?

Gmail is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 4 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the Gmail MCP server under?

Gmail declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@pipeworx/mcp-gmail
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@pipeworx/mcp-gmail
- Repository: https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-gmail
- Website: https://pipeworx.io/packs/gmail
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-gmail/pipeworx-mcp-gmail.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-gmail/pipeworx-mcp-gmail.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-gmail/pipeworx-mcp-gmail