# check-gmail-connection

Check Gmail connection status

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `check-gmail-connection`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/0x8687-mcp-gmail-v1/check-gmail-connection

## Facts

- Tool: `check-gmail-connection`
- Server: Meme MCP Server (`0x8687/mcp-gmail-v1`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/0x8687-mcp-gmail-v1.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/0x8687/mcp-gmail-v1
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade D, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "check-gmail-connection",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why check-gmail-connection is rated Low

This tool performs a read-only status check of an existing Gmail connection. It retrieves connection state information without creating, modifying, or deleting any data. While the sibling tools suggest Gmail integration (write operations like create-draft, write-like operations like mark-as-read), this specific tool is a diagnostic probe that simply queries connection status.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name and description indicate it 'Check[s] Gmail connection status' - a diagnostic query operation with no side effects or data modification."

## Use case

AI agents call check-gmail-connection to retrieve information from Meme MCP Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Meme MCP Server:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "check-gmail-connection": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Meme MCP Server (16)

- `move-to-trash` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/0x8687-mcp-gmail-v1/move-to-trash.md
- `get-email` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/0x8687-mcp-gmail-v1/get-email.md
- `get-emails` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/0x8687-mcp-gmail-v1/get-emails.md
- `get-gmail-settings` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/0x8687-mcp-gmail-v1/get-gmail-settings.md
- `get-labels` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/0x8687-mcp-gmail-v1/get-labels.md
- `get-threads` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/0x8687-mcp-gmail-v1/get-threads.md
- `search-emails` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/0x8687-mcp-gmail-v1/search-emails.md
- `connect-gmail` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/0x8687-mcp-gmail-v1/connect-gmail.md
- `create-draft` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/0x8687-mcp-gmail-v1/create-draft.md
- `create-label` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/0x8687-mcp-gmail-v1/create-label.md
- `forward-email` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/0x8687-mcp-gmail-v1/forward-email.md
- `mark-as-read` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/0x8687-mcp-gmail-v1/mark-as-read.md
- `mark-as-unread` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/0x8687-mcp-gmail-v1/mark-as-unread.md
- `reply-to-email` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/0x8687-mcp-gmail-v1/reply-to-email.md
- `send-draft` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/0x8687-mcp-gmail-v1/send-draft.md
- `send-email` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/0x8687-mcp-gmail-v1/send-email.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=0x8687-mcp-gmail-v1 · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/0x8687-mcp-gmail-v1