# connect-gmail

Connect to Gmail

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

## Facts

- Tool: `connect-gmail`
- 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: Write (Medium risk)
- Registry record: grade D, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

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

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

## Why connect-gmail is rated Medium

While the description is minimal, the context of Gmail connection operations typically involve authenticating and potentially storing credentials or updating connection state. This constitutes a Write operation—it creates or modifies application/service configuration reversibly. It does not retrieve data (Read), execute arbitrary code (Execute), irreversibly destroy data (Destructive), or move money (Financial).

From the tool's own definition: "The tool is named 'connect-gmail' with description 'Connect to Gmail', which involves establishing a connection and likely configuring or initializing access to the Gmail service."

## Use case

AI agents use connect-gmail to create or update resources in Meme MCP Server, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Meme MCP Server environment.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

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

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "connect-gmail": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "connect-gmail_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Meme MCP Server (16)

- `move-to-trash` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/0x8687-mcp-gmail-v1/move-to-trash.md
- `check-gmail-connection` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/0x8687-mcp-gmail-v1/check-gmail-connection.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
- `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