# get-emails

Get emails from inbox

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

## Facts

- Tool: `get-emails`
- 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": "get-emails",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why get-emails is rated Low

This tool retrieves email data from a user's inbox without creating, modifying, or deleting any information. It is a straightforward read operation. Severity is low because it retrieves personal data but does not expose financial systems, enable code execution, or allow destructive actions. The inbox may contain sensitive information, but the tool itself only allows querying existing data.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name 'get-emails' and description 'Get emails from inbox' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification capability."

## Use case

AI agents call get-emails 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": {
    "get-emails": {}
  }
}
```

## 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-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