Gogcli MCP Gmail MCP Server

by chrischall

Extended Gmail MCP server via gogcli — auth + full Gmail support (threads, labels, drafts, attachments, forward, autoreply, bulk operations)

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context tax

pending

security

97/100

cold start

pending

freshness

Activetoday

Our reading of Gogcli MCP Gmail, from the data

Gogcli MCP Gmail is a email MCP server from chrischall.

We haven't measured its tool list yet, so its token cost is unknown.

Maintenance is active: the last public signal was in the last day (2026-10-19). For comparison, 75% of email servers are active or maintained.

With 1 GitHub stars it ranks #183 of 932 email servers we index.

It runs locally on your machine over stdio.

Install Gogcli MCP Gmail MCP server

claude mcp add gogcli-mcp-gmail -- npx -y gogcli-mcp-gmail

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gogcli-mcp-gmail": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "gogcli-mcp-gmail"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global) or .cursor/mcp.json (project).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gogcli-mcp-gmail": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "gogcli-mcp-gmail"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings → Developer → Edit Config (claude_desktop_config.json), then restart.

{
  "servers": {
    "gogcli-mcp-gmail": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "gogcli-mcp-gmail"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gogcli-mcp-gmail": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "gogcli-mcp-gmail"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json.

Security signals

97/100 — no known issues found as of 2026-10-19, from the checks below. This is not a guarantee of safety; review what a server can do before connecting it.

Deductions

No security policy (SECURITY.md)-3

Checks

✓Repository hygiene (archived, activity, license, security policy)
○Package metadata (install scripts, provenance) — pending
○Tool descriptions (prompt-injection and hidden-text heuristics) — pending
○Source scan (secrets, CVEs, risky code) by vectra-guard — pending

Scan it yourself before installing with vectra-guard, the open-source agent security CLI. Scoring rules

Freshness

Active — last maintenance signal today. The newest of the signals below sets the band.

Last commit (default branch)
2026-10-19 · today · GitHub
Latest release
2026-10-16 · 2d ago · GitHub · v4.8.1
Package published
no data · npm/PyPI
Registry entry updated
no data · official registry

How it compares in Email

Against the most-starred email servers we index. Token cost is per model turn, measured from each server's live tool list.

Server	Stars	Tools	Tokens / turn	Freshness	Runs
Gogcli MCP Gmail (this)	1	—	not measured	Active	local
Inbox Zero	12,649	—	not measured	Active	hosted
Useplunk	5,524	—	not measured	Active	local
Google Workspace	3,370	—	not measured	Active	—
OpenOSINT	1,776	—	not measured	Active	local
emailmd	1,382	3	954	Active	local + hosted

All email MCP servers

FAQ

›How do I install the Gogcli MCP Gmail MCP server in Claude Code?

Run: claude mcp add gogcli-mcp-gmail -- npx -y gogcli-mcp-gmail. For Cursor, VS Code, Claude Desktop and Windsurf, use the install tabs above.

›Does Gogcli MCP Gmail require an API key?

No required environment variables are declared in its published metadata.

›Can I use Gogcli MCP Gmail as a remote (hosted) MCP server?

No hosted endpoint is published; it runs locally over stdio.

›Is Gogcli MCP Gmail in the official MCP registry?

No. It was indexed from npm.

Sources and method

GitHub repository: fetched 2026-10-19
Package registry (npm / PyPI): listed
Security signals, computed by us: 2026-10-19
Last checked against all sources: 2026-10-19

The description, packages and links come from the maintainer's own published metadata. Token cost, security signals, freshness and the reading above are MCPSkillHub's own measurements; see the methodology. Spot an error? Request a correction or claim the listing.