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What can you do with it?

Gmail allows you to manage email communications programmatically. You can send emails with custom content, retrieve and read specific emails, search messages by various criteria including date ranges, manage email labels for organization, handle attachments properly, and modify message properties. This integration is perfect for email automation, inbox management, and communication workflows.

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How to use it?

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Basic Command Structure

/your-Gmail-connection [action] [required-parameters] [optional-parameters]

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Parameters

Required:

  • action - The operation to perform with Gmail

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Tools

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Send Email

Send a new email message

Parameters:

  • to (required) - Email address of the recipient
  • subject (required) - Subject of the email
  • body (required) - Content of the email
  • from (optional) - Sender email (defaults to authenticated user)

Example:

/your-Gmail-connection
action: send-email
to: jane@example.com
subject: Test Email from Automation
body: This is a test email sent from an automation. Cheers, Your Automation

Response:

{
  "id": "193d95c09459b8cc",
  "threadId": "193d95c09459b8cc",
  "labelIds": ["SENT"]
}

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Get Email

Retrieve a specific email by ID

Parameters:

  • message-id (required) - The ID of the email message

Example:

/your-Gmail-connection
action: get-email
message-id: 1936f3ac1c009ee

Response:

{
  "id": "193d6f3ac1c009ee",
  "threadId": "193d6f3ac1c009ee",
  "labelIds": ["CATEGORY_PERSONAL", "INBOX"],
  "snippet": "Hello, I'm a product manager working on...",
  "payload": {
    "headers": [
      {
        "name": "From",
        "value": "sender@example.com"
      },
      {
        "name": "Subject",
        "value": "Important Message"
      }
    ],
    "parts": [
      {
        "mimeType": "text/plain",
        "body": {
          "data": "[EMAIL CONTENT]"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Search Emails

Search for emails using Gmail search syntax

Parameters:

  • query (required) - Search query using Gmail search operators
  • label (optional) - Filter by specific label
  • from-date (optional) - Start date for search (Unix timestamp)
  • to-date (optional) - End date for search (Unix timestamp)

Example:

/your-Gmail-connection
action: search-emails
query: from:important@company.com
label: INBOX
from-date: 1388552400
to-date: 1391230800

Response:

{
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "193d95c09459b8cc",
      "threadId": "193d95c09459b8cc"
    },
    {
      "id": "193d95bb59a438f6",
      "threadId": "193d95bb59a438f6"
    }
  ],
  "resultSizeEstimate": 2
}

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List Labels

Get all labels in the Gmail account

Parameters:

  • None required

Example:

/your-Gmail-connection
action: list-labels

Response:

{
  "labels": [
    {
      "id": "INBOX",
      "name": "INBOX",
      "type": "system"
    },
    {
      "id": "Label_1281231071272897110",
      "name": "Archived Clients",
      "type": "user"
    }
  ]
}

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Add Label

Add a label to an email message

Parameters:

  • message-id (required) - The ID of the email message
  • label-name (required) - Name of the label to add

Example:

/your-Gmail-connection
action: add-label
message-id: 1932ba8492f8c06e
label-name: Important

Response:

{
  "id": "1932ba8492f8c06e",
  "threadId": "1932ba8492f8c06e",
  "labelIds": [
    "IMPORTANT",
    "Label_1463535654189801540",
    "CATEGORY_PERSONAL"
  ]
}

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Remove Label

Remove a label from an email message

Parameters:

  • message-id (required) - The ID of the email message
  • label-name (required) - Name of the label to remove

Example:

/your-Gmail-connection
action: remove-label
message-id: 1932ba8492f8c06e
label-name: INBOX

Response:

{
  "id": "1932ba8492f8c06e",
  "threadId": "1932ba8492f8c06e",
  "labelIds": [
    "IMPORTANT",
    "CATEGORY_PERSONAL"
  ]
}

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Move Email

Move an email to a different label/folder

Parameters:

  • message-id (required) - The ID of the email message
  • to-label (required) - Destination label name
  • from-label (optional) - Label to remove (often INBOX)

Example:

/your-Gmail-connection
action: move-email
message-id: 1932ba8492f8c06e
to-label: Archived Clients
from-label: INBOX

Response:

{
  "id": "1932ba8492f8c06e",
  "labelIds": [
    "Label_1281231071272897110"
  ]
}

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Handle Attachments

Download and save email attachments

Parameters:

  • message-id (required) - The ID of the email with attachments
  • save-location (optional) - Where to save attachments

Example:

/your-Gmail-connection
action: handle-attachments
message-id: 193d6f3ac1c009ee

Response:

{
  "attachments": [
    {
      "filename": "document.pdf",
      "mimeType": "application/pdf",
      "size": 102400,
      "saved": true
    }
  ]
}

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Notes

Email content is base64 encoded when sending. The ‘me’ keyword represents the authenticated user and should only be used for the sender, never the recipient. Date searches use Unix timestamps in seconds. Label searches are case-insensitive. Binary attachments (pdf, images, office files) must be handled with proper file type detection to avoid corruption. Gmail search operators like “from:”, “to:”, “subject:”, “has:attachment” can be used in search queries.