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gmail for Claude Desktop

com.pulsemcp/gmail

MCP server for Gmail with OAuth2 (personal) and service account (Workspace) support.

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Install gmail in Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gmail": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "gmail-workspace-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GMAIL_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID": "<GMAIL_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID>",
        "GMAIL_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET": "<GMAIL_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET>",
        "GMAIL_OAUTH_REFRESH_TOKEN": "<GMAIL_OAUTH_REFRESH_TOKEN>",
        "GMAIL_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_CLIENT_EMAIL": "<GMAIL_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_CLIENT_EMAIL>",
        "GMAIL_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_PRIVATE_KEY": "<GMAIL_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_PRIVATE_KEY>",
        "GMAIL_IMPERSONATE_EMAIL": "<GMAIL_IMPERSONATE_EMAIL>",
        "GMAIL_ENABLED_TOOLGROUPS": "<GMAIL_ENABLED_TOOLGROUPS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings → Developer → Edit Config opens this file. Restart the app after saving. Claude Desktop docs

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