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gmail attachments mcp for VS Code

io.github.zayansalman/gmail-attachments-mcp

Minimal MCP server for downloading Gmail attachments to disk. Read-only OAuth by default.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install gmail attachments mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "gmail-mcp-credentials",
      "description": "GMAIL_MCP_CREDENTIALS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "gmail-mcp-token",
      "description": "GMAIL_MCP_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "gmail-mcp-default-dest-dir",
      "description": "GMAIL_MCP_DEFAULT_DEST_DIR",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "gmail-mcp-scopes",
      "description": "GMAIL_MCP_SCOPES",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "gmail-attachments-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "gmail-attachments-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GMAIL_MCP_CREDENTIALS": "${input:gmail-mcp-credentials}",
        "GMAIL_MCP_TOKEN": "${input:gmail-mcp-token}",
        "GMAIL_MCP_DEFAULT_DEST_DIR": "${input:gmail-mcp-default-dest-dir}",
        "GMAIL_MCP_SCOPES": "${input:gmail-mcp-scopes}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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