Is Gmail Mcp safe to install?

SaferSkills independently audited Gmail Mcp (Agent Skill) and scored it 100/100 (green). The audit ran 55 deterministic rules across Security, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Transparency, and Community; it found 0 high-severity and 0 lower-severity findings. The full rule-by-rule trace and per-finding evidence are below. Free, methodology-open.

CategoryWeightCategory scoreContribution

Securityprompt, exec, net, exfil, eval

35%

100

35.0 pts

Supply chainhash, typosquat, maintainer, lockfile

20%

100

20.0 pts

Maintenancestaleness, pinning, CI

15%

100

15.0 pts

TransparencySKILL.md, perms, README

15%

100

15.0 pts

Communityinstalls, verify, response

15%

100

15.0 pts

Findings & checks · 0 flagged

Securityscore 100 · 0 findings

✓—All security checks passedNo findings in this category for the latest scan.pass

Supply chainscore 100 · 0 findings

✓—All supply chain checks passedNo findings in this category for the latest scan.pass

Maintenancescore 100 · 0 findings

✓—All maintenance checks passedNo findings in this category for the latest scan.pass

Transparencyscore 100 · 0 findings

✓—All transparency checks passedNo findings in this category for the latest scan.pass

Communityscore 100 · 0 findings

✓—All community checks passedNo findings in this category for the latest scan.pass

The primary manifest — the file an agent reads to learn what this artifact does.

README.md · 1 file

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Gmail MCP Server

MCP server for Gmail integration with Claude Code.

Setup

1. Create Google Cloud Credentials

Go to Google Cloud Console
Create a new project (or select existing)
Enable the Gmail API
Go to Credentials → Create Credentials → OAuth 2.0 Client ID
Application type: Desktop app
Download the JSON file
Rename to credentials.json and place in this folder

2. Install Dependencies

cd D:\Projects\gmail-mcp
pip install -r requirements.txt

3. First-time Authentication

Run once to authorize:

python server.py

This will open a browser for OAuth consent. After authorizing, a token.json file is created.

4. Add to Claude Code

Add to your MCP settings (%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json or VS Code settings):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gmail": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["D:\\Projects\\gmail-mcp\\server.py"]
    }
  }
}

Tools

Tool	Description
`get_todays_emails`	Get all emails from today
`get_emails`	Get emails with optional search query
`get_email`	Get full email by ID
`search_emails`	Advanced email search
`mark_as_read`	Mark emails as read
`send_email`	Send an email
`get_labels`	List Gmail labels

Security

Do not commit these files:

credentials.json - OAuth client credentials
token.json - Your auth token

Gmail Mcp— agent skill

Is Gmail Mcp safe to install?

Gmail MCP Server

Setup

1. Create Google Cloud Credentials

2. Install Dependencies

3. First-time Authentication

4. Add to Claude Code

Tools

Security

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