qbash Connectors / Gmail

Gmail MCP serverand Python AI tasks

qbash hosts a Gmail MCP server you can use in Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, Grok Bot and Muse.

Developers use qbash Tasks to write cloud-hosted Python functions that pair Gmail with models such as Claude and GPT.

MCP server

Build a Gmail MCP server

Give ChatGPT, Claude and your other AI tools access to Gmail through one server. You pick which Gmail tools it shares, and you can add other connectors, memory folders and Tasks to the same server.

How to set it up

Connect Gmail on the qbash Connectors page.
Create an MCP server and add the Gmail tools you want to share.
Paste the server URL into your client. It connects with OAuth or an access token.

Connect a client Package an MCP server

Python AI task

Write a Gmail task in Python

A qbash Task is a hosted Python function that calls Gmail and AI models.

Review unread customer emails

Search the last day of unread inbox messages, then ask an inline prompt to identify questions and requested deadlines.

main.py
report = qbash.integrations.gmail.search_messages(
    query="in:inbox is:unread newer_than:1d",
    max_results=20,
    fetch_full=True,
)
messages = report.get("messages", [])
if messages:
    review = qbash.ai.run_prompt(
        slug="inbox-review",
        variables={"messages": json.dumps(messages)},
    )
    qbash.output(review)
else:
    qbash.output("No matching unread messages were returned.")

Sample search_messages response

{
  "success": true,
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "mail-123",
      "thread_id": "thread-123",
      "subject": "Contract renewal",
      "from": "customer@example.com",
      "body": "Can you send the revised contract by Friday?"
    }
  ],
  "count": 1,
  "nextPageToken": null
}

What the Gmail connector can do

Fetch a Gmail message by ID
Get the authenticated Gmail user's profile
Search Gmail messages using a query string
Download a single Gmail attachment
Download all attachments from a Gmail message
Add or remove labels on a Gmail message
Add labels to a Gmail message
Remove labels from a Gmail message
Mark a Gmail message as read
Mark a Gmail message as unread
Archive a Gmail message (remove from Inbox)
Star a Gmail message
Remove the star from a Gmail message
Move a Gmail message to trash
Set up Gmail push notifications via Google Cloud Pub/Sub
List changes to the user's mailbox since a given history ID
Poll for new Gmail messages since a given history ID

See every Gmail method in the SDK Reference

qbash Tasks: AI applications in Python

A Task is a Python function that calls Gmail, your other connectors and models such as Claude, GPT, Gemini and Grok. qbash hosts and runs it.

Run Tasks on a schedule or from your team's tools

+ more

Deterministic where it counts Write the logic in Python and call a model only for the steps that need judgement, so the rest runs the same way every time.
Version controlled Every save is a revision you can compare and roll back.
Logged Each run records its inputs, output, errors and what started it.
Shared credentials Connections belong to your organization, so a Task keeps working when its author is away.

qbash Tasks Python AI SDK

Gmail MCP questions

Can the Gmail MCP server send email?

No. None of the 17 Gmail methods sends a message or creates a draft, so the server can sort and read mail but cannot reply.

Can it permanently delete messages?

No. trash_message moves a message to Trash, and the connection requests the gmail.modify scope rather than the full mailbox access Google requires for permanent deletion.

Guides that use Gmail

Build a Gmail task

Write it in Python with AI steps, and qbash hosts it with versions and run logs.

Build a task

Build a Gmail MCP server

Pick the Gmail tools to share and connect ChatGPT, Claude or Grok Bot.

Build an MCP server

Gmail MCP serverand Python AI tasks