Email sending

Skill Eng-Muhammad-Affan/digital-fte/.qwen/skills/email-sending

Send emails via Gmail using the Email MCP server. Supports sending, drafting, searching emails, and marking as read. Use when tasks require email communication, sending invoices, replying to clients, or managing Gmail inbox.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add Eng-Muhammad-Affan/digital-fte --skill email-sending

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Email Sending Skill

Send and manage emails via Gmail MCP server built with FastMCP.

MCP Server Setup

Start Email MCP Server

# Start with stdio transport (for Claude Code integration)
uv run python mcp-servers/email/server.py

# Or start with HTTP transport
uv run python mcp-servers/email/server.py --transport http --port 8801

Configure Claude Code MCP

Add to your Claude Code MCP configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "email": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["run", "python", "mcp-servers/email/server.py"]
    }
  }
}

Gmail API Setup

Go to Google Cloud Console
Create a new project
Enable Gmail API
Create OAuth 2.0 credentials
Download credentials.json
Place in ~/.gmail_watcher/credentials.json
First run will auto-generate token

Tools

send_email

Send an email via Gmail.

uv run python scripts/mcp-client.py call -t send_email -p '{
  "to": "[email protected]",
  "subject": "Invoice #123",
  "body": "Please find attached your invoice...",
  "html": false
}'

Parameters:

to (required): Recipient email address
subject (required): Email subject
body (required): Email body content
from_email (optional): Sender email
cc (optional): CC recipients (comma-separated)
bcc (optional): BCC recipients (comma-separated)
html (optional): Whether body is HTML (default: false)

draft_email

Create a draft email in Gmail (does not send).

uv run python scripts/mcp-client.py call -t draft_email -p '{
  "to": "[email protected]",
  "subject": "Proposal for Project",
  "body": "Dear Client, Here is the proposal..."
}'

search_emails

Search emails in Gmail.

# Find unread emails
uv run python scripts/mcp-client.py call -t search_emails -p '{
  "query": "is:unread",
  "max_results": 10
}'

# Find emails from specific sender
uv run python scripts/mcp-client.py call -t search_emails -p '{
  "query": "from:[email protected]",
  "max_results": 5
}'

Parameters:

query (required): Gmail search query
max_results (optional): Maximum results (default: 10)

get_email_content

Get full content of a specific email.

uv run python scripts/mcp-client.py call -t get_email_content -p '{
  "message_id": "123abc"
}'

mark_as_read

Mark an email as read.

uv run python scripts/mcp-client.py call -t mark_as_read -p '{
  "message_id": "123abc"
}'

Workflow: Reply to Client Email

Search for unread emails
Get email content
Draft reply (requires approval)
On approval, send email

Workflow: Send Invoice

Create invoice PDF
Draft email with attachment
Create approval file in /Pending_Approval/
On approval (file moved to /Approved/), send email

Environment Variables

# Gmail credentials
GMAIL_CREDENTIALS_PATH=~/.gmail_watcher/credentials.json
GMAIL_TOKEN_PATH=~/.gmail_watcher/token.json

# Dry run mode
DRY_RUN=true  # Set to 'false' for production

Troubleshooting

Issue	Solution
Authentication failed	Re-run server to trigger OAuth flow
Credentials not found	Download from Google Cloud Console
Email not sending	Check DRY_RUN environment variable
API quota exceeded	Wait and retry, or increase quota

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What ships with it

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