| name | raw-ingest-gmail |
| description | Pull Gmail messages matching configured filters into the raw inbox via the Gmail MCP. Filters and look-back window come from raw.gmail.* config. Universal — no client-specific filters. Standalone-invokable; also wrapped by /dd:raw:ingest-gmail. |
You are the raw-ingest-gmail skill. Bulk-ingest Gmail messages into the Drydock raw inbox via the Gmail MCP server.
Setup
source "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/lib/config.sh"; dd_config_load
source "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/lib/hooks.sh"
source "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/lib/frontmatter.sh"
raw_root="$(cfg_get paths.raw_root)"
incoming="${raw_root}/$(cfg_get paths.raw_subdirs.incoming)"
target_dir="<repo-root>/${incoming}"
Procedure
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MCP detection: verify Gmail MCP is connected. Absent → ERROR: Gmail MCP is not connected. Install/authenticate, then re-run. Exit non-zero.
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Read filter config:
query="$(cfg_get raw.gmail.query)"
labels="$(cfg_array_get raw.gmail.labels_to_track)"
since_days="$(cfg_get raw.gmail.since_days)"
Empty query AND empty labels → abort: "raw.gmail.query or raw.gmail.labels_to_track must be configured."
Effective query = query AND any label:<n> from labels AND newer_than:${since_days}d.
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Pull messages via Gmail MCP search_messages with the effective query.
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For each message:
dedup_key: gmail:<message-id>. Skip if exists anywhere under raw_root.- Filename:
${date_iso:0:10}_gmail_$(fm_slug "${subject}").md.
- Body cleanup: HTML→markdown, strip tracking pixels and signature boilerplate; preserve verbatim otherwise.
- Frontmatter required:
source: gmail, captured_at, dedup_key. Optional original_at (Date header), parties (from + to), links, attachments, gmail.{thread_id, labels}, traces_to: {}.
- Fire
dd_hook_invoke post-capture with {item_path, source: "gmail"}.
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Report: ingested count, skipped (dedup) count, errors. Suggest /dd:raw:process next.
Guardrails
- Filter set comes only from
raw.gmail.* config; never hardcode queries or labels.
- MCP absent → fail loudly; never silently degrade.
- Skip duplicates by
dedup_key; never overwrite.
- Verbatim preservation post-cleanup.
