| name | check-email |
| description | Read recent emails from a Gmail inbox via IMAP. Returns text with subject, sender, date, and body per email. Read-only — never marks messages as read. |
| args | {"folder":"optional string (default \"INBOX\") — IMAP folder, e.g. \"[Gmail]/Sent Mail\", \"[Gmail]/All Mail\"","limit":"optional int (default 10, max 50) — max emails to return","since":"optional string — emails on or after this date, YYYY-MM-DD","before":"optional string — emails before this date, YYYY-MM-DD","from_addr":"optional string — filter by sender address or name","subject":"optional string — filter by subject line","query":"optional string — full-text search (IMAP TEXT command)","unseen_only":"optional string (default \"false\") — \"true\" to return only unread messages"} |
check-email
Read emails from Gmail using IMAP. Newest first. Connects via SSL to imap.gmail.com:993, opens folders in read-only mode (no side effects on the mailbox).
Required environment
GMAIL_ADDRESS — Gmail address (IMAP username)GMAIL_APP_PASSWORD — 16-character App Password from Google Account → Security → App Passwords
Without both, the tool returns an error and no data.
Gmail folder names
| Folder | IMAP name |
|---|
| Inbox | INBOX |
| Sent | [Gmail]/Sent Mail |
| Drafts | [Gmail]/Drafts |
| All Mail | [Gmail]/All Mail |
| Starred | [Gmail]/Starred |
| Important | [Gmail]/Important |
Examples
{"thought": "check the last 5 inbox emails", "tool": "check-email", "limit": 5}
{"thought": "find unread emails about the quarterly report", "tool": "check-email", "query": "quarterly report", "unseen_only": "true"}
{"thought": "emails from boss this month", "tool": "check-email", "from_addr": "boss@company.com", "since": "2026-05-01"}
Notes
- Email body is capped at 50,000 characters per message.
- Body prefers plain text; HTML is tag-stripped as fallback.
