Connect a mailbox
The mailbox owner approves Google's read-only Gmail permission. Google handles sign-in; Mailroom does not ask for a Google password.
Mailroom · Personal tool
Your email, with read-only access.
Mailroom connects authorised Gmail mailboxes to selected AI assistants. It can search and read mail. It cannot send messages, change labels or delete mail.
Built by Dan Johnson for personal use, Mailroom runs on infrastructure controlled by its owner. This website explains the tool and its data practices. It does not host a mailbox service or offer public registration.
How it works
Choose an assistant
Each assistant gets its own access token, a private credential used to connect. The owner decides which connected mailboxes that assistant can read.
Read when requested
Mailroom retrieves messages, threads and attachments through Google's interface. It returns the requested results to the connected assistant.
What leaves the mailbox
Returned email content goes to the provider behind the connected AI assistant. That provider's data terms and account settings apply.
Mailroom uses the Model Context Protocol (MCP), a standard way for assistants to call tools. Its current version supports clients that can provide an access token. It cannot connect directly to Claude.ai custom connectors.
Limits worth knowing
Mailroom is experimental. Gmail sign-in and a small mailbox report have been tested on my account. Filter accuracy and long-term reliability remain unverified.
A sensitive-mail filter aims to withhold security codes, password resets and other sensitive messages. It can miss things or block ordinary mail. Some binary attachments cannot be scanned.
Read-only permission prevents mailbox changes. It does not prevent an assistant from sharing information through its other tools.
Access and questions
Mailroom is a private tool, not an open-source release or a public service. For questions about access, privacy or removal of data, contact dan@danjohnson.au.