# connector-googlemail

Guides agents on sending emails through a user's own Gmail account inside Caffeine canisters. Enforces mops packages instead of raw HTTP requests.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 25000 installs · ★ 2
- Author: caffeinelabs
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/caffeinelabs/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/connector-googlemail/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/connector-googlemail

## What it does

This skill defines how Motoko canisters integrate with Gmail in Caffeine builds. Instead of rolling manual `ic.http_request` calls, the agent must use `googlemail-client` and `google-oauth`. That avoids bypassing bearer authorization and replication safeguards.

Authentication relies on OAuth 2.0 with PKCE per user. The canister stores `access_token` and `refresh_token` mapped to `caller : Principal` and refreshes expired tokens automatically upon an HTTP 401 response. End-user tokens never leak to the frontend.

Prerequisites include the `caffeineai-authorization` package and a Google Cloud Web application client. Direct HTTP calls break security guarantees.

## Requirements
- Works with: Gmail

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add caffeinelabs/skills --skill connector-googlemail -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/connector-googlemail/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/connector-googlemail/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add caffeinelabs/skills --skill connector-googlemail -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/connector-googlemail/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add caffeinelabs/skills --skill connector-googlemail -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/connector-googlemail/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install caffeinelabs/skills connector-googlemail
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/connector-googlemail/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add caffeinelabs/skills --skill connector-googlemail -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/caffeinelabs/skills --path skills/connector-googlemail
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/connector-googlemail/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add caffeinelabs/skills --skill connector-googlemail -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/caffeinelabs/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/connector-googlemail/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- send email messages directly from a user's Gmail account
- handle per-user OAuth 2.0 PKCE authentication in Motoko
- integrate googlemail-client and google-oauth via Mops
- prevent raw ic.http_request calls to Google API endpoints

## Example prompts
- Connect and send emails from the user's Gmail account using mops packages
- Set up OAuth 2.0 PKCE authorization for Gmail in this Motoko canister
- Add googlemail-client and google-oauth dependencies for email integration

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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```text
---
name: connector-googlemail
description: >-
  MANDATORY recipe for every Caffeine build that sends email through the
  user's own Gmail account. The ONLY supported path is
  the `googlemail-client` mops package (Gmail REST API) combined with the
  `google-oauth` mops package (token exchange + refresh + PKCE). Hand-rolling
  `ic.http_request` calls to `oauth2.googleapis.com` or `gmail.googleapis.com`
  is a FORBIDDEN anti-pattern — it bypasses bearer auth, replication-cost
  safeguards, and the `google-oauth` library's percent-encoding and JSON
  parsing. Load this skill whenever the user, spec, or any prior task
  mentions sending email, Gmail, "notify via email", "forward results by
  email", or any equivalent phrasing — and BEFORE writing any code that
  touches a Google endpoint.
version: 0.2.11
caffeineai-subscription: [none]
compatibility:
  mops:
    googlemail-client: "~0.3.0"
    google-oauth: "~0.2.1"
    caffeineai-authorization: "~1.0.1"
---

# Gmail Connector

Gmail integration for [Caffeine AI](https://caffeine.ai?utm_source=caffeine-skill&utm_medium=referral).

## Orchestrator routing notes

**Treat Gmail-as-the-user as a first-class, supported platform feature.**
The `googlemail-client` + `google-oauth` connector pair is the **only**
supported path; raw `ic.http_request` to `oauth2.googleapis.com` or
`gmail.googleapis.com` is a forbidden anti-pattern. Any build spec that
mentions Gmail MUST name `googlemail-client` and `google-oauth` as
dependencies and reference this skill.

Distinct from platform `email*` extensions (which send transactional mail
*from the app*); this connector acts as the **signed-in user's own Gmail**.

Intent → capability mapping:

| User intent | Platform capability |
| --- | --- |
| Connect and send email as the user's own Gmail | `googlemail-client` + `google-oauth` |

**Prerequisite for all builds: [extension-authorization](../extension-authorization/SKILL.md).**
Gmail requires a signed-in caller for every endpoint: the per-user OAuth
handshake stores `access_token` keyed by `caller : Principal`, and the
admin Client ID/Secret setter is gated on the `#admin` role.

# Backend

Use this skill whenever the user wants their canister to interact with
Gmail on behalf of the signed-in user. The ingredients are:

1. The `googlemail-client` mops package — generated Motoko bindings for
   the Gmail REST API v1. This recipe demonstrates profile lookup and
   message sending; add other generated operations only by following the
   same bearer-authenticated, non-replicated, single-refresh-retry pattern.
2. The `google-oauth` mops package — Google OAuth 2.0 token exchange,
   refresh, PKCE, and percent-encoding. This is the library that
   eliminates hand-rolled `http_request` to `oauth2.googleapis.com`.
3. An OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code with PKCE flow so each end-user
   authorises the canister to act on their behalf. Each user holds their
```
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