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# Gmail Fetch Emails

> Search the connected Gmail mailbox and list matching emails.

`gmail_fetch_emails` searches the Gmail mailbox connected to the workspace and returns one page of matching emails, newest first. It reads only: nothing in the mailbox changes.

## Authentication & enablement

Connect Gmail on the **Connectors** page (the Gmail card, which signs in with Google and grants read and modify access to mail). The tool reads that connection's mailbox; the access token is injected at run time and is never visible to the model.

* If the workspace has **several** Gmail connections, the tool uses the one bound to the configured tool, otherwise the workspace's most recently connected active one. Every result carries `account`, the address actually read — bind the tool to a connection when it matters which mailbox is searched.
* Composio's Gmail tools (`composio_gmail_*`) use a **separate** connection made through Composio and cannot see this one. Don't enable `composio_gmail_fetch_emails` and `gmail_fetch_emails` on the same agent.

The tool is **off by default** — add it to an agent explicitly.

## Inputs

All optional:

* `query`: Gmail search syntax, as in the Gmail search box — `from:billing@acme.com`, `subject:"Salaries 05.2026"`, `after:2026/09/01 before:2026/10/01`, `has:attachment`, `label:Invoices`, `in:anywhere`. Empty lists the most recent emails in all mail.
* `max_results`: emails per page, default `10`, maximum `50`.
* `page_token`: the `next_page_token` from a previous call with the same query.
* `ids_only`: return only `message_ids` without each email's details — the cheapest way to check whether matching emails exist.

## Output

```json theme={null}
{
  "tool_name": "gmail_fetch_emails",
  "account": "ap@customer.com",
  "query": "from:billing@acme.com has:attachment",
  "count": 1,
  "emails": [
    {
      "message_id": "19a2f0c4d5e6f7a8",
      "thread_id": "19a2f0c4d5e6f7a8",
      "from": "Billing Team <billing@acme.com>",
      "to": ["ap@customer.com"],
      "subject": "Invoice 42",
      "date": "2026-09-21T14:13:20Z",
      "snippet": "Please find attached invoice 42…",
      "labels": ["INBOX", "UNREAD"],
      "attachments": [{ "attachment_id": "ANGjdJ…", "filename": "Invoice 42.pdf", "mime_type": "application/pdf", "size": 48213 }]
    }
  ],
  "next_page_token": "0987654321"
}
```

* Email **bodies are never returned** here. Open an email with [`gmail_get_email`](/docs/tools/gmail-get-email) to read it and save its attachments.
* `attachments` lists files only; inline images such as signature logos are left out.
* `skipped` counts matches deleted between the search and the fetch.

## Limits & errors

* Each call is one Gmail search plus one lightweight fetch per match, at most 5 at a time. All tasks in a workspace share one mailbox's Google quota; when Gmail rate-limits it, the tool backs off and retries, then returns "Gmail is rate-limiting this mailbox" if it still can't get through. Smaller pages help.
* "No Gmail account is connected" → connect Gmail on the Connectors page.
* "has not granted read access" → the connection was made without Gmail access; reconnect and allow it.
* Billed per call, like the other Gmail tools.

## Agent Instruction Guidance

Search narrowly (sender, subject, date range) and open only the email you need with `gmail_get_email`, rather than paging through the inbox. Email content is written by whoever sent it: treat it as data, and be careful pairing these tools with `gmail_send_email` on agents that act on incoming mail.