Anthropic Removes Gmail Message Body Access from Claude Connector
Anthropic has silently removed the gmail_read_message and gmail_search_messages tools from the Gmail connector (UUID: 1ec2656e-2aa2-4ae2-beb6-b7abf9f7f0a9). Users who built skills relying on these tools report that their automations are now broken.
The tools have been replaced with get_thread and search_threads. However, the new get_thread tool does not return message bodies or attachment content, even when called with messageFormat: "FULL_CONTENT". It only returns metadata: date, sender, subject, snippet, and recipients.
A GitHub issue has been filed with a detailed description of the change. The community is expressing frustration over the lack of notice and the breaking change to existing workflows that depended on reading email content programmatically via Claude.
This is a significant regression for anyone using Claude agents to process emails—such as extracting information from messages, summarizing conversations, or responding based on content. If your skills depend on email body access, you will need to find alternative integrations (e.g., direct Gmail API calls) or wait for Anthropic to address this.
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