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Google Gmail Agentic Access

x-agentic-access generated

Google Gmail exposes 29 API operations that an AI agent could call, of which 17 are state-changing ‘acting’ operations. This is a recommended x-agentic-access execution contract — the scope, audience, consequence tier, short-lived token constraints, and escalation each action should carry before it is handed to an autonomous agent.

By consequence: 12 read, 14 write, 2 physical, and 1 safety-critical.

1 operation are classed safety-critical and should require human-in-the-loop approval at runtime.

Contracts are classified heuristically from the provider’s OpenAPI and refresh on every APIs.io network build; audience is bound per deployment. The model follows Curity’s Access Intelligence (apidays Munich 2026). Browse every provider’s agent contracts at agentic-access.apis.io.

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Operations: 29 Acting: 17 Human-in-the-loop: 1 Method: generated

By consequence

read 12 write 14 physical 2 safety-critical 1

Highest-consequence actions

The physical and safety-critical operations an agent could invoke — the ones that most warrant scoped tokens, tight TTLs, and escalation. Full per-operation contracts are in the source below.

MethodPathConsequenceHuman-in-loop
POST /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/stop safety-critical required
POST /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/drafts/send physical conditional
POST /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/messages/send physical conditional

Source

Agentic Access

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-15'
method: generated
source: openapi/openapi.yml
description: Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts, classified heuristically from
  the OpenAPI. A governance starting point for exposing this API to AI agents — review and bind
  audience per deployment. See research/curity/agentic-governance/.
summary:
  operations: 29
  by_action_class:
    connected: 12
    acting: 17
  by_consequence:
    read: 12
    write: 14
    physical: 2
    safety-critical: 1
  human_in_the_loop_required: 1
operations:
- path: /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/profile
  method: get
  operationId: getUserProfile
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/messages
  method: get
  operationId: listMessages
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/messages
  method: post
  operationId: insertMessage
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/messages/{id}
  method: get
  operationId: getMessage
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/messages/{id}
  method: delete
  operationId: deleteMessage
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/messages/send
  method: post
  operationId: sendMessage
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: physical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 300
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/messages/{id}/modify
  method: post
  operationId: modifyMessage
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/messages/{id}/trash
  method: post
  operationId: trashMessage
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/messages/{id}/untrash
  method: post
  operationId: untrashMessage
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/labels
  method: get
  operationId: listLabels
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/labels
  method: post
  operationId: createLabel
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/labels/{id}
  method: get
  operationId: getLabel
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/labels/{id}
  method: put
  operationId: updateLabel
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/labels/{id}
  method: delete
  operationId: deleteLabel
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/threads
  method: get
  operationId: listThreads
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/threads/{id}
  method: get
  operationId: getThread
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/threads/{id}
  method: delete
  operationId: deleteThread
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/drafts
  method: get
  operationId: listDrafts
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/drafts
  method: post
  operationId: createDraft
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/drafts/{id}
  method: get
  operationId: getDraft
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/drafts/{id}
  method: put
  operationId: updateDraft
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/drafts/{id}
  method: delete
  operationId: deleteDraft
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/drafts/send
  method: post
  operationId: sendDraft
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: physical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 300
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/history
  method: get
  operationId: listHistory
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/watch
  method: post
  operationId: watchMailbox
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/stop
  method: post
  operationId: stopMailboxWatch
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: safety-critical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 120
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
      proof-of-possession: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: required
    audit: required
- path: /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/settings/autoForwarding
  method: get
  operationId: getAutoForwarding
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/settings/filters
  method: get
  operationId: listFilters
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/settings/filters
  method: post
  operationId: createFilter
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required