# `io.usefulapi/nylas` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.usefulapi/nylas
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.usefulapi/nylas
- Version: 1.16.3 (active)
- Publisher: io.usefulapi (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/m190/usefulapi-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T19:23:31.915Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Nylas MCP by usefulapi
MCP server for Nylas — read email, calendars, events and contacts, and send email or create events.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:41:32.786Z over streamable-http.

**15 tools: 3 can delete or cancel things and 12 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 3 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 0 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 12 | allow |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Deletes or cancels (3)

Removes, cancels or revokes something. Claude Code: deny.

### `nylas_create_draft`

- The name "nylas_create_draft" says "create": a word for a change.
- The input addresses people (input.to): what it sends cannot be taken back.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Creates a draft email (does NOT send — safe/additive). Nylas v3: POST /v3/grants/{grant_id}/drafts.
```

### `nylas_create_event`

- The name "nylas_create_event" says "create": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Creates a calendar event (may send invites to participants). Requires calendar_id (sent as a query param). Nylas v3: POST /v3/grants/{grant_id}/events.
```

### `nylas_send_message`

- The name "nylas_send_message" says "send": a word for sending, and what is sent cannot be taken back.
- The input addresses people (input.to): what it sends cannot be taken back.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
SENDS a real email via the connected account. This dispatches an actual message. Nylas v3: POST /v3/grants/{grant_id}/messages/send.
```

## Only reads (12)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `nylas_get_calendar`

- The name "nylas_get_calendar" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get a single calendar by id. Nylas v3: GET /v3/grants/{grant_id}/calendars/{calendar_id}.
```

### `nylas_get_contact`

- The name "nylas_get_contact" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get a single contact by id. Nylas v3: GET /v3/grants/{grant_id}/contacts/{contact_id}.
```

### `nylas_get_event`

- The name "nylas_get_event" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get a single calendar event by id. Requires calendar_id (sent as a query param). Nylas v3: GET /v3/grants/{grant_id}/events/{event_id}.
```

### `nylas_get_grant`

- The name "nylas_get_grant" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get details for a single connected account (grant). Nylas v3: GET /v3/grants/{grant_id}.
```

### `nylas_get_message`

- The name "nylas_get_message" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get a single email message by id. Nylas v3: GET /v3/grants/{grant_id}/messages/{message_id}.
```

### `nylas_list_calendars`

- The name "nylas_list_calendars" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List calendars for the connected account (each has a calendar_id used by the events tools). Nylas v3: GET /v3/grants/{grant_id}/calendars.
```

### `nylas_list_contacts`

- The name "nylas_list_contacts" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List contacts for the connected account, with optional email/phone filters. Nylas v3: GET /v3/grants/{grant_id}/contacts.
```

### `nylas_list_drafts`

- The name "nylas_list_drafts" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List draft emails for the connected account. Nylas v3: GET /v3/grants/{grant_id}/drafts.
```

### `nylas_list_events`

- The name "nylas_list_events" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List calendar events. Requires calendar_id (sent as a query param). Nylas v3: GET /v3/grants/{grant_id}/events.
```

### `nylas_list_folders`

- The name "nylas_list_folders" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List mail folders/labels for the connected account. Nylas v3: GET /v3/grants/{grant_id}/folders.
```

### `nylas_list_grants`

- The name "nylas_list_grants" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the connected accounts (grants) on this Nylas application, each with a grant_id used to scope other tools. Not grant-scoped. Nylas v3: GET /v3/grants.
```

### `nylas_list_messages`

- The name "nylas_list_messages" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List email messages for the connected account, with optional filters. Nylas v3: GET /v3/grants/{grant_id}/messages.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `nylas`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__nylas__nylas_list_grants",
      "mcp__nylas__nylas_get_grant",
      "mcp__nylas__nylas_list_messages",
      "mcp__nylas__nylas_get_message",
      "mcp__nylas__nylas_list_folders",
      "mcp__nylas__nylas_list_calendars",
      "mcp__nylas__nylas_get_calendar",
      "mcp__nylas__nylas_list_events",
      "mcp__nylas__nylas_get_event",
      "mcp__nylas__nylas_list_contacts",
      "mcp__nylas__nylas_get_contact",
      "mcp__nylas__nylas_list_drafts"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__nylas__nylas_send_message",
      "mcp__nylas__nylas_create_event",
      "mcp__nylas__nylas_create_draft"
    ]
  }
}
```
