---
title: "Nylas MCP integration for LuumenAI"
url: "https://www.luumen.ai/integrations/nylas-mcp/"
entity: SoftwareIntegration
category: "AI & automation"
audience: "SRE, DevOps, platform engineering, IT operations"
---

# Nylas MCP integration for LuumenAI

Read mail, calendars, and contacts, then draft and schedule with approval

## What LuumenAI can do with Nylas MCP

LuumenAI connects to Nylas MCP with an API token and exposes 38 tools (26 read-only · 8 write · 4 destructive). Reads answer immediately; writes are shown as a plan and require approval by default, configurable per tool by an administrator.

## Key facts

- Authentication: API token
- Tools available: 38 tools (26 read-only · 8 write · 4 destructive)
- Plan: available on all plans
- Category: AI & automation

## About Nylas MCP with LuumenAI

Connect Nylas MCP and the agent can read across email, calendars, and contacts while you work. It looks up grants by address, checks free time for a group, opens a message or event by ID, and converts timestamps between zones. Changes — drafts, events, Notetaker bots, sends — are previewed and approved before they happen.

## Example tools

Read-only (26 in total):

- `NYLAS_MCP_AVAILABILITY` — Use this for availability, free time, or "when am I free" requests for one or more users.
- `NYLAS_MCP_CONFIRM_SEND_DRAFT` — MUST be called before send_draft.
- `NYLAS_MCP_CONFIRM_SEND_MESSAGE` — MUST be called before send_message.
- `NYLAS_MCP_CURRENT_TIME` — Get current epoch time and ISO 8601 date.
- `NYLAS_MCP_DATETIME_TO_EPOCH` — Convert date (YYYY-MM-DD), time (HH:MM:SS), and timezone to Unix timestamp.
- `NYLAS_MCP_DOWNLOAD_ATTACHMENT` — Download an email attachment by message ID and attachment ID (maximum 10 MiB).
- `NYLAS_MCP_EPOCH_TO_DATETIME` — Convert Unix timestamps to human-readable date-time.
- `NYLAS_MCP_GET_CONTACT` — Get a single contact by ID.

Write and destructive (12 in total, approval required by default):

- `NYLAS_MCP_CREATE_DRAFT` — Create a draft email.
- `NYLAS_MCP_CREATE_EVENT` — Create a calendar event.
- `NYLAS_MCP_DELETE_DRAFT` — Delete a draft.
- `NYLAS_MCP_DELETE_EVENT` — Delete an event.
- `NYLAS_MCP_SCHEDULE_NOTETAKER` — Schedule a grant-scoped Notetaker bot for a future Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, or Zoom meeting.
- `NYLAS_MCP_SCHEDULE_STANDALONE_NOTETAKER` — Schedule a standalone Notetaker bot for a future Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, or Zoom meeting without tying it to a grant.
- `NYLAS_MCP_SEND_DRAFT` — Send an existing draft.
- `NYLAS_MCP_SEND_MESSAGE` — Send an email immediately.

## Frequently asked questions

### How does LuumenAI connect to Nylas MCP?

Authorize once with API token. Luumen lists the scopes each action needs before you approve the connection, and credentials never appear in the chat.

### Can LuumenAI change things in Nylas MCP on its own?

Read actions answer immediately. Anything that writes is shown as a plan and requires approval by default, including the 4 actions classified as destructive. Administrators configure that per tool.

### Is there an audit trail?

Every call to Nylas MCP — read or write, approved or declined — is recorded with the actor, the input, and the result.

Full page: https://www.luumen.ai/integrations/nylas-mcp/