UpdateThreadLabels
Add or remove a single label from every message in a Gmail thread. In Gmail, nearly all inbox operations are just label add/remove operations, so this tool is the primitive for archiving, marking read/unread, starring, trashing, marking important/spam, and applying or removing custom labels. Workflow: call ListLabels first to discover the UUIDid for the label name you need, then call this tool with that label_id plus the thread’s thread_id and add=true (apply) or add=false (remove). Each call modifies one label — to do multiple changes on the same thread (e.g. archive AND mark read), call this tool once per label.
Common operations (look up each system label’s id via ListLabels first):
- Archive: remove
INBOX(add=false) - Move back to inbox: add
INBOX(add=true) - Mark as read: remove
UNREAD(add=false) - Mark as unread: add
UNREAD(add=true) - Star: add
STARRED(add=true) / Unstar: remove (add=false) - Move to trash: add
TRASH(add=true) / Restore: remove (add=false) - Mark important: add
IMPORTANT(add=true) / Mark unimportant: remove (add=false) - Report spam: add
SPAM(add=true) / Not spam: remove (add=false) - Apply custom user label: add the label with that display name (add=true) / Remove: (add=false)
thread_id is the email thread UUID (the same id returned by ListEntities, search results, or GetThread). label_id is the UUID returned by ListLabels — NOT the label name.