diff --git a/app/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/app/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index 9063edd1b..90824953b 100644
--- a/app/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/app/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ version = "0.52.28"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
+ "base64 0.22.1",
  "cef",
  "chrono",
  "env_logger",
diff --git a/app/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/app/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 11d0d0dbb..dff5effcb 100644
--- a/app/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/app/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -48,11 +48,20 @@ tauri-plugin-notification = { path = "vendor/tauri-plugin-notification" }
 tauri-plugin-opener = "2"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
+# Used by gmail/cdp_fetch for decoding binary IO.read chunks. Base64 is
+# only emitted by CDP IO.read when the stream contains non-UTF-8 bytes,
+# but we opt into the feature to stay robust against unexpected responses.
+base64 = "0.22"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "process", "sync", "time", "net"] }
-# WebSocket client for the Chrome DevTools Protocol (used to talk to the
-# embedded CEF instance over `--remote-debugging-port=9222` and read
-# IndexedDB / drive `Runtime.evaluate` for the WhatsApp recipe).
-tokio-tungstenite = { version = "0.24", default-features = false, features = ["connect"] }
+# WebSocket client + server for two uses:
+# - Client: Chrome DevTools Protocol connections to the embedded CEF
+#   instance over `--remote-debugging-port=9222` (IndexedDB reads,
+#   `Runtime.evaluate` for the WhatsApp recipe, DOMSnapshot / Network
+#   calls for the Gmail connector).
+# - Server: the `webview_apis` bridge at 127.0.0.1 that accepts
+#   JSON-RPC frames from the core sidecar so core-side handlers can
+#   reach the live-webview connectors via CDP.
+tokio-tungstenite = { version = "0.24", default-features = false, features = ["connect", "handshake"] }
 futures-util = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["sink", "std"] }
 
 reqwest = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = ["json", "rustls-tls"] }
diff --git a/app/src-tauri/src/cdp/mod.rs b/app/src-tauri/src/cdp/mod.rs
index c227651c9..94efe1123 100644
--- a/app/src-tauri/src/cdp/mod.rs
+++ b/app/src-tauri/src/cdp/mod.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pub mod target;
 
 pub use conn::CdpConn;
 pub use emulation::{set_user_agent_override, UaSpec};
-pub use session::{placeholder_data_url, spawn_session, target_url_fragment};
+pub use session::{placeholder_data_url, placeholder_marker, spawn_session, target_url_fragment};
 pub use snapshot::Snapshot;
 pub use target::{
     browser_ws_url, connect_and_attach_matching, detach_session, find_page_target_where,
diff --git a/app/src-tauri/src/gmail/atom.rs b/app/src-tauri/src/gmail/atom.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e398dcb67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src-tauri/src/gmail/atom.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,315 @@
+//! Gmail Atom feed parser.
+//!
+//! Gmail exposes a stable Atom feed at
+//! `https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/feed/atom[/<label>]` that returns
+//! the 20 most recent **unread** messages as XML. Example entry:
+//!
+//! ```xml
+//! <entry>
+//!   <title>Re: Project sync</title>
+//!   <summary>Quick status update before Friday…</summary>
+//!   <link href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?…&message_id=181a3b4c…"/>
+//!   <modified>2026-04-23T18:12:00Z</modified>
+//!   <issued>2026-04-23T18:12:00Z</issued>
+//!   <id>tag:gmail.google.com,2004:181a3b4c…</id>
+//!   <author><name>Alice</name><email>alice@example.com</email></author>
+//! </entry>
+//! ```
+//!
+//! This parser is intentionally small and tolerant: tag attributes
+//! beyond what we read are ignored, unknown entries are skipped rather
+//! than failing the whole parse, and the `<summary>` / `<title>` text
+//! is XML-entity-decoded.
+
+use crate::gmail::types::GmailMessage;
+
+/// Parse the Atom body into `GmailMessage`s. Returns the unread entries
+/// in document order. Never panics on malformed input — returns an
+/// empty Vec if nothing matches.
+pub fn parse(body: &str) -> Vec<GmailMessage> {
+    let mut out = Vec::new();
+    for entry_xml in iter_tag(body, "entry") {
+        let title = find_tag(entry_xml, "title").as_deref().map(decode_entities);
+        let summary = find_tag(entry_xml, "summary")
+            .as_deref()
+            .map(decode_entities);
+        let modified = find_tag(entry_xml, "modified");
+        let issued = find_tag(entry_xml, "issued");
+        let id_raw = find_tag(entry_xml, "id").unwrap_or_default();
+        let id = strip_id_prefix(&id_raw);
+        let link_href = find_link_href(entry_xml);
+        let author_xml = find_tag(entry_xml, "author").unwrap_or_default();
+        let from_name = find_tag(&author_xml, "name")
+            .as_deref()
+            .map(decode_entities);
+        let from_email = find_tag(&author_xml, "email")
+            .as_deref()
+            .map(decode_entities);
+        let from: Option<String> = match (from_name.as_deref(), from_email.as_deref()) {
+            (Some(n), Some(e)) => Some(format!("{n} <{e}>")),
+            (None, Some(e)) => Some(e.to_string()),
+            (Some(n), None) => Some(n.to_string()),
+            _ => None,
+        };
+        if id.is_empty() && link_href.is_empty() && title.is_none() {
+            // Completely empty entry — skip rather than surface garbage.
+            continue;
+        }
+        let date_ms = modified
+            .as_deref()
+            .or(issued.as_deref())
+            .and_then(parse_iso8601_ms);
+        // All atom entries are unread by construction — the feed only
+        // returns unread messages.
+        out.push(GmailMessage {
+            id,
+            thread_id: None,
+            from,
+            to: Vec::new(),
+            cc: Vec::new(),
+            subject: title,
+            snippet: summary,
+            body: None,
+            date_ms,
+            labels: vec!["INBOX".into()],
+            unread: true,
+        });
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+/// Iterator over the inner text of every `<TAG>…</TAG>` slice in `body`.
+/// Non-recursive and best-effort — repeated/nested tags with the same
+/// name would each yield their own slice.
+fn iter_tag<'a>(body: &'a str, tag: &'a str) -> impl Iterator<Item = &'a str> + 'a {
+    let open = format!("<{tag}");
+    let close = format!("</{tag}>");
+    let mut cursor = 0usize;
+    std::iter::from_fn(move || {
+        while cursor < body.len() {
+            let slice = &body[cursor..];
+            let start = slice.find(&open)?;
+            let after_open = cursor + start + open.len();
+            // Skip the rest of the opening tag up to '>' (attributes etc).
+            let rest = body.get(after_open..)?;
+            let gt_rel = rest.find('>')?;
+            let content_start = after_open + gt_rel + 1;
+            let tail = body.get(content_start..)?;
+            let close_rel = tail.find(&close)?;
+            let content_end = content_start + close_rel;
+            cursor = content_end + close.len();
+            return Some(&body[content_start..content_end]);
+        }
+        None
+    })
+}
+
+/// Find the first `<TAG>…</TAG>` and return its inner text. Returns
+/// `None` if the tag is absent.
+fn find_tag(body: &str, tag: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    iter_tag(body, tag).next().map(|s| s.trim().to_string())
+}
+
+/// `<link href="…"/>` — self-closing, attribute-carried. Atom links
+/// don't have inner text, so we special-case the parse.
+fn find_link_href(body: &str) -> String {
+    // Simple attribute scan — good enough for the fixed shape Gmail
+    // emits. We don't need generic HTML attribute parsing.
+    let needle = "<link";
+    if let Some(start) = body.find(needle) {
+        let rest = &body[start + needle.len()..];
+        if let Some(end) = rest.find('>') {
+            let attrs = &rest[..end];
+            if let Some(h) = find_attr(attrs, "href") {
+                return h;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    String::new()
+}
+
+fn find_attr(attrs: &str, name: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    let key = format!("{name}=\"");
+    let pos = attrs.find(&key)?;
+    let after = &attrs[pos + key.len()..];
+    let end = after.find('"')?;
+    Some(decode_entities(&after[..end]))
+}
+
+/// Strip the `tag:gmail.google.com,2004:` prefix Gmail uses, leaving
+/// just the numeric message id. Falls back to the raw string when the
+/// prefix is missing so we never drop identifiers silently.
+fn strip_id_prefix(raw: &str) -> String {
+    const PREFIX: &str = "tag:gmail.google.com,2004:";
+    raw.trim()
+        .strip_prefix(PREFIX)
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| raw.trim())
+        .to_string()
+}
+
+/// Small XML entity decoder — covers the five predefined named
+/// entities plus `&#NN;` / `&#xHH;` numeric escapes. Walks chars
+/// (not bytes) so multi-byte UTF-8 passes through untouched.
+fn decode_entities(s: &str) -> String {
+    let mut out = String::with_capacity(s.len());
+    let mut rest = s;
+    while let Some(amp) = rest.find('&') {
+        out.push_str(&rest[..amp]);
+        let after = &rest[amp..];
+        if let Some(semi_rel) = after.find(';') {
+            let tok = &after[1..semi_rel];
+            let replaced = match tok {
+                "amp" => Some('&'),
+                "lt" => Some('<'),
+                "gt" => Some('>'),
+                "quot" => Some('"'),
+                "apos" => Some('\''),
+                t if t.starts_with("#x") || t.starts_with("#X") => u32::from_str_radix(&t[2..], 16)
+                    .ok()
+                    .and_then(char::from_u32),
+                t if t.starts_with('#') => t[1..].parse::<u32>().ok().and_then(char::from_u32),
+                _ => None,
+            };
+            match replaced {
+                Some(ch) => out.push(ch),
+                None => out.push_str(&after[..=semi_rel]),
+            }
+            rest = &after[semi_rel + 1..];
+        } else {
+            // Unterminated `&` — keep the rest verbatim.
+            out.push_str(after);
+            return out;
+        }
+    }
+    out.push_str(rest);
+    out
+}
+
+/// Minimal ISO 8601 → unix millis parser for `2026-04-23T18:12:00Z`
+/// shapes Gmail emits. Accepts both `Z` and explicit `+00:00` suffix.
+/// Returns `None` on anything exotic — callers fall back to `None`
+/// date rather than an invented value.
+fn parse_iso8601_ms(s: &str) -> Option<i64> {
+    // Very narrow: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ (optionally with fractional
+    // seconds). No TZ offset parsing beyond 'Z'.
+    let s = s.trim();
+    let bytes = s.as_bytes();
+    if bytes.len() < 20 {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let y: i64 = s.get(0..4)?.parse().ok()?;
+    let mo: u32 = s.get(5..7)?.parse().ok()?;
+    let d: u32 = s.get(8..10)?.parse().ok()?;
+    let h: u32 = s.get(11..13)?.parse().ok()?;
+    let mi: u32 = s.get(14..16)?.parse().ok()?;
+    let se: u32 = s.get(17..19)?.parse().ok()?;
+    // Days since unix epoch using a (reasonably) small leap-year aware
+    // calc. We don't pull `chrono` just for this conversion because
+    // the atom feed ISO-8601 is always UTC.
+    let days = days_from_civil(y, mo, d);
+    let secs = days * 86_400 + h as i64 * 3600 + mi as i64 * 60 + se as i64;
+    Some(secs.saturating_mul(1000))
+}
+
+/// Howard Hinnant's civil-from-days, adapted. Correct for all dates
+/// Gmail emits (and anything up to year 10000).
+fn days_from_civil(y: i64, m: u32, d: u32) -> i64 {
+    let y = if m <= 2 { y - 1 } else { y };
+    let era = y.div_euclid(400);
+    let yoe = (y - era * 400) as i64; // [0, 399]
+    let m = m as i64;
+    let d = d as i64;
+    let doy = (153 * (if m > 2 { m - 3 } else { m + 9 }) + 2) / 5 + d - 1;
+    let doe = yoe * 365 + yoe / 4 - yoe / 100 + doy;
+    era * 146_097 + doe - 719_468
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    const SAMPLE: &str = r#"<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<feed xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#">
+  <title>Gmail - Inbox for user@example.com</title>
+  <tagline>New messages in your Gmail inbox</tagline>
+  <fullcount>2</fullcount>
+  <link rel="alternate" href="https://mail.google.com/mail" type="text/html"/>
+  <modified>2026-04-23T18:30:00Z</modified>
+  <entry>
+    <title>Re: Project &amp; plan</title>
+    <summary>Quick status update &lt;EOM&gt;</summary>
+    <link rel="alternate" href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?t=1" type="text/html"/>
+    <modified>2026-04-23T18:12:00Z</modified>
+    <issued>2026-04-23T18:12:00Z</issued>
+    <id>tag:gmail.google.com,2004:181a3b4c001</id>
+    <author><name>Alice</name><email>alice@example.com</email></author>
+  </entry>
+  <entry>
+    <title>Receipt from Acme</title>
+    <summary>Order #42 confirmed</summary>
+    <link rel="alternate" href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?t=2" type="text/html"/>
+    <modified>2026-04-23T12:00:00Z</modified>
+    <issued>2026-04-23T12:00:00Z</issued>
+    <id>tag:gmail.google.com,2004:181a3b4c002</id>
+    <author><name>Acme</name><email>no-reply@acme.example</email></author>
+  </entry>
+</feed>"#;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parses_two_entries_with_subject_from_snippet() {
+        let msgs = parse(SAMPLE);
+        assert_eq!(msgs.len(), 2);
+        assert_eq!(msgs[0].id, "181a3b4c001");
+        assert_eq!(msgs[0].subject.as_deref(), Some("Re: Project & plan"));
+        assert_eq!(
+            msgs[0].snippet.as_deref(),
+            Some("Quick status update <EOM>")
+        );
+        assert_eq!(msgs[0].from.as_deref(), Some("Alice <alice@example.com>"));
+        assert!(msgs[0].unread);
+        assert_eq!(msgs[0].labels, vec!["INBOX".to_string()]);
+        assert!(msgs[0].date_ms.is_some());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn decodes_xml_entities_in_subject_and_body() {
+        let msgs = parse(SAMPLE);
+        assert!(msgs[0].subject.as_deref().unwrap().contains(" & "));
+        assert!(msgs[0].snippet.as_deref().unwrap().contains("<"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn iso_8601_to_ms_round_trips_known_epoch() {
+        // 2026-04-23T18:12:00Z
+        let ms = parse_iso8601_ms("2026-04-23T18:12:00Z").unwrap();
+        // Sanity: positive and within a plausible 2026 range.
+        assert!(ms > 1_775_000_000_000);
+        assert!(ms < 1_800_000_000_000);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn empty_body_returns_empty_vec() {
+        assert!(parse("").is_empty());
+        assert!(parse("<feed></feed>").is_empty());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn decode_entities_handles_numeric_and_utf8() {
+        assert_eq!(decode_entities("it&#39;s"), "it's");
+        assert_eq!(decode_entities("&#x2022; bullet"), "• bullet");
+        // Multi-byte UTF-8 must pass through unchanged — this was the
+        // bug that mangled zero-width-joiner bytes in the first cut.
+        assert_eq!(decode_entities("café"), "café");
+        assert_eq!(decode_entities("a&amp;b &lt;x&gt;"), "a&b <x>");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn missing_fields_in_entry_still_yields_message() {
+        let body = r#"<feed><entry><id>tag:gmail.google.com,2004:abc</id></entry></feed>"#;
+        let msgs = parse(body);
+        assert_eq!(msgs.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(msgs[0].id, "abc");
+        assert!(msgs[0].subject.is_none());
+        assert!(msgs[0].from.is_none());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src-tauri/src/gmail/cdp_fetch.rs b/app/src-tauri/src/gmail/cdp_fetch.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eaa3d83e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src-tauri/src/gmail/cdp_fetch.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+//! CDP-driven authenticated HTTP fetch from within an attached session.
+//!
+//! Uses `Network.loadNetworkResource` + `IO.read` + `IO.close` to issue a
+//! request that rides the session's cookie jar, without ever executing
+//! page JavaScript. That lets us hit cookie-gated Gmail endpoints
+//! (atom feed, print view) from Rust while still passing as the logged-in
+//! user.
+//!
+//! Flow:
+//!
+//! 1. `Page.getFrameTree` → extract the main frameId.
+//! 2. `Network.loadNetworkResource({ frameId, url, options: { includeCredentials: true } })`
+//!    → returns `{ success, httpStatusCode, stream, headers }`.
+//! 3. Loop `IO.read({ handle, size })` until `eof: true`, concatenating
+//!    the (possibly base64-encoded) chunks.
+//! 4. `IO.close({ handle })`.
+//!
+//! Returns the full response body as a `String`. Non-UTF-8 responses
+//! are rejected rather than silently lossy-decoded — Gmail's feeds are
+//! all UTF-8.
+
+use base64::Engine;
+use serde_json::{json, Value};
+
+use crate::cdp::CdpConn;
+
+/// Upper bound on per-`IO.read` chunk size. Gmail atom feeds top out at
+/// a few hundred KB; a 256 KB read keeps the protocol round-trips low
+/// without asking the browser to buffer the universe.
+const READ_CHUNK: usize = 256 * 1024;
+
+/// Issue an authenticated GET through the attached CDP session.
+pub async fn fetch(cdp: &mut CdpConn, session: &str, url: &str) -> Result<String, String> {
+    // `Network.loadNetworkResource` needs a frameId to charge the
+    // request against — we use the main frame of the target.
+    let frame_id = main_frame_id(cdp, session).await?;
+    log::debug!("[gmail-cdp-fetch] session={session} frame={frame_id} url={url}");
+
+    // Network must be enabled for loadNetworkResource to work on some
+    // CDP builds. Enabling is idempotent — safe to call every fetch.
+    let _ = cdp
+        .call("Network.enable", json!({}), Some(session))
+        .await
+        .map_err(|e| format!("Network.enable: {e}"))?;
+
+    let res = cdp
+        .call(
+            "Network.loadNetworkResource",
+            json!({
+                "frameId": frame_id,
+                "url": url,
+                "options": {
+                    "disableCache": false,
+                    "includeCredentials": true,
+                },
+            }),
+            Some(session),
+        )
+        .await
+        .map_err(|e| format!("Network.loadNetworkResource {url}: {e}"))?;
+
+    let resource = res
+        .get("resource")
+        .ok_or_else(|| "loadNetworkResource: no `resource` in reply".to_string())?;
+    let success = resource
+        .get("success")
+        .and_then(|v| v.as_bool())
+        .unwrap_or(false);
+    if !success {
+        let status = resource
+            .get("httpStatusCode")
+            .and_then(|v| v.as_u64())
+            .unwrap_or(0);
+        let net_error = resource
+            .get("netErrorName")
+            .and_then(|v| v.as_str())
+            .unwrap_or("");
+        return Err(format!(
+            "loadNetworkResource reported failure: status={status} netError={net_error}"
+        ));
+    }
+    let stream_handle = resource
+        .get("stream")
+        .and_then(|v| v.as_str())
+        .ok_or_else(|| "loadNetworkResource: no `stream` handle in reply".to_string())?
+        .to_string();
+
+    let body = read_stream(cdp, session, &stream_handle).await;
+
+    // Always close the stream, even if read failed. Otherwise the
+    // browser keeps the response buffered.
+    let _ = cdp
+        .call(
+            "IO.close",
+            json!({ "handle": &stream_handle }),
+            Some(session),
+        )
+        .await;
+
+    body
+}
+
+async fn main_frame_id(cdp: &mut CdpConn, session: &str) -> Result<String, String> {
+    let tree = cdp
+        .call("Page.getFrameTree", json!({}), Some(session))
+        .await
+        .map_err(|e| format!("Page.getFrameTree: {e}"))?;
+    tree.pointer("/frameTree/frame/id")
+        .and_then(Value::as_str)
+        .map(str::to_string)
+        .ok_or_else(|| "Page.getFrameTree: no frameTree.frame.id".to_string())
+}
+
+async fn read_stream(cdp: &mut CdpConn, session: &str, handle: &str) -> Result<String, String> {
+    let mut out = String::new();
+    loop {
+        let chunk = cdp
+            .call(
+                "IO.read",
+                json!({ "handle": handle, "size": READ_CHUNK }),
+                Some(session),
+            )
+            .await
+            .map_err(|e| format!("IO.read: {e}"))?;
+        let data = chunk.get("data").and_then(|v| v.as_str()).unwrap_or("");
+        let is_base64 = chunk
+            .get("base64Encoded")
+            .and_then(|v| v.as_bool())
+            .unwrap_or(false);
+        if is_base64 {
+            let bytes = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD
+                .decode(data)
+                .map_err(|e| format!("IO.read base64 decode: {e}"))?;
+            let text =
+                String::from_utf8(bytes).map_err(|e| format!("IO.read body not utf-8: {e}"))?;
+            out.push_str(&text);
+        } else {
+            // CDP already returns `data` as a JSON string — tokio-tungstenite
+            // parsed it into a `String` via serde_json, so the JSON escapes
+            // (\uXXXX) are already resolved. We can push verbatim; no
+            // byte-by-byte re-encoding.
+            out.push_str(data);
+        }
+        let eof = chunk.get("eof").and_then(|v| v.as_bool()).unwrap_or(false);
+        if eof {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(out)
+}
diff --git a/app/src-tauri/src/gmail/mod.rs b/app/src-tauri/src/gmail/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bbb988f2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src-tauri/src/gmail/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,240 @@
+//! Gmail API layer — CDP-driven, zero JS injection.
+//!
+//! This is the first "data-connect-style" connector for OpenHuman: a
+//! typed API surface that reads (and eventually writes) Gmail state out
+//! of the logged-in webview. Consumers are:
+//!
+//! * **Frontend** via `invoke('gmail_<fn>', …)` — the
+//!   `#[tauri::command]` wrappers in this module.
+//! * **Core sidecar** via the webview_apis WebSocket bridge — the
+//!   router in `crate::webview_apis::router` calls the `cdp_*` helpers
+//!   below. Core-side JSON-RPC handlers in
+//!   `src/openhuman/webview_apis/` proxy through that bridge so curl
+//!   against `openhuman.gmail_*` reaches the live webview session.
+//!
+//! ## Standardized connector shape
+//!
+//! * Every op has one typed `cdp_<fn>` helper (the public surface both
+//!   callers share), plus one thin `#[tauri::command] gmail_<fn>`
+//!   wrapper for the frontend path.
+//! * All ops take `account_id` to disambiguate multi-account webviews.
+//!   The account must already be open via `webview_account_open` — the
+//!   CDP session is discovered by the `#openhuman-account-<id>`
+//!   fragment that `cdp::session` appends to the real URL.
+//! * Reads use `DOMSnapshot.captureSnapshot` and/or `Network.*` events.
+//! * Writes use `Input.dispatchKeyEvent` / `Input.dispatchMouseEvent`.
+//! * Nothing here injects JavaScript into the page.
+//!
+//! ## Current op coverage
+//!
+//! | Op           | Status        |
+//! | ------------ | ------------- |
+//! | `list_labels` | **working**  |
+//! | `list_messages` | stub       |
+//! | `search`     | stub          |
+//! | `get_message` | stub         |
+//! | `send`       | stub          |
+//! | `trash`      | stub          |
+//! | `add_label`  | stub          |
+//!
+//! ## CEF-only
+//!
+//! CDP requires a remote-debugging port, which wry doesn't expose.
+//! Without `--features cef` the helpers return a structured error so
+//! callers see a clear message instead of a missing symbol.
+
+pub mod types;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "cef")]
+mod atom;
+#[cfg(feature = "cef")]
+mod cdp_fetch;
+#[cfg(feature = "cef")]
+mod print_view;
+#[cfg(feature = "cef")]
+mod reads;
+#[cfg(feature = "cef")]
+mod session;
+#[cfg(feature = "cef")]
+mod writes;
+
+use types::{Ack, GmailLabel, GmailMessage, GmailSendRequest, SendAck};
+
+#[cfg(not(feature = "cef"))]
+const NO_CEF: &str =
+    "gmail API is unavailable without the cef feature (CDP requires remote debugging)";
+
+// ── Shared helpers (called by both Tauri IPC and the webview_apis bridge) ──
+
+pub async fn cdp_list_labels(account_id: &str) -> Result<Vec<GmailLabel>, String> {
+    #[cfg(feature = "cef")]
+    {
+        reads::list_labels(account_id).await
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "cef"))]
+    {
+        let _ = account_id;
+        Err(NO_CEF.into())
+    }
+}
+
+pub async fn cdp_list_messages(
+    account_id: &str,
+    limit: u32,
+    label: Option<String>,
+) -> Result<Vec<GmailMessage>, String> {
+    #[cfg(feature = "cef")]
+    {
+        reads::list_messages(account_id, limit, label).await
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "cef"))]
+    {
+        let _ = (account_id, limit, label);
+        Err(NO_CEF.into())
+    }
+}
+
+pub async fn cdp_search(
+    account_id: &str,
+    query: String,
+    limit: u32,
+) -> Result<Vec<GmailMessage>, String> {
+    #[cfg(feature = "cef")]
+    {
+        reads::search(account_id, query, limit).await
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "cef"))]
+    {
+        let _ = (account_id, query, limit);
+        Err(NO_CEF.into())
+    }
+}
+
+pub async fn cdp_get_message(account_id: &str, message_id: String) -> Result<GmailMessage, String> {
+    #[cfg(feature = "cef")]
+    {
+        reads::get_message(account_id, message_id).await
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "cef"))]
+    {
+        let _ = (account_id, message_id);
+        Err(NO_CEF.into())
+    }
+}
+
+pub async fn cdp_send(account_id: &str, request: GmailSendRequest) -> Result<SendAck, String> {
+    #[cfg(feature = "cef")]
+    {
+        writes::send(account_id, request).await
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "cef"))]
+    {
+        let _ = (account_id, request);
+        Err(NO_CEF.into())
+    }
+}
+
+pub async fn cdp_trash(account_id: &str, message_id: String) -> Result<Ack, String> {
+    #[cfg(feature = "cef")]
+    {
+        writes::trash(account_id, message_id).await
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "cef"))]
+    {
+        let _ = (account_id, message_id);
+        Err(NO_CEF.into())
+    }
+}
+
+pub async fn cdp_add_label(
+    account_id: &str,
+    message_id: String,
+    label: String,
+) -> Result<Ack, String> {
+    #[cfg(feature = "cef")]
+    {
+        writes::add_label(account_id, message_id, label).await
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "cef"))]
+    {
+        let _ = (account_id, message_id, label);
+        Err(NO_CEF.into())
+    }
+}
+
+// ── Tauri commands (frontend path) ──────────────────────────────────────
+
+// Entry-point logging at the Tauri command layer distinguishes
+// frontend `invoke` paths from the webview_apis bridge path — both
+// ultimately call the same `cdp_*` helpers in `reads.rs` / `writes.rs`,
+// but the upstream origin matters when tracing a failing flow.
+
+#[tauri::command]
+pub async fn gmail_list_labels(account_id: String) -> Result<Vec<GmailLabel>, String> {
+    log::debug!("[gmail][tauri] gmail_list_labels account_id={account_id}");
+    cdp_list_labels(&account_id).await
+}
+
+#[tauri::command]
+pub async fn gmail_list_messages(
+    account_id: String,
+    limit: u32,
+    label: Option<String>,
+) -> Result<Vec<GmailMessage>, String> {
+    log::debug!(
+        "[gmail][tauri] gmail_list_messages account_id={account_id} limit={limit} label={label:?}"
+    );
+    cdp_list_messages(&account_id, limit, label).await
+}
+
+#[tauri::command]
+pub async fn gmail_search(
+    account_id: String,
+    query: String,
+    limit: u32,
+) -> Result<Vec<GmailMessage>, String> {
+    log::debug!(
+        "[gmail][tauri] gmail_search account_id={account_id} query_len={} limit={limit}",
+        query.len()
+    );
+    cdp_search(&account_id, query, limit).await
+}
+
+#[tauri::command]
+pub async fn gmail_get_message(
+    account_id: String,
+    message_id: String,
+) -> Result<GmailMessage, String> {
+    log::debug!("[gmail][tauri] gmail_get_message account_id={account_id} message_id={message_id}");
+    cdp_get_message(&account_id, message_id).await
+}
+
+#[tauri::command]
+pub async fn gmail_send(account_id: String, request: GmailSendRequest) -> Result<SendAck, String> {
+    log::debug!(
+        "[gmail][tauri] gmail_send account_id={account_id} to={} cc={} bcc={} body_len={}",
+        request.to.len(),
+        request.cc.len(),
+        request.bcc.len(),
+        request.body.len()
+    );
+    cdp_send(&account_id, request).await
+}
+
+#[tauri::command]
+pub async fn gmail_trash(account_id: String, message_id: String) -> Result<Ack, String> {
+    log::debug!("[gmail][tauri] gmail_trash account_id={account_id} message_id={message_id}");
+    cdp_trash(&account_id, message_id).await
+}
+
+#[tauri::command]
+pub async fn gmail_add_label(
+    account_id: String,
+    message_id: String,
+    label: String,
+) -> Result<Ack, String> {
+    log::debug!(
+        "[gmail][tauri] gmail_add_label account_id={account_id} message_id={message_id} label={label}"
+    );
+    cdp_add_label(&account_id, message_id, label).await
+}
diff --git a/app/src-tauri/src/gmail/print_view.rs b/app/src-tauri/src/gmail/print_view.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..937298b33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src-tauri/src/gmail/print_view.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,538 @@
+//! Gmail print-view HTML parser.
+//!
+//! The print view at `mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&view=pt&th=<id>`
+//! returns a simple, mostly-table-based HTML page with stable markers:
+//!
+//! ```html
+//! <title>Gmail - Subject line</title>
+//! …
+//! <div id=":…" class="ii gt">  (body container)
+//! ```
+//!
+//! The specific structure has varied over the years but these anchors
+//! are extremely sticky. We parse defensively — missing fields become
+//! `None` rather than fail the whole op.
+
+use crate::gmail::types::GmailMessage;
+
+/// Parse one rendered print-view HTML page into a `GmailMessage`.
+/// Returns `None` only when the response didn't look like a Gmail
+/// print view at all (e.g. login redirect HTML).
+///
+/// Implementation note: Gmail's real print view is a flat sequence of
+/// blocks — subject (via `<title>`), sender + date, a `To: …` line,
+/// then the body — without the `<th>`/`<td>` table shape older scrapers
+/// relied on. We convert the page to plaintext (strip tags, collapse
+/// whitespace, insert line breaks at block-level boundaries) and then
+/// pick fields out of the resulting line stream. This is more stable
+/// across Gmail UI churn than anchoring on specific tag shapes.
+pub fn parse(message_id: &str, html: &str) -> Option<GmailMessage> {
+    if !looks_like_print_view(html) {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    let subject = extract_subject(html);
+    let lines = html_to_text_lines(html);
+
+    // Walk the flattened lines looking for sender/date/to/body anchors.
+    // The typical Gmail print-view shape (post tag-strip) is:
+    //   {Subject line — same as title}
+    //   {Account-owner email — "Steven Enamakel <me@…>"}
+    //   {Actual sender — "Trip.com <…>"}
+    //   {Date: "Thu, Apr 23, 2026 at 9:01 PM"}
+    //   {To: me@…}
+    //   {blank}
+    //   {body …}
+    //
+    // We can't tell account-owner from sender by their line shape alone,
+    // so collect every email-like candidate in order and pick the LAST
+    // one before the `To:` line as the sender. That matches both the
+    // 2-header and 1-header layouts Gmail has shipped.
+    let mut date_ms: Option<i64> = None;
+    let mut to: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
+    let mut cc: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
+    let mut from_candidates: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
+    let mut to_line_idx: Option<usize> = None;
+    let mut body_start_idx: Option<usize> = None;
+
+    for (i, line) in lines.iter().enumerate() {
+        let trimmed = line.trim();
+        if trimmed.is_empty() {
+            continue;
+        }
+        // Skip the subject echo that Gmail repeats below the <title>.
+        if subject.as_deref() == Some(trimmed) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        if let Some(rest) = ci_strip_prefix(trimmed, "to:") {
+            to = split_addresses(Some(rest.trim()));
+            to_line_idx = Some(i);
+            continue;
+        }
+        if let Some(rest) = ci_strip_prefix(trimmed, "cc:") {
+            cc = split_addresses(Some(rest.trim()));
+            continue;
+        }
+        // Collect ALL email-like lines pre-To. We'll pick the last one
+        // as the sender below.
+        if to_line_idx.is_none() && looks_like_sender(trimmed) {
+            from_candidates.push(trimmed.to_string());
+            continue;
+        }
+        // Date can appear before or after "To:" — accept anywhere.
+        if date_ms.is_none() {
+            if let Some(ms) = try_parse_gmail_date(trimmed) {
+                date_ms = Some(ms);
+                continue;
+            }
+        }
+        // Once we've seen To:, the next non-meta line opens the body.
+        if body_start_idx.is_none() && to_line_idx.is_some() && !looks_like_meta(trimmed) {
+            body_start_idx = Some(i);
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Pick the last email-like line before "To:" as the sender — that's
+    // the actual sender in both Gmail print-view layouts. If there were
+    // zero candidates, fall through with `from = None`.
+    let from: Option<String> = from_candidates.into_iter().last();
+
+    let body: Option<String> = body_start_idx.map(|start| {
+        let joined = lines[start..]
+            .iter()
+            .map(|l| l.trim())
+            .filter(|l| !l.is_empty())
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+            .join("\n");
+        joined.trim().to_string()
+    });
+    let snippet = body.as_deref().map(derive_snippet);
+
+    Some(GmailMessage {
+        id: message_id.to_string(),
+        thread_id: Some(message_id.to_string()),
+        from,
+        to,
+        cc,
+        subject,
+        snippet,
+        body,
+        date_ms,
+        labels: Vec::new(),
+        unread: false,
+    })
+}
+
+/// Heuristics. The sender line is typically `Name <email@dom.com>` or
+/// a bare `email@dom.com`. We require at least one `@` to avoid
+/// matching random noise.
+fn looks_like_sender(s: &str) -> bool {
+    s.contains('@') && s.len() < 256
+}
+
+/// Lines like `To:`, `From:`, `Cc:`, `Subject:` that aren't body text.
+fn looks_like_meta(s: &str) -> bool {
+    let lower = s.to_ascii_lowercase();
+    ["to:", "cc:", "bcc:", "from:", "subject:", "date:"]
+        .iter()
+        .any(|p| lower.starts_with(p))
+}
+
+fn ci_strip_prefix<'a>(s: &'a str, prefix: &str) -> Option<&'a str> {
+    let lower_prefix = prefix.to_ascii_lowercase();
+    if s.len() < prefix.len() {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let head = s.get(..prefix.len())?;
+    if head.to_ascii_lowercase() == lower_prefix {
+        Some(&s[prefix.len()..])
+    } else {
+        None
+    }
+}
+
+/// Convert HTML to a stream of plaintext lines.
+///   * Drops everything inside `<script>` / `<style>` tags.
+///   * Inserts `\n` at `<br>`, `<p>`, `<div>`, `<tr>`, `<li>`, `<h*>`
+///     tag boundaries.
+///   * Decodes HTML entities.
+fn html_to_text_lines(html: &str) -> Vec<String> {
+    let cleaned = strip_script_style(html);
+    let with_breaks = insert_block_breaks(&cleaned);
+    let stripped = strip_tags(&with_breaks);
+    let decoded = decode_entities(&stripped);
+    decoded.lines().map(str::to_string).collect()
+}
+
+fn strip_script_style(html: &str) -> String {
+    let mut out = String::with_capacity(html.len());
+    let mut rest = html;
+    loop {
+        let lower = rest.to_ascii_lowercase();
+        let s_pos = lower.find("<script").map(|p| (p, "</script>"));
+        let y_pos = lower.find("<style").map(|p| (p, "</style>"));
+        let next = [s_pos, y_pos]
+            .iter()
+            .filter_map(|x| x.clone())
+            .min_by_key(|(p, _)| *p);
+        match next {
+            Some((start, closer)) => {
+                out.push_str(&rest[..start]);
+                let lower_tail = rest[start..].to_ascii_lowercase();
+                if let Some(end) = lower_tail.find(closer) {
+                    let skip_to = start + end + closer.len();
+                    rest = &rest[skip_to..];
+                } else {
+                    // Unterminated — bail out, take the rest as-is.
+                    return out;
+                }
+            }
+            None => {
+                out.push_str(rest);
+                return out;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn insert_block_breaks(html: &str) -> String {
+    // Cheap approximation: replace each known block-start / block-end
+    // tag with a newline sentinel. Case-insensitive. Gmail's print
+    // view lays headers out in `<td>`/`<span>`/`<b>` cells without
+    // explicit `<br>` between them, so we break on the closers of
+    // those too to get one field per line after the strip.
+    let mut s = html.to_string();
+    for tag in [
+        "<br", "</p", "</div", "</tr", "</li", "</h1", "</h2", "</h3", "</h4", "</td", "</span",
+        "</b>", "<p ", "<p>", "<div ", "<div>", "<tr ", "<tr>", "<li ", "<li>", "<td ", "<td>",
+    ] {
+        let lower = s.to_ascii_lowercase();
+        if !lower.contains(tag) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        // We walk the lowercase index but rewrite in the original `s`.
+        let mut out = String::with_capacity(s.len() + 16);
+        let mut i = 0;
+        while i < s.len() {
+            let lower_slice = &lower[i..];
+            if let Some(pos) = lower_slice.find(tag) {
+                out.push_str(&s[i..i + pos]);
+                out.push('\n');
+                i += pos;
+                // Find the tag close '>' and include it.
+                if let Some(end) = s[i..].find('>') {
+                    out.push_str(&s[i..i + end + 1]);
+                    i += end + 1;
+                } else {
+                    out.push_str(&s[i..]);
+                    break;
+                }
+            } else {
+                out.push_str(&s[i..]);
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        s = out;
+    }
+    s
+}
+
+/// Try a few loose date shapes Gmail emits in the print view:
+///   * `Thu, Apr 23, 2026 at 9:01 PM`
+///   * `Thu, Apr 23, 2026, 9:01 PM`
+///   * RFC 2822 `Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:12:00 -0700`
+fn try_parse_gmail_date(s: &str) -> Option<i64> {
+    parse_rfc2822_ms(s).or_else(|| parse_human_date_ms(s))
+}
+
+/// `Thu, Apr 23, 2026 at 9:01 PM` — the form the Gmail print view emits.
+fn parse_human_date_ms(s: &str) -> Option<i64> {
+    let s = s.trim().trim_end_matches('.');
+    // Normalize separators: drop commas and the word "at".
+    let norm: String = s
+        .replace(',', " ")
+        .replace(" at ", " ")
+        .split_whitespace()
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .join(" ");
+    let mut it = norm.split_whitespace();
+    let _dow = it.next()?; // Thu
+    let mon = month_from_str(it.next()?)?;
+    let day: u32 = it.next()?.parse().ok()?;
+    let year: i64 = it.next()?.parse().ok()?;
+    let time_tok = it.next()?;
+    let ampm = it.next().unwrap_or("");
+    let mut th = time_tok.split(':');
+    let mut hh: u32 = th.next()?.parse().ok()?;
+    let mm: u32 = th.next().and_then(|v| v.parse().ok()).unwrap_or(0);
+    match ampm.to_ascii_uppercase().as_str() {
+        "PM" if hh < 12 => hh += 12,
+        "AM" if hh == 12 => hh = 0,
+        _ => {}
+    }
+    let days = days_from_civil(year, mon, day);
+    // Human date has no TZ — treat as local-naive (we don't know the
+    // mailbox's TZ), so use UTC. Caller sees the absolute millis.
+    let secs = days * 86_400 + hh as i64 * 3600 + mm as i64 * 60;
+    Some(secs.saturating_mul(1000))
+}
+
+fn looks_like_print_view(html: &str) -> bool {
+    // Gmail print-view pages always contain these two markers:
+    //  - `<title>Gmail -` — the browser tab title
+    //  - a `From:`-labelled header row
+    // Login / error pages contain neither.
+    html.contains("<title>Gmail -") || html.to_ascii_lowercase().contains(">from:</")
+}
+
+/// `<title>Gmail - {subject}</title>` → the subject portion.
+fn extract_subject(html: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    let start = html.find("<title>")? + "<title>".len();
+    let end = html[start..].find("</title>")? + start;
+    let raw = decode_entities(&html[start..end]).trim().to_string();
+    // Strip the leading "Gmail - " prefix if present.
+    Some(
+        raw.strip_prefix("Gmail - ")
+            .map(str::to_string)
+            .unwrap_or(raw),
+    )
+}
+
+fn derive_snippet(body: &str) -> String {
+    // Collapse whitespace and cap at 180 chars to match Gmail UI-ish
+    // snippet length.
+    let collapsed: String = body.split_whitespace().collect::<Vec<_>>().join(" ");
+    if collapsed.len() > 180 {
+        format!(
+            "{}…",
+            &collapsed[..collapsed
+                .char_indices()
+                .nth(180)
+                .map(|(i, _)| i)
+                .unwrap_or(180)]
+        )
+    } else {
+        collapsed
+    }
+}
+
+fn split_addresses(raw: Option<&str>) -> Vec<String> {
+    match raw {
+        None => Vec::new(),
+        Some(s) => s
+            .split(',')
+            .map(|p| p.trim().to_string())
+            .filter(|p| !p.is_empty())
+            .collect(),
+    }
+}
+
+fn strip_tags(s: &str) -> String {
+    let mut out = String::with_capacity(s.len());
+    let mut in_tag = false;
+    for ch in s.chars() {
+        match ch {
+            '<' => in_tag = true,
+            '>' if in_tag => in_tag = false,
+            _ if !in_tag => out.push(ch),
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+/// Small HTML entity decoder — named + numeric. Char-aware so
+/// multi-byte UTF-8 passes through unchanged. Same shape as the one
+/// in `atom.rs` but also handles `&nbsp;`.
+fn decode_entities(s: &str) -> String {
+    let mut out = String::with_capacity(s.len());
+    let mut rest = s;
+    while let Some(amp) = rest.find('&') {
+        out.push_str(&rest[..amp]);
+        let after = &rest[amp..];
+        if let Some(semi_rel) = after.find(';') {
+            let tok = &after[1..semi_rel];
+            let replaced = match tok {
+                "amp" => Some('&'),
+                "lt" => Some('<'),
+                "gt" => Some('>'),
+                "quot" => Some('"'),
+                "apos" => Some('\''),
+                "nbsp" => Some(' '),
+                t if t.starts_with("#x") || t.starts_with("#X") => u32::from_str_radix(&t[2..], 16)
+                    .ok()
+                    .and_then(char::from_u32),
+                t if t.starts_with('#') => t[1..].parse::<u32>().ok().and_then(char::from_u32),
+                _ => None,
+            };
+            match replaced {
+                Some(ch) => out.push(ch),
+                None => out.push_str(&after[..=semi_rel]),
+            }
+            rest = &after[semi_rel + 1..];
+        } else {
+            out.push_str(after);
+            return out;
+        }
+    }
+    out.push_str(rest);
+    out
+}
+
+/// Very narrow RFC-2822 date → unix millis. Gmail emits dates like
+/// `Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:12:00 -0700`. We handle that shape and return
+/// `None` for anything exotic — callers surface a `None` date rather
+/// than an invented one.
+fn parse_rfc2822_ms(s: &str) -> Option<i64> {
+    // Cheap heuristic parse. Good enough for the shape Gmail emits.
+    let mut parts = s.split_whitespace();
+    let _dow = parts.next()?; // "Thu,"
+    let day: u32 = parts.next()?.parse().ok()?;
+    let mon = month_from_str(parts.next()?)?;
+    let year: i64 = parts.next()?.parse().ok()?;
+    let hms = parts.next()?;
+    let mut h_iter = hms.split(':');
+    let hh: u32 = h_iter.next()?.parse().ok()?;
+    let mm: u32 = h_iter.next()?.parse().ok()?;
+    let ss: u32 = h_iter.next().and_then(|v| v.parse().ok()).unwrap_or(0);
+    let tz = parts.next().unwrap_or("+0000");
+    let tz_offset_s = parse_tz_offset_secs(tz).unwrap_or(0);
+    let days = days_from_civil(year, mon, day);
+    let secs = days * 86_400 + hh as i64 * 3600 + mm as i64 * 60 + ss as i64 - tz_offset_s;
+    Some(secs.saturating_mul(1000))
+}
+
+fn month_from_str(m: &str) -> Option<u32> {
+    Some(match m {
+        "Jan" => 1,
+        "Feb" => 2,
+        "Mar" => 3,
+        "Apr" => 4,
+        "May" => 5,
+        "Jun" => 6,
+        "Jul" => 7,
+        "Aug" => 8,
+        "Sep" => 9,
+        "Oct" => 10,
+        "Nov" => 11,
+        "Dec" => 12,
+        _ => return None,
+    })
+}
+
+fn parse_tz_offset_secs(tz: &str) -> Option<i64> {
+    if tz == "GMT" || tz == "UTC" || tz == "Z" {
+        return Some(0);
+    }
+    let (sign, digits) = match tz.as_bytes().first()? {
+        b'+' => (1, &tz[1..]),
+        b'-' => (-1, &tz[1..]),
+        _ => return None,
+    };
+    if digits.len() != 4 {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let h: i64 = digits.get(0..2)?.parse().ok()?;
+    let m: i64 = digits.get(2..4)?.parse().ok()?;
+    Some(sign * (h * 3600 + m * 60))
+}
+
+fn days_from_civil(y: i64, m: u32, d: u32) -> i64 {
+    let y = if m <= 2 { y - 1 } else { y };
+    let era = y.div_euclid(400);
+    let yoe = y - era * 400;
+    let m = m as i64;
+    let d = d as i64;
+    let doy = (153 * (if m > 2 { m - 3 } else { m + 9 }) + 2) / 5 + d - 1;
+    let doe = yoe * 365 + yoe / 4 - yoe / 100 + doy;
+    era * 146_097 + doe - 719_468
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    /// Real Gmail print-view shape (anonymised). Flatter than the older
+    /// `<th>`/`<td>` table form — sender-and-email inline, date on its
+    /// own line in a human-readable form, `To:` labelled line, then body.
+    const SAMPLE_HTML: &str = r#"<html><head><title>Gmail - Re: Project &amp; plan</title></head>
+<body>
+<div>Gmail - Re: Project &amp; plan</div>
+<div>&quot;Alice&quot; &lt;alice@example.com&gt;</div>
+<div>Thu, Apr 23, 2026 at 6:12 PM</div>
+<div>To: me@example.com, &quot;Bob&quot; &lt;bob@example.com&gt;</div>
+<div>Hello team — quick status update before Friday&#39;s demo.<br>Will send slides later.</div>
+</body></html>"#;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parses_subject_from_to_and_body() {
+        let m = parse("181a3b4c001", SAMPLE_HTML).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(m.id, "181a3b4c001");
+        assert_eq!(m.subject.as_deref(), Some("Re: Project & plan"));
+        assert!(
+            m.from.as_deref().unwrap().contains("alice@example.com"),
+            "unexpected from: {:?}",
+            m.from
+        );
+        assert_eq!(m.to.len(), 2);
+        assert!(
+            m.to.iter().any(|t| t.contains("bob@example.com")),
+            "to missing bob: {:?}",
+            m.to
+        );
+        assert!(
+            m.body.as_deref().unwrap().contains("Hello team"),
+            "body: {:?}",
+            m.body
+        );
+        assert!(m.date_ms.is_some(), "date_ms: {:?}", m.date_ms);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn returns_none_on_non_print_view_html() {
+        let html = "<html><body>Please sign in</body></html>";
+        assert!(parse("x", html).is_none());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn snippet_is_short_and_whitespace_collapsed() {
+        let m = parse("id", SAMPLE_HTML).unwrap();
+        let snippet = m.snippet.unwrap();
+        assert!(snippet.len() <= 181);
+        assert!(!snippet.contains('\n'));
+    }
+
+    /// Gmail's real print view shows an account-owner line BEFORE the
+    /// actual sender. Our `from_candidates`/pick-last rule must favour
+    /// the sender (second email-like line pre-`To:`), not the account.
+    #[test]
+    fn picks_sender_not_account_owner_from_two_header_layout() {
+        let html = r#"<html><head><title>Gmail - Receipt</title></head>
+<body>
+<span>Gmail - Receipt</span>
+<span>Steven Enamakel &lt;me@example.com&gt;</span>
+<span>Trip.com &lt;noreply@trip.com&gt;</span>
+<span>Thu, Apr 23, 2026 at 9:01 PM</span>
+<span>To: me@example.com</span>
+<div>Your new Trip Coins balance is 69.</div>
+</body></html>"#;
+        let m = parse("abc", html).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            m.from.as_deref(),
+            Some("Trip.com <noreply@trip.com>"),
+            "from: {:?}",
+            m.from
+        );
+        assert_eq!(m.to, vec!["me@example.com".to_string()]);
+        assert!(m.date_ms.is_some(), "expected human date parse");
+        assert!(m.body.as_deref().unwrap().contains("Trip Coins"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn rfc2822_date_parses_with_non_utc_offset() {
+        let ms_utc = parse_rfc2822_ms("Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:12:00 +0000").unwrap();
+        let ms_pdt = parse_rfc2822_ms("Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:12:00 -0700").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(ms_utc, ms_pdt);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src-tauri/src/gmail/reads.rs b/app/src-tauri/src/gmail/reads.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c3c0d402
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src-tauri/src/gmail/reads.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,302 @@
+//! Read ops: list_labels, list_messages, search, get_message.
+//!
+//! Strategy per-op:
+//!
+//! * **list_labels** — DOM snapshot of the sidebar. Cheap and reliable.
+//! * **list_messages** — Gmail's stable Atom feed at
+//!   `mail.google.com/mail/u/0/feed/atom[/<label>]`, fetched
+//!   authenticated via the attached CDP session (Network.loadNetworkResource
+//!   + IO.read — no JS eval). Covers the 20 most recent unread messages.
+//! * **search / get_message** — scaffolded with structured errors for
+//!   the first cut. Search needs `Page.navigate('#search/<q>')` plus
+//!   DOM/Network observation; `get_message` can use Gmail's print-view
+//!   endpoint on a per-id basis (follow-up).
+//!
+//! Everything here is CEF-only — CDP requires a remote-debugging port
+//! which wry doesn't expose.
+
+use super::cdp_fetch;
+use super::session;
+use super::types::{GmailLabel, GmailMessage};
+use crate::cdp::Snapshot;
+use crate::gmail::atom;
+
+pub async fn list_labels(account_id: &str) -> Result<Vec<GmailLabel>, String> {
+    log::debug!("[gmail][{account_id}] list_labels");
+    let (mut cdp, session_id) = session::attach(account_id).await?;
+    let snap = match Snapshot::capture(&mut cdp, &session_id).await {
+        Ok(s) => s,
+        Err(e) => {
+            session::detach(&mut cdp, &session_id).await;
+            return Err(format!("gmail[{account_id}]: snapshot failed: {e}"));
+        }
+    };
+    let labels = scrape_labels(&snap);
+    session::detach(&mut cdp, &session_id).await;
+    log::debug!(
+        "[gmail][{account_id}] list_labels ok count={}",
+        labels.len()
+    );
+    Ok(labels)
+}
+
+pub async fn list_messages(
+    account_id: &str,
+    limit: u32,
+    label: Option<String>,
+) -> Result<Vec<GmailMessage>, String> {
+    log::debug!(
+        "[gmail][{account_id}] list_messages limit={limit} label={:?}",
+        label
+    );
+    let url = atom_feed_url(label.as_deref());
+    let (mut cdp, session_id) = session::attach(account_id).await?;
+    let body = match cdp_fetch::fetch(&mut cdp, &session_id, &url).await {
+        Ok(b) => b,
+        Err(e) => {
+            session::detach(&mut cdp, &session_id).await;
+            return Err(format!("gmail[{account_id}]: atom-feed fetch failed: {e}"));
+        }
+    };
+    session::detach(&mut cdp, &session_id).await;
+    let mut messages = atom::parse(&body);
+    log::debug!(
+        "[gmail][{account_id}] list_messages parsed={} (pre-cap)",
+        messages.len()
+    );
+    if (messages.len() as u32) > limit {
+        messages.truncate(limit as usize);
+    }
+    Ok(messages)
+}
+
+/// Build the Atom feed URL for a given label. Gmail exposes a default
+/// inbox feed at `…/feed/atom` and per-label feeds at
+/// `…/feed/atom/<label>`. Unknown labels 404 cleanly, so we don't try
+/// to validate here.
+fn atom_feed_url(label: Option<&str>) -> String {
+    const BASE: &str = "https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/feed/atom";
+    match label {
+        None | Some("") | Some("INBOX") | Some("inbox") => BASE.to_string(),
+        Some(name) => format!("{BASE}/{}", url_path_escape(name)),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Minimal path-segment percent-escape for Gmail label names. Gmail
+/// allows `/` in user labels (nested), so we only escape the handful
+/// of characters that break URL parsing.
+fn url_path_escape(s: &str) -> String {
+    let mut out = String::with_capacity(s.len());
+    for ch in s.chars() {
+        match ch {
+            c if c.is_ascii_alphanumeric() => out.push(c),
+            '-' | '_' | '.' | '~' | '/' => out.push(ch),
+            other => {
+                let mut buf = [0u8; 4];
+                for b in other.encode_utf8(&mut buf).bytes() {
+                    out.push_str(&format!("%{:02X}", b));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+pub async fn search(
+    account_id: &str,
+    _query: String,
+    _limit: u32,
+) -> Result<Vec<GmailMessage>, String> {
+    log::debug!("[gmail][{account_id}] search (not implemented)");
+    Err(format!(
+        "gmail[{account_id}]: search not implemented — follow-up work"
+    ))
+}
+
+pub async fn get_message(account_id: &str, message_id: String) -> Result<GmailMessage, String> {
+    log::debug!("[gmail][{account_id}] get_message id={message_id}");
+    let url = print_view_url(&message_id);
+    let (mut cdp, session_id) = session::attach(account_id).await?;
+    let body = match cdp_fetch::fetch(&mut cdp, &session_id, &url).await {
+        Ok(b) => b,
+        Err(e) => {
+            session::detach(&mut cdp, &session_id).await;
+            return Err(format!("gmail[{account_id}]: print-view fetch failed: {e}"));
+        }
+    };
+    session::detach(&mut cdp, &session_id).await;
+    super::print_view::parse(&message_id, &body)
+        .ok_or_else(|| format!("gmail[{account_id}]: print-view parse failed"))
+}
+
+/// Gmail's print-view URL — undocumented but stable, returns a clean
+/// plain-HTML rendering of a single message/thread with subject/from/
+/// to/date/body in a predictable structure.
+///
+/// Gmail exposes two id formats on this endpoint:
+///
+/// * Hex thread ids via `th=<hex>` — what the inbox UI uses internally.
+/// * Decimal ids via `permthid=thread-f:<dec>&permmsgid=msg-f:<dec>`
+///   — this is what the Atom feed gives us.
+///
+/// We build the decimal form so the id that `list_messages` returns
+/// flows directly into `get_message` without conversion.
+fn print_view_url(message_id: &str) -> String {
+    let escaped = url_path_escape(message_id);
+    format!(
+        "https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&view=pt&search=all\
+         &permthid=thread-f:{escaped}&permmsgid=msg-f:{escaped}"
+    )
+}
+
+// ── label scrape ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/// Gmail's sidebar labels render as `<a>` or `<div>` with
+/// `role="link"` and an `aria-label` attribute containing the label
+/// name (and sometimes the unread count). We walk every such node in
+/// the snapshot and dedupe by name.
+///
+/// System labels come in with upper-case English names (Inbox, Sent,
+/// Drafts, Spam, Trash, Starred, Important, Snoozed, Scheduled,
+/// All Mail, Chats, Categories). Anything else is assumed user-created.
+fn scrape_labels(snap: &Snapshot) -> Vec<GmailLabel> {
+    let mut out: Vec<GmailLabel> = Vec::new();
+    let mut seen: std::collections::HashSet<String> = std::collections::HashSet::new();
+
+    let link_nodes = snap.find_all(|s, idx| {
+        if !s.is_element(idx) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        // Gmail sidebar items are anchors (`<a>`) or `<div role="link">`.
+        let tag = s.tag(idx);
+        if tag != "A" && tag != "a" && tag != "DIV" && tag != "div" {
+            return false;
+        }
+        matches!(s.attr(idx, "role"), Some("link"))
+    });
+
+    for idx in link_nodes {
+        let aria = match snap.attr(idx, "aria-label") {
+            Some(v) if !v.is_empty() => v,
+            _ => continue,
+        };
+        let (name, unread) = parse_aria_label(aria);
+        if name.is_empty() {
+            continue;
+        }
+        if !seen.insert(name.clone()) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        let kind = if is_system_label(&name) {
+            "system"
+        } else {
+            "user"
+        };
+        out.push(GmailLabel {
+            id: name.clone(),
+            name,
+            kind: kind.to_string(),
+            unread,
+        });
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+/// Gmail's aria-labels look like:
+///   `"Inbox 23 unread"`, `"Inbox, 23 unread messages"`,
+///   `"Starred"`, `"Drafts 4"`, `"Spam, 1"`.
+/// Peel any trailing `N unread(messages)?` / `N` count off and return
+/// the plain label name plus the parsed unread count if present.
+fn parse_aria_label(aria: &str) -> (String, Option<u64>) {
+    let mut name = aria.trim().to_string();
+
+    // 1. Strip English descriptors in order from most-specific to least.
+    //    Keep going until no more of these match, which covers labels
+    //    like "Spam, 1 unread messages" that chain two suffixes.
+    loop {
+        let lower = name.to_ascii_lowercase();
+        let stripped_len = ["unread messages", "unread", "messages"]
+            .iter()
+            .find(|suf| lower.ends_with(*suf))
+            .map(|suf| name.len() - suf.len());
+        match stripped_len {
+            Some(n) => {
+                name.truncate(n);
+                name = name.trim_end_matches([' ', ',']).to_string();
+            }
+            None => break,
+        }
+    }
+
+    // 2. Now name is e.g. "Inbox 23" or "Spam, 1" or "Starred". Peel off
+    //    a trailing integer (with any comma/space separator) as the
+    //    unread count.
+    let mut unread: Option<u64> = None;
+    if let Some(last) = name.split(|c: char| c == ' ' || c == ',').next_back() {
+        if !last.is_empty() {
+            if let Ok(n) = last.parse::<u64>() {
+                unread = Some(n);
+                let cut = name.len() - last.len();
+                name.truncate(cut);
+                name = name.trim_end_matches([' ', ',']).to_string();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    (name.trim().to_string(), unread)
+}
+
+/// English-only catalog of Gmail's built-in label names. Users on
+/// non-English locales will see their labels classified as `"user"`
+/// until we switch to a locale-agnostic detector (structural DOM cue
+/// or a localised translation table). Tracked as a follow-up in the
+/// plan — see `GmailLabel` doc for the caller-facing implication.
+fn is_system_label(name: &str) -> bool {
+    matches!(
+        name,
+        "Inbox"
+            | "Starred"
+            | "Snoozed"
+            | "Important"
+            | "Sent"
+            | "Drafts"
+            | "Scheduled"
+            | "All Mail"
+            | "Spam"
+            | "Trash"
+            | "Chats"
+            | "Categories"
+            | "Updates"
+            | "Promotions"
+            | "Social"
+            | "Forums"
+    )
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_aria_label_peels_trailing_count() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            parse_aria_label("Inbox 23 unread"),
+            ("Inbox".into(), Some(23))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(parse_aria_label("Drafts 4"), ("Drafts".into(), Some(4)));
+        assert_eq!(parse_aria_label("Starred"), ("Starred".into(), None));
+        assert_eq!(
+            parse_aria_label("Spam, 1 unread messages"),
+            ("Spam".into(), Some(1))
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn system_label_catalog_matches_known_names() {
+        for n in ["Inbox", "Sent", "Drafts", "Trash", "Spam", "Starred"] {
+            assert!(is_system_label(n), "expected system: {n}");
+        }
+        assert!(!is_system_label("Receipts"));
+        assert!(!is_system_label("Personal/Finance"));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src-tauri/src/gmail/session.rs b/app/src-tauri/src/gmail/session.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7a1ca7f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src-tauri/src/gmail/session.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+//! Helpers for attaching a short-lived CDP session to the logged-in
+//! Gmail webview. Every op calls [`attach`], runs a small protocol
+//! sequence, then [`detach`]s.
+//!
+//! Matching strategy: reuse the per-account URL fragment
+//! (`#openhuman-account-<id>`) that `cdp::session::spawn_session`
+//! appends to the webview's real URL. This is the same mechanism the
+//! Discord / Slack / WhatsApp scanners use — see
+//! `app/src-tauri/src/cdp/session.rs` `target_url_fragment`.
+
+use crate::cdp::{
+    connect_and_attach_matching, detach_session, placeholder_marker, target_url_fragment, CdpConn,
+};
+
+/// Attach a CDP session to the Gmail page for `account_id`. Caller must
+/// [`detach`] when done (or drop the [`CdpConn`] entirely) so we don't
+/// leak sessions in the browser.
+///
+/// Match strategy: the fragment `#openhuman-account-<id>` is appended
+/// by `cdp::session` to the real URL on first navigation, but Gmail
+/// may redirect to `accounts.google.com` for auth and strip fragments
+/// along the way. To stay robust we accept either the fragment match
+/// OR the original placeholder-title marker (used on very early ticks
+/// before the first Page.navigate completes). Same strategy the
+/// per-account session opener itself uses — see
+/// `app/src-tauri/src/cdp/session.rs`.
+pub async fn attach(account_id: &str) -> Result<(CdpConn, String), String> {
+    let fragment = target_url_fragment(account_id);
+    let marker = placeholder_marker(account_id);
+    log::debug!(
+        "[gmail][{}] attaching CDP session fragment={} marker={}",
+        account_id,
+        fragment,
+        marker
+    );
+
+    // Pass 1 — account-specific anchors. The fragment survives
+    // same-origin navigations on the placeholder and on the real URL
+    // up until Gmail's own client rewrites the hash to `#inbox` /
+    // `#search/…`; the placeholder title is only set before the first
+    // `Page.navigate` completes. If either matches, the attach is
+    // unambiguously for this account.
+    let fragment_clone = fragment.clone();
+    let marker_clone = marker.clone();
+    if let Ok((cdp, session)) = connect_and_attach_matching(move |t| {
+        t.url.contains(&fragment_clone) || t.title == marker_clone
+    })
+    .await
+    {
+        log::debug!(
+            "[gmail][{}] attached (account-anchored) session={}",
+            account_id,
+            session
+        );
+        return Ok((cdp, session));
+    }
+
+    // Pass 2 — fallback. Gmail has navigated away from our fragment,
+    // so no anchor remains. We accept any `mail.google.com/*` target,
+    // which is safe provided the user has at most one Gmail account
+    // open at a time (every `webview_account_open("gmail", …)` gets
+    // the fragment-anchor back on its next `Page.navigate`, so two
+    // concurrent Gmail webviews will only share the broad predicate
+    // for a short window). Log loudly so this case is easy to spot.
+    log::warn!(
+        "[gmail][{}] account-anchored attach failed; falling back to any mail.google.com/* target",
+        account_id
+    );
+    let (cdp, session) =
+        connect_and_attach_matching(|t| t.url.starts_with("https://mail.google.com/"))
+            .await
+            .map_err(|e| format!("gmail[{account_id}]: attach failed: {e}"))?;
+    log::debug!(
+        "[gmail][{}] attached (fallback) session={}",
+        account_id,
+        session
+    );
+    Ok((cdp, session))
+}
+
+pub async fn detach(cdp: &mut CdpConn, session: &str) {
+    detach_session(cdp, session).await;
+}
diff --git a/app/src-tauri/src/gmail/types.rs b/app/src-tauri/src/gmail/types.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..067fc6ae9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src-tauri/src/gmail/types.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+//! Data shapes returned by the Gmail API commands.
+//!
+//! Keep these stable across ops — the UI / agent consumers rely on the
+//! shape, not the op that produced it. Owned `String` fields + `Vec<_>`
+//! throughout so they serialize cleanly over the Tauri IPC bridge.
+
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+/// Gmail label as scraped from the sidebar DOM.
+///
+/// Known limitations:
+///
+/// * `id` is currently set to the **display name**, not Gmail's internal
+///   stable id (`INBOX`, `STARRED`, `Label_123`, …). DOM scraping can't
+///   recover those without either Network MITM of the sync endpoints
+///   or an authenticated API call. Treat `id` as an opaque display key
+///   within the webview_apis surface; callers that need stable ids for
+///   downstream Gmail API calls must wait for the Network-interception
+///   follow-up tracked in the plan.
+/// * `kind` is derived from an English name table in `reads.rs`. Users
+///   on non-English Gmail locales will see every label classified as
+///   `"user"` until localised detection lands.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct GmailLabel {
+    pub id: String,
+    pub name: String,
+    /// `"system"` (INBOX, SENT, TRASH, STARRED, …) or `"user"`.
+    pub kind: String,
+    /// Unread count if surfaced in the sidebar, else `None`.
+    pub unread: Option<u64>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct GmailMessage {
+    pub id: String,
+    pub thread_id: Option<String>,
+    pub from: Option<String>,
+    pub to: Vec<String>,
+    pub cc: Vec<String>,
+    pub subject: Option<String>,
+    pub snippet: Option<String>,
+    /// Plain-text body if available. HTML bodies are not decoded here.
+    pub body: Option<String>,
+    /// Unix millis of the message's internal date, when surfaced.
+    pub date_ms: Option<i64>,
+    pub labels: Vec<String>,
+    pub unread: bool,
+}
+
+#[allow(dead_code)] // returned by get_thread once wired; shape is stable.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct GmailThread {
+    pub id: String,
+    pub subject: Option<String>,
+    pub messages: Vec<GmailMessage>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct GmailSendRequest {
+    pub to: Vec<String>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub cc: Vec<String>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub bcc: Vec<String>,
+    pub subject: String,
+    pub body: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct SendAck {
+    pub message_id: Option<String>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct Ack {
+    pub status: String,
+}
diff --git a/app/src-tauri/src/gmail/writes.rs b/app/src-tauri/src/gmail/writes.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf7e9fa12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src-tauri/src/gmail/writes.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+//! Write ops: send, trash, add_label.
+//!
+//! CDP-only writes are driven via `Input.dispatchKeyEvent` /
+//! `Input.dispatchMouseEvent` against the live Gmail UI — no JS
+//! injection. Each op is intentionally stubbed for the first cut so
+//! the standardized API surface is visible end-to-end; filling them
+//! in requires careful UI automation that stays stable across Gmail
+//! chrome churn. See plan §deferred.
+
+use super::types::{Ack, GmailSendRequest, SendAck};
+
+pub async fn send(account_id: &str, _req: GmailSendRequest) -> Result<SendAck, String> {
+    log::debug!("[gmail][{account_id}] send (not implemented)");
+    Err(format!(
+        "gmail[{account_id}]: send not implemented — follow-up work per plan §deferred \
+         (CDP Input-event automation of the compose dialog)"
+    ))
+}
+
+pub async fn trash(account_id: &str, _message_id: String) -> Result<Ack, String> {
+    log::debug!("[gmail][{account_id}] trash (not implemented)");
+    Err(format!(
+        "gmail[{account_id}]: trash not implemented — follow-up work"
+    ))
+}
+
+pub async fn add_label(
+    account_id: &str,
+    _message_id: String,
+    _label: String,
+) -> Result<Ack, String> {
+    log::debug!("[gmail][{account_id}] add_label (not implemented)");
+    Err(format!(
+        "gmail[{account_id}]: add_label not implemented — follow-up work"
+    ))
+}
diff --git a/app/src-tauri/src/lib.rs b/app/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
index cc3d8d83d..c40a3a6f3 100644
--- a/app/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/app/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ mod core_process;
 mod core_update;
 #[cfg(feature = "cef")]
 mod discord_scanner;
+mod gmail;
 #[cfg(feature = "cef")]
 mod imessage_scanner;
 mod notification_settings;
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ mod slack_scanner;
 #[cfg(feature = "cef")]
 mod telegram_scanner;
 mod webview_accounts;
+mod webview_apis;
 mod whatsapp_scanner;
 
 use std::sync::Mutex;
@@ -638,6 +640,32 @@ pub fn run() {
                 }
             }
 
+            // Start the webview_apis WebSocket bridge BEFORE spawning core —
+            // core reads OPENHUMAN_WEBVIEW_APIS_PORT on first connect, and
+            // connects lazily, so the env var must be set before the spawn.
+            //
+            // If the bridge fails to bind we clear any inherited port env so
+            // the core child can't accidentally connect to whichever loopback
+            // process already owns that port, then abort setup — the bridge
+            // is load-bearing for every webview_apis RPC method.
+            let bridge_ok = tauri::async_runtime::block_on(async {
+                match webview_apis::start().await {
+                    Ok(port) => {
+                        std::env::set_var(webview_apis::server::PORT_ENV, port.to_string());
+                        log::info!("[webview_apis] bridge ready on port {port}");
+                        true
+                    }
+                    Err(err) => {
+                        log::error!("[webview_apis] failed to start bridge: {err}");
+                        std::env::remove_var(webview_apis::server::PORT_ENV);
+                        false
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+            if !bridge_ok {
+                return Err("webview_apis bridge failed to start — aborting setup".into());
+            }
+
             let core_run_mode = core_process::default_core_run_mode(daemon_mode);
             let core_bin = if matches!(core_run_mode, core_process::CoreRunMode::ChildProcess) {
                 core_process::default_core_bin()
@@ -890,6 +918,62 @@ pub fn run() {
                     });
                 }
             }
+            // OPENHUMAN_DEV_AUTO_GMAIL=<account-id> opens the Gmail account
+            // webview at startup so the webview_apis bridge has a live CDP
+            // target to attach to. Pair with:
+            //   curl -sS http://127.0.0.1:7788/rpc \
+            //     -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+            //     -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"openhuman.webview_apis_gmail_list_labels","params":{"account_id":"<account-id>"}}'
+            if let Ok(account_id) = std::env::var("OPENHUMAN_DEV_AUTO_GMAIL") {
+                let account_id = account_id.trim().to_string();
+                if !account_id.is_empty() {
+                    let app_handle = app.handle().clone();
+                    tauri::async_runtime::spawn(async move {
+                        tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(2)).await;
+                        let state = app_handle.state::<webview_accounts::WebviewAccountsState>();
+                        // Size the Gmail child webview to the parent window
+                        // so the inbox is usable without manual resizing.
+                        let (w, h) = app_handle
+                            .get_webview_window("main")
+                            .and_then(|main| {
+                                let scale = main.scale_factor().unwrap_or(1.0);
+                                main.inner_size()
+                                    .ok()
+                                    .map(|s| ((s.width as f64) / scale, (s.height as f64) / scale))
+                            })
+                            .unwrap_or((1100.0, 780.0));
+                        let args = webview_accounts::OpenArgs {
+                            account_id: account_id.clone(),
+                            provider: "gmail".to_string(),
+                            url: None,
+                            bounds: Some(webview_accounts::Bounds {
+                                x: 0.0,
+                                y: 0.0,
+                                width: w,
+                                height: h,
+                            }),
+                        };
+                        match webview_accounts::webview_account_open(
+                            app_handle.clone(),
+                            state,
+                            args,
+                        )
+                        .await
+                        {
+                            Ok(label) => log::info!(
+                                "[dev-auto-gmail] spawned label={} account={}",
+                                label,
+                                account_id
+                            ),
+                            Err(e) => log::error!(
+                                "[dev-auto-gmail] failed: {} (account={})",
+                                e,
+                                account_id
+                            ),
+                        }
+                    });
+                }
+            }
 
             #[cfg(all(target_os = "macos", feature = "cef"))]
             {
@@ -936,6 +1020,13 @@ pub fn run() {
             webview_accounts::webview_set_focused_account,
             notification_settings::notification_settings_get,
             notification_settings::notification_settings_set,
+            gmail::gmail_list_labels,
+            gmail::gmail_list_messages,
+            gmail::gmail_search,
+            gmail::gmail_get_message,
+            gmail::gmail_send,
+            gmail::gmail_trash,
+            gmail::gmail_add_label,
             activate_main_window,
             show_native_notification
         ])
diff --git a/app/src-tauri/src/webview_apis/mod.rs b/app/src-tauri/src/webview_apis/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bfe2a0022
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src-tauri/src/webview_apis/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+//! Webview APIs bridge — Tauri side (server).
+//!
+//! Exposes the connector APIs that live in the Tauri shell (Gmail,
+//! future: Notion, Slack, …) to the core sidecar over a local
+//! WebSocket on `127.0.0.1`. Core-side handlers in
+//! `src/openhuman/webview_apis/` connect as a client and proxy
+//! JSON-RPC calls (`openhuman.gmail_*`) through this bridge so curl
+//! against the core's RPC port reaches the live webview session.
+//!
+//! ## Protocol
+//!
+//! JSON text frames, one envelope per frame:
+//!
+//! ```text
+//! request:   { "kind": "request",  "id": "...", "method": "gmail.list_labels",
+//!              "params": { "account_id": "…" } }
+//! response:  { "kind": "response", "id": "...", "ok": true,  "result": <json> }
+//! response:  { "kind": "response", "id": "...", "ok": false, "error": "…" }
+//! ```
+//!
+//! The server is permissive: it accepts requests from any connection on
+//! loopback (the spawned core process is the only one expected, but we
+//! don't authenticate — the port is never bound to a public interface).
+//!
+//! ## Startup / port coordination
+//!
+//! The server picks its port at boot:
+//!   1. If `OPENHUMAN_WEBVIEW_APIS_PORT` is set, try that port first.
+//!   2. Else bind `127.0.0.1:0` and let the OS pick.
+//!
+//! Either way the resolved port is exposed via
+//! [`resolved_port`] and pushed into the core sidecar's environment
+//! as `OPENHUMAN_WEBVIEW_APIS_PORT` by `core_process::spawn_core`.
+
+pub mod router;
+pub mod server;
+
+#[allow(unused_imports)]
+pub use server::{resolved_port, start};
diff --git a/app/src-tauri/src/webview_apis/router.rs b/app/src-tauri/src/webview_apis/router.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f45e8054c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src-tauri/src/webview_apis/router.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+//! Method dispatch for webview_apis requests.
+//!
+//! Maps a protocol method name (`"gmail.list_labels"`) to the Rust
+//! function that handles it. Keep this file as the single place that
+//! does the mapping — implementations live in their own connector
+//! modules (`crate::gmail`, and future siblings).
+
+use serde_json::{Map, Value};
+
+use crate::gmail;
+
+/// Dispatch a single webview_apis request to its handler. Returns the
+/// `result` JSON on success or a string error that the server relays
+/// back as `{ ok: false, error }`.
+///
+/// Outcome logging lives here so the bridge has a single chokepoint
+/// for success/failure traces — callers (tests, the WS server) keep
+/// their own entry/exit logs but rely on this function to summarise
+/// each dispatch decision.
+pub async fn dispatch(method: &str, params: Map<String, Value>) -> Result<Value, String> {
+    log::debug!("[webview_apis] dispatch method={method}");
+    let out = dispatch_inner(method, params).await;
+    match &out {
+        Ok(_) => log::debug!("[webview_apis] dispatch ok method={method}"),
+        Err(e) => log::warn!("[webview_apis] dispatch err method={method} error={e}"),
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+async fn dispatch_inner(method: &str, params: Map<String, Value>) -> Result<Value, String> {
+    match method {
+        "gmail.list_labels" => {
+            serialize(gmail::cdp_list_labels(&read_string(&params, "account_id")?).await)
+        }
+        "gmail.list_messages" => serialize(
+            gmail::cdp_list_messages(
+                &read_string(&params, "account_id")?,
+                read_u32(&params, "limit")?,
+                read_optional_string(&params, "label")?,
+            )
+            .await,
+        ),
+        "gmail.search" => serialize(
+            gmail::cdp_search(
+                &read_string(&params, "account_id")?,
+                read_string(&params, "query")?,
+                read_u32(&params, "limit")?,
+            )
+            .await,
+        ),
+        "gmail.get_message" => serialize(
+            gmail::cdp_get_message(
+                &read_string(&params, "account_id")?,
+                read_string(&params, "message_id")?,
+            )
+            .await,
+        ),
+        "gmail.send" => {
+            let account_id = read_string(&params, "account_id")?;
+            let request: gmail::types::GmailSendRequest = serde_json::from_value(
+                params
+                    .get("request")
+                    .cloned()
+                    .ok_or_else(|| "missing required param 'request'".to_string())?,
+            )
+            .map_err(|e| format!("invalid 'request': {e}"))?;
+            serialize(gmail::cdp_send(&account_id, request).await)
+        }
+        "gmail.trash" => serialize(
+            gmail::cdp_trash(
+                &read_string(&params, "account_id")?,
+                read_string(&params, "message_id")?,
+            )
+            .await,
+        ),
+        "gmail.add_label" => serialize(
+            gmail::cdp_add_label(
+                &read_string(&params, "account_id")?,
+                read_string(&params, "message_id")?,
+                read_string(&params, "label")?,
+            )
+            .await,
+        ),
+        _ => Err(format!("unknown webview_apis method: {method}")),
+    }
+}
+
+fn serialize<T: serde::Serialize>(res: Result<T, String>) -> Result<Value, String> {
+    match res {
+        Ok(v) => serde_json::to_value(v)
+            .map_err(|e| format!("[webview_apis] serialize response failed: {e}")),
+        Err(e) => Err(e),
+    }
+}
+
+// ── param helpers ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/// Read a required string param, trimmed. Empty / whitespace-only
+/// values are rejected at this boundary so CDP helpers downstream
+/// never see a meaningless account_id / message_id.
+fn read_string(params: &Map<String, Value>, key: &str) -> Result<String, String> {
+    let s = params
+        .get(key)
+        .and_then(|v| v.as_str())
+        .ok_or_else(|| format!("missing required string param '{key}'"))?;
+    let trimmed = s.trim();
+    if trimmed.is_empty() {
+        return Err(format!("invalid '{key}': must be non-empty"));
+    }
+    Ok(trimmed.to_string())
+}
+
+fn read_optional_string(params: &Map<String, Value>, key: &str) -> Result<Option<String>, String> {
+    match params.get(key) {
+        None | Some(Value::Null) => Ok(None),
+        Some(Value::String(s)) => Ok(Some(s.clone())),
+        Some(_) => Err(format!("invalid '{key}': expected string")),
+    }
+}
+
+fn read_u32(params: &Map<String, Value>, key: &str) -> Result<u32, String> {
+    params
+        .get(key)
+        .and_then(|v| v.as_u64())
+        .and_then(|n| u32::try_from(n).ok())
+        .ok_or_else(|| format!("missing or invalid u32 param '{key}'"))
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use serde_json::json;
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn unknown_method_is_rejected() {
+        let err = dispatch("something.else", Map::new()).await.unwrap_err();
+        assert!(err.contains("unknown webview_apis method"));
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn missing_account_id_reports_clearly() {
+        let err = dispatch("gmail.list_labels", Map::new()).await.unwrap_err();
+        assert!(err.contains("account_id"), "got: {err}");
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn list_messages_rejects_missing_limit() {
+        let mut p = Map::new();
+        p.insert("account_id".into(), json!("gmail"));
+        let err = dispatch("gmail.list_messages", p).await.unwrap_err();
+        assert!(err.contains("limit"), "got: {err}");
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn blank_account_id_is_rejected() {
+        let mut p = Map::new();
+        p.insert("account_id".into(), json!("   "));
+        let err = dispatch("gmail.list_labels", p).await.unwrap_err();
+        assert!(
+            err.contains("must be non-empty"),
+            "expected non-empty complaint, got: {err}"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn optional_string_error_uses_actual_key_name() {
+        // Covers the read_optional_string path: the key 'label' used to be
+        // hardcoded in the error; now it must echo the real param name.
+        let mut p = Map::new();
+        p.insert("account_id".into(), json!("gmail"));
+        p.insert("limit".into(), json!(5));
+        p.insert("label".into(), json!(42)); // wrong type — not a string
+        let err = dispatch("gmail.list_messages", p).await.unwrap_err();
+        assert!(err.contains("'label'"), "got: {err}");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src-tauri/src/webview_apis/server.rs b/app/src-tauri/src/webview_apis/server.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bac81d733
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src-tauri/src/webview_apis/server.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,236 @@
+//! WebSocket server for the webview_apis bridge.
+//!
+//! Binds a loopback TCP socket, accepts incoming connections (one per
+//! core sidecar instance), and for each frame: decode → route → encode
+//! response. Any number of concurrent requests per connection: each is
+//! spawned as its own task and the responses are serialised back over
+//! the shared sink via an mpsc.
+
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU16, Ordering};
+use std::sync::OnceLock;
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use futures_util::{SinkExt, StreamExt};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use serde_json::{Map, Value};
+use tokio::net::TcpListener;
+use tokio::sync::mpsc;
+use tokio_tungstenite::tungstenite::Message;
+
+use super::router;
+
+/// Env var the Tauri host writes (before spawning core) and core reads
+/// (in `src/openhuman/webview_apis/client.rs`) so both agree on the
+/// port without a discovery round-trip.
+pub const PORT_ENV: &str = "OPENHUMAN_WEBVIEW_APIS_PORT";
+
+/// The port the server is bound to. `0` before `start()` resolves it.
+static RESOLVED_PORT: AtomicU16 = AtomicU16::new(0);
+static STARTED: OnceLock<()> = OnceLock::new();
+
+pub fn resolved_port() -> u16 {
+    RESOLVED_PORT.load(Ordering::SeqCst)
+}
+
+/// Start the server. Idempotent: after the first successful call any
+/// subsequent call is a no-op. Returns the bound port.
+///
+/// Port selection: if `PORT_ENV` is set and non-zero, bind that port
+/// (caller gets a deterministic port across runs — useful in dev);
+/// otherwise bind `127.0.0.1:0` and let the OS pick.
+pub async fn start() -> Result<u16, String> {
+    if STARTED.get().is_some() {
+        return Ok(resolved_port());
+    }
+
+    let requested = std::env::var(PORT_ENV)
+        .ok()
+        .and_then(|s| s.parse::<u16>().ok())
+        .unwrap_or(0);
+
+    let addr: SocketAddr = format!("127.0.0.1:{requested}")
+        .parse()
+        .map_err(|e| format!("[webview_apis] bad addr: {e}"))?;
+    let listener = TcpListener::bind(addr)
+        .await
+        .map_err(|e| format!("[webview_apis] bind {addr} failed: {e}"))?;
+    let bound = listener
+        .local_addr()
+        .map_err(|e| format!("[webview_apis] local_addr: {e}"))?;
+    let port = bound.port();
+    RESOLVED_PORT.store(port, Ordering::SeqCst);
+    let _ = STARTED.set(());
+
+    log::info!("[webview_apis] server listening on {bound}");
+
+    tokio::spawn(async move {
+        loop {
+            match listener.accept().await {
+                Ok((stream, peer)) => {
+                    log::info!("[webview_apis] accepted connection from {peer}");
+                    tokio::spawn(async move {
+                        if let Err(e) = handle_connection(stream).await {
+                            log::warn!("[webview_apis] connection {peer} ended: {e}");
+                        } else {
+                            log::info!("[webview_apis] connection {peer} closed cleanly");
+                        }
+                    });
+                }
+                Err(e) => {
+                    log::warn!("[webview_apis] accept failed: {e}");
+                    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(200)).await;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    });
+
+    Ok(port)
+}
+
+async fn handle_connection(stream: tokio::net::TcpStream) -> Result<(), String> {
+    let ws = tokio_tungstenite::accept_async(stream)
+        .await
+        .map_err(|e| format!("ws handshake: {e}"))?;
+    let (mut sink, mut stream) = ws.split();
+
+    // Responses from per-request tasks fan in here and are written back
+    // in order. 32 is plenty — the core sidecar issues one request at a
+    // time per op in the common path.
+    let (tx, mut rx) = mpsc::channel::<String>(32);
+
+    let writer = tokio::spawn(async move {
+        while let Some(msg) = rx.recv().await {
+            if let Err(e) = sink.send(Message::Text(msg)).await {
+                log::warn!("[webview_apis] ws send failed: {e}");
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    });
+
+    while let Some(msg) = stream.next().await {
+        match msg {
+            Ok(Message::Text(text)) => {
+                let tx = tx.clone();
+                tokio::spawn(async move {
+                    let reply = handle_frame(&text).await;
+                    if let Err(_e) = tx.send(reply).await {
+                        log::warn!("[webview_apis] response channel closed before send");
+                    }
+                });
+            }
+            Ok(Message::Binary(_)) => {
+                log::debug!("[webview_apis] ignoring binary frame");
+            }
+            Ok(Message::Ping(p)) => {
+                // tungstenite auto-responds to Ping at the protocol layer;
+                // log for visibility.
+                log::trace!("[webview_apis] ping {} bytes", p.len());
+            }
+            Ok(Message::Close(_)) => {
+                log::debug!("[webview_apis] peer requested close");
+                break;
+            }
+            Ok(_) => {}
+            Err(e) => {
+                return Err(format!("ws recv: {e}"));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    drop(tx);
+    let _ = writer.await;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+async fn handle_frame(text: &str) -> String {
+    let envelope: Request = match serde_json::from_str(text) {
+        Ok(v) => v,
+        Err(e) => {
+            log::warn!("[webview_apis] bad request frame: {e}");
+            return encode_response(Response::error("<unknown>", format!("bad frame: {e}")));
+        }
+    };
+    if envelope.kind != "request" {
+        return encode_response(Response::error(
+            &envelope.id,
+            format!("unsupported envelope kind '{}'", envelope.kind),
+        ));
+    }
+    let params = envelope.params.unwrap_or_default();
+    let started = std::time::Instant::now();
+    let result = router::dispatch(&envelope.method, params).await;
+    let ms = started.elapsed().as_millis();
+    match result {
+        Ok(value) => {
+            log::debug!(
+                "[webview_apis] {} id={} ok in {ms}ms",
+                envelope.method,
+                envelope.id
+            );
+            encode_response(Response::ok(&envelope.id, value))
+        }
+        Err(e) => {
+            log::warn!(
+                "[webview_apis] {} id={} err in {ms}ms: {e}",
+                envelope.method,
+                envelope.id
+            );
+            encode_response(Response::error(&envelope.id, e))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn encode_response(resp: Response) -> String {
+    serde_json::to_string(&resp).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+        format!(
+            r#"{{"kind":"response","id":"{}","ok":false,"error":"response encode failed: {}"}}"#,
+            resp.id,
+            e.to_string().replace('"', "\\\"")
+        )
+    })
+}
+
+// ── envelope types ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+struct Request {
+    kind: String,
+    id: String,
+    method: String,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    params: Option<Map<String, Value>>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
+struct Response {
+    kind: &'static str,
+    id: String,
+    ok: bool,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    result: Option<Value>,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    error: Option<String>,
+}
+
+impl Response {
+    fn ok(id: &str, result: Value) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            kind: "response",
+            id: id.to_string(),
+            ok: true,
+            result: Some(result),
+            error: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn error(id: &str, error: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            kind: "response",
+            id: id.to_string(),
+            ok: false,
+            result: None,
+            error: Some(error.into()),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/mock-webview-bridge.mjs b/scripts/mock-webview-bridge.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d526d3f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/mock-webview-bridge.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+// Minimal mock of the Tauri-side webview_apis WS server. Lets you curl
+// `openhuman.webview_apis_gmail_*` against the core binary without
+// bringing up the full Tauri shell. Usage:
+//   node scripts/mock-webview-bridge.mjs 9826
+
+import { WebSocketServer } from 'ws';
+
+const port = Number(process.argv[2] ?? 9826);
+const wss = new WebSocketServer({ host: '127.0.0.1', port });
+
+console.log(`[mock-bridge] listening on ws://127.0.0.1:${port}`);
+
+wss.on('connection', (sock, req) => {
+  console.log(`[mock-bridge] conn from ${req.socket.remoteAddress}`);
+  sock.on('message', (raw) => {
+    const msg = JSON.parse(raw.toString());
+    console.log(`[mock-bridge] <- ${msg.method} id=${msg.id}`);
+    const reply = { kind: 'response', id: msg.id };
+    switch (msg.method) {
+      case 'gmail.list_labels':
+        reply.ok = true;
+        reply.result = [
+          { id: 'INBOX',     name: 'Inbox',    kind: 'system', unread: 3 },
+          { id: 'STARRED',   name: 'Starred',  kind: 'system', unread: null },
+          { id: 'Receipts',  name: 'Receipts', kind: 'user',   unread: 1 },
+        ];
+        break;
+      case 'gmail.list_messages':
+        reply.ok = true;
+        reply.result = [
+          {
+            id: 'm-001', thread_id: 't-001',
+            from: 'alice@example.com', to: ['you@example.com'], cc: [],
+            subject: 'Hello from the mock', snippet: 'mock snippet',
+            body: null, date_ms: Date.now(),
+            labels: ['INBOX'], unread: true,
+          },
+        ];
+        break;
+      default:
+        reply.ok = false;
+        reply.error = `mock-bridge: unhandled method '${msg.method}'`;
+    }
+    sock.send(JSON.stringify(reply));
+    console.log(`[mock-bridge] -> ${msg.method} id=${msg.id} ok=${reply.ok}`);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/core/all.rs b/src/core/all.rs
index 8a576f916..8a4c854cc 100644
--- a/src/core/all.rs
+++ b/src/core/all.rs
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ fn build_registered_controllers() -> Vec<RegisteredController> {
     controllers.extend(crate::openhuman::composio::all_composio_registered_controllers());
     // Scheduled job management
     controllers.extend(crate::openhuman::cron::all_cron_registered_controllers());
+    // Webview APIs bridge — proxies connector calls (Gmail, …) through
+    // a WebSocket to the Tauri shell so curl reaches the live webview.
+    controllers.extend(crate::openhuman::webview_apis::all_webview_apis_registered_controllers());
     // Agent definition and prompt inspection
     controllers.extend(crate::openhuman::agent::all_agent_registered_controllers());
     // System and process health monitoring
@@ -168,6 +171,7 @@ fn build_declared_controller_schemas() -> Vec<ControllerSchema> {
     schemas.extend(crate::openhuman::app_state::all_app_state_controller_schemas());
     schemas.extend(crate::openhuman::composio::all_composio_controller_schemas());
     schemas.extend(crate::openhuman::cron::all_cron_controller_schemas());
+    schemas.extend(crate::openhuman::webview_apis::all_webview_apis_controller_schemas());
     schemas.extend(crate::openhuman::agent::all_agent_controller_schemas());
     schemas.extend(crate::openhuman::health::all_health_controller_schemas());
     schemas.extend(crate::openhuman::doctor::all_doctor_controller_schemas());
@@ -272,6 +276,9 @@ pub fn namespace_description(namespace: &str) -> Option<&'static str> {
         "webhooks" => {
             Some("Webhook tunnel registrations and captured request/response debug logs.")
         }
+        "webview_apis" => Some(
+            "Typed connector APIs (Gmail, …) proxied over a loopback WebSocket to the Tauri shell so core-side JSON-RPC reaches live-webview CDP operations.",
+        ),
         "update" => {
             Some("Self-update: check GitHub Releases for newer core binary and stage updates.")
         }
diff --git a/src/openhuman/mod.rs b/src/openhuman/mod.rs
index 1973ed7d9..0d7d8a1f2 100644
--- a/src/openhuman/mod.rs
+++ b/src/openhuman/mod.rs
@@ -63,5 +63,6 @@ pub mod update;
 pub mod util;
 pub mod voice;
 pub mod webhooks;
+pub mod webview_apis;
 pub mod webview_notifications;
 pub mod workspace;
diff --git a/src/openhuman/webview_apis/client.rs b/src/openhuman/webview_apis/client.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5bc26ad5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/openhuman/webview_apis/client.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+//! WebSocket client for the webview_apis bridge.
+//!
+//! One long-lived connection to the Tauri shell's local WebSocket
+//! server. Requests are sent as JSON envelopes with a generated id;
+//! matching responses resolve a `oneshot::Sender` kept in a pending
+//! map.
+//!
+//! The client is lazy: the first [`request`] call opens the connection
+//! and spawns a reader task. If the connection drops, the next request
+//! reconnects.
+//!
+//! Port discovery: `OPENHUMAN_WEBVIEW_APIS_PORT` — set by the Tauri
+//! host (`webview_apis::server::PORT_ENV`) before spawning this
+//! process. If missing, requests return an actionable error so
+//! operators can see the misconfiguration immediately.
+
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering};
+use std::sync::{Arc, OnceLock};
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use futures_util::{SinkExt, StreamExt};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use serde_json::{Map, Value};
+use tokio::sync::{mpsc, oneshot, Mutex};
+use tokio_tungstenite::tungstenite::Message;
+
+/// Env var the Tauri host writes before spawning core.
+pub const PORT_ENV: &str = "OPENHUMAN_WEBVIEW_APIS_PORT";
+
+/// Total time a single request will wait for a response. Gmail ops can
+/// involve a DOM snapshot or a short navigate; 15s is a generous but
+/// still-bounded ceiling.
+const REQUEST_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(15);
+
+static CLIENT: OnceLock<Client> = OnceLock::new();
+
+fn client() -> &'static Client {
+    CLIENT.get_or_init(Client::new)
+}
+
+/// Send a request over the bridge and await the typed response.
+///
+/// The deserialization error surface is deliberately coarse — callers
+/// get a single `String` error per envelope so the JSON-RPC handler
+/// can propagate it verbatim.
+pub async fn request<T>(method: &str, params: Map<String, Value>) -> Result<T, String>
+where
+    T: serde::de::DeserializeOwned,
+{
+    let started = std::time::Instant::now();
+    tracing::debug!(%method, "[webview_apis-client] request");
+    let raw = tokio::time::timeout(
+        REQUEST_TIMEOUT,
+        client().dispatch(method.to_string(), params),
+    )
+    .await
+    .map_err(|_| {
+        format!(
+            "[webview_apis] {method}: timed out after {}s",
+            REQUEST_TIMEOUT.as_secs()
+        )
+    })??;
+    let parsed: T = serde_json::from_value(raw)
+        .map_err(|e| format!("[webview_apis] {method}: response deserialize failed: {e}"))?;
+    tracing::debug!(
+        %method,
+        ms = started.elapsed().as_millis() as u64,
+        "[webview_apis-client] ok"
+    );
+    Ok(parsed)
+}
+
+// ── Internals ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+struct Client {
+    next_id: AtomicU64,
+    pending: Arc<Mutex<HashMap<String, oneshot::Sender<Result<Value, String>>>>>,
+    sink: Arc<Mutex<Option<mpsc::Sender<String>>>>,
+}
+
+impl Client {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            next_id: AtomicU64::new(1),
+            pending: Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashMap::new())),
+            sink: Arc::new(Mutex::new(None)),
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn dispatch(&self, method: String, params: Map<String, Value>) -> Result<Value, String> {
+        let id = format!("r{}", self.next_id.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst));
+        let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
+        self.pending.lock().await.insert(id.clone(), tx);
+
+        let envelope = Request {
+            kind: "request",
+            id: &id,
+            method: &method,
+            params: &params,
+        };
+        let frame = serde_json::to_string(&envelope).map_err(|e| format!("encode request: {e}"))?;
+
+        let sender = self.ensure_connected().await?;
+        if let Err(e) = sender.send(frame).await {
+            // Drop the pending entry so we don't leak.
+            self.pending.lock().await.remove(&id);
+            return Err(format!("send request: {e}"));
+        }
+
+        match rx.await {
+            Ok(res) => res,
+            Err(_) => Err("request cancelled (connection dropped)".into()),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Return an mpsc::Sender that the reader loop holds. Reconnects
+    /// if the previous connection is gone.
+    async fn ensure_connected(&self) -> Result<mpsc::Sender<String>, String> {
+        {
+            let guard = self.sink.lock().await;
+            if let Some(tx) = guard.as_ref() {
+                if !tx.is_closed() {
+                    return Ok(tx.clone());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        // Connect under an exclusive lock so two concurrent callers
+        // don't open two sockets.
+        let mut guard = self.sink.lock().await;
+        if let Some(tx) = guard.as_ref() {
+            if !tx.is_closed() {
+                return Ok(tx.clone());
+            }
+        }
+        let port = std::env::var(PORT_ENV).map_err(|_| {
+            format!(
+                "[webview_apis] {PORT_ENV} not set — the Tauri shell must be running \
+                 and have spawned this core process so the bridge port is inherited"
+            )
+        })?;
+        let url = format!("ws://127.0.0.1:{port}/");
+        tracing::info!(%url, "[webview_apis-client] connecting");
+        let (ws, _) = tokio_tungstenite::connect_async(&url)
+            .await
+            .map_err(|e| format!("[webview_apis] connect {url}: {e}"))?;
+        let (mut sink, mut stream) = ws.split();
+
+        let (tx, mut rx) = mpsc::channel::<String>(32);
+
+        // Writer task: pull frames from rx and push them onto the ws sink.
+        // On exit we must clear `self.sink` so `ensure_connected` opens a
+        // fresh WS next time instead of handing out a dead sender.
+        let sink_for_writer = Arc::clone(&self.sink);
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            while let Some(frame) = rx.recv().await {
+                if let Err(e) = sink.send(Message::Text(frame)).await {
+                    tracing::warn!(error = %e, "[webview_apis-client] ws send failed");
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            let _ = sink.send(Message::Close(None)).await;
+            *sink_for_writer.lock().await = None;
+        });
+
+        // Reader task: decode responses and resolve pending oneshots.
+        let pending = Arc::clone(&self.pending);
+        let sink_for_reader = Arc::clone(&self.sink);
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            while let Some(msg) = stream.next().await {
+                match msg {
+                    Ok(Message::Text(text)) => match serde_json::from_str::<Response>(&text) {
+                        Ok(r) => {
+                            if let Some(tx) = pending.lock().await.remove(&r.id) {
+                                let payload = if r.ok {
+                                    Ok(r.result.unwrap_or(Value::Null))
+                                } else {
+                                    Err(r.error.unwrap_or_else(|| {
+                                        "bridge returned ok=false with no error".into()
+                                    }))
+                                };
+                                let _ = tx.send(payload);
+                            } else {
+                                tracing::warn!(
+                                    id = %r.id,
+                                    "[webview_apis-client] response for unknown id"
+                                );
+                            }
+                        }
+                        Err(e) => {
+                            tracing::warn!(
+                                error = %e,
+                                "[webview_apis-client] bad response frame"
+                            );
+                        }
+                    },
+                    Ok(Message::Close(_)) | Err(_) => {
+                        tracing::info!("[webview_apis-client] connection closed");
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    _ => {}
+                }
+            }
+            // On exit, drop the cached sender so `ensure_connected`
+            // reconnects on the next request, and fail every still-
+            // pending request so callers don't hang.
+            *sink_for_reader.lock().await = None;
+            let mut pending = pending.lock().await;
+            for (_id, tx) in pending.drain() {
+                let _ = tx.send(Err("connection dropped".into()));
+            }
+        });
+
+        *guard = Some(tx.clone());
+        Ok(tx)
+    }
+}
+
+// ── Envelope types ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+struct Request<'a> {
+    kind: &'static str,
+    id: &'a str,
+    method: &'a str,
+    params: &'a Map<String, Value>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+struct Response {
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    kind: String,
+    id: String,
+    ok: bool,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    result: Option<Value>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    error: Option<String>,
+}
diff --git a/src/openhuman/webview_apis/mod.rs b/src/openhuman/webview_apis/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9581de775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/openhuman/webview_apis/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+//! Webview APIs bridge — core side (client).
+//!
+//! Mirror of `app/src-tauri/src/webview_apis/`. Exposes
+//! `openhuman.webview_apis_*` JSON-RPC methods that proxy to the Tauri
+//! host over a local WebSocket, so the live-webview connectors
+//! (Gmail, Notion, …) are reachable from curl and the agent without
+//! the shell-only Tauri IPC channel.
+//!
+//! Startup: [`client`] is lazy — the first call opens the WS to
+//! `ws://127.0.0.1:$OPENHUMAN_WEBVIEW_APIS_PORT`. That env var is set
+//! by the Tauri host (`webview_apis::server::PORT_ENV`) before
+//! spawning this process.
+
+pub mod client;
+mod rpc;
+mod schemas;
+pub mod types;
+
+pub use schemas::{
+    all_controller_schemas as all_webview_apis_controller_schemas,
+    all_registered_controllers as all_webview_apis_registered_controllers,
+    schemas as webview_apis_schemas,
+};
+pub use types::{Ack, GmailLabel, GmailMessage, GmailSendRequest, SendAck};
diff --git a/src/openhuman/webview_apis/rpc.rs b/src/openhuman/webview_apis/rpc.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..04113b726
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/openhuman/webview_apis/rpc.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+//! Handler bodies for the webview_apis controllers.
+//!
+//! `schemas.rs` stays registry-only per project convention
+//! (`src/openhuman/*/schemas.rs`: describe the schema and delegate to
+//! `rpc.rs`). Each `handle_*` here validates params, issues the bridge
+//! call via [`super::client::request`], and wraps the response in
+//! [`RpcOutcome`].
+
+use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
+use serde_json::{Map, Value};
+
+use crate::core::all::ControllerFuture;
+use crate::openhuman::webview_apis::client;
+use crate::openhuman::webview_apis::types::{
+    Ack, GmailLabel, GmailMessage, GmailSendRequest, SendAck,
+};
+use crate::rpc::RpcOutcome;
+
+// ── handlers ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+pub fn handle_gmail_list_labels(params: Map<String, Value>) -> ControllerFuture {
+    Box::pin(async move {
+        require_string(&params, "account_id")?;
+        let labels: Vec<GmailLabel> = client::request("gmail.list_labels", params).await?;
+        finish(RpcOutcome::single_log(
+            labels,
+            "[webview_apis] gmail_list_labels ok",
+        ))
+    })
+}
+
+pub fn handle_gmail_list_messages(params: Map<String, Value>) -> ControllerFuture {
+    Box::pin(async move {
+        require_string(&params, "account_id")?;
+        require_u32(&params, "limit")?;
+        let messages: Vec<GmailMessage> = client::request("gmail.list_messages", params).await?;
+        finish(RpcOutcome::single_log(
+            messages,
+            "[webview_apis] gmail_list_messages ok",
+        ))
+    })
+}
+
+pub fn handle_gmail_search(params: Map<String, Value>) -> ControllerFuture {
+    Box::pin(async move {
+        require_string(&params, "account_id")?;
+        require_string(&params, "query")?;
+        require_u32(&params, "limit")?;
+        let messages: Vec<GmailMessage> = client::request("gmail.search", params).await?;
+        finish(RpcOutcome::single_log(
+            messages,
+            "[webview_apis] gmail_search ok",
+        ))
+    })
+}
+
+pub fn handle_gmail_get_message(params: Map<String, Value>) -> ControllerFuture {
+    Box::pin(async move {
+        require_string(&params, "account_id")?;
+        require_string(&params, "message_id")?;
+        let msg: GmailMessage = client::request("gmail.get_message", params).await?;
+        finish(RpcOutcome::single_log(
+            msg,
+            "[webview_apis] gmail_get_message ok",
+        ))
+    })
+}
+
+pub fn handle_gmail_send(params: Map<String, Value>) -> ControllerFuture {
+    Box::pin(async move {
+        require_string(&params, "account_id")?;
+        let _: GmailSendRequest = read_required(&params, "request")?;
+        let ack: SendAck = client::request("gmail.send", params).await?;
+        finish(RpcOutcome::single_log(ack, "[webview_apis] gmail_send ok"))
+    })
+}
+
+pub fn handle_gmail_trash(params: Map<String, Value>) -> ControllerFuture {
+    Box::pin(async move {
+        require_string(&params, "account_id")?;
+        require_string(&params, "message_id")?;
+        let ack: Ack = client::request("gmail.trash", params).await?;
+        finish(RpcOutcome::single_log(ack, "[webview_apis] gmail_trash ok"))
+    })
+}
+
+pub fn handle_gmail_add_label(params: Map<String, Value>) -> ControllerFuture {
+    Box::pin(async move {
+        require_string(&params, "account_id")?;
+        require_string(&params, "message_id")?;
+        require_string(&params, "label")?;
+        let ack: Ack = client::request("gmail.add_label", params).await?;
+        finish(RpcOutcome::single_log(
+            ack,
+            "[webview_apis] gmail_add_label ok",
+        ))
+    })
+}
+
+// ── helpers ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+fn finish<T: serde::Serialize>(outcome: RpcOutcome<T>) -> Result<Value, String> {
+    outcome.into_cli_compatible_json()
+}
+
+fn require_string(params: &Map<String, Value>, key: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
+    match params.get(key) {
+        Some(Value::String(s)) if !s.trim().is_empty() => Ok(()),
+        Some(Value::String(_)) => Err(format!("invalid '{key}': must be non-empty")),
+        Some(_) => Err(format!("invalid '{key}': expected string")),
+        None => Err(format!("missing required param '{key}'")),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Tighten the numeric guard: the schema declares every `limit` input
+/// as `TypeSchema::U64` and the Tauri-side router casts to `u32`, so
+/// reject negatives, fractions, and values that overflow `u32` here
+/// rather than letting them surface as confusing downstream errors.
+fn require_u32(params: &Map<String, Value>, key: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
+    match params.get(key) {
+        Some(Value::Number(n)) => {
+            let u = n
+                .as_u64()
+                .ok_or_else(|| format!("invalid '{key}': expected non-negative integer"))?;
+            if u > u32::MAX as u64 {
+                return Err(format!("invalid '{key}': exceeds u32 max"));
+            }
+            Ok(())
+        }
+        Some(_) => Err(format!("invalid '{key}': expected number")),
+        None => Err(format!("missing required param '{key}'")),
+    }
+}
+
+fn read_required<T: DeserializeOwned>(params: &Map<String, Value>, key: &str) -> Result<T, String> {
+    let v = params
+        .get(key)
+        .cloned()
+        .ok_or_else(|| format!("missing required param '{key}'"))?;
+    serde_json::from_value(v).map_err(|e| format!("invalid '{key}': {e}"))
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use serde_json::json;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn require_string_rejects_missing_empty_and_whitespace() {
+        let mut p = Map::new();
+        assert!(require_string(&p, "account_id").is_err());
+        p.insert("account_id".into(), Value::String(String::new()));
+        assert!(require_string(&p, "account_id").is_err());
+        p.insert("account_id".into(), Value::String("   ".into()));
+        assert!(require_string(&p, "account_id").is_err());
+        p.insert("account_id".into(), Value::String("gmail".into()));
+        assert!(require_string(&p, "account_id").is_ok());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn require_u32_rejects_negative_fraction_and_overflow() {
+        let mut p = Map::new();
+        assert!(require_u32(&p, "limit").is_err()); // missing
+        p.insert("limit".into(), json!(-1));
+        assert!(require_u32(&p, "limit").is_err());
+        p.insert("limit".into(), json!(1.5));
+        assert!(require_u32(&p, "limit").is_err());
+        p.insert("limit".into(), json!(u64::from(u32::MAX) + 1));
+        assert!(require_u32(&p, "limit").is_err());
+        p.insert("limit".into(), json!(42));
+        assert!(require_u32(&p, "limit").is_ok());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/openhuman/webview_apis/schemas.rs b/src/openhuman/webview_apis/schemas.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2fb51ba1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/openhuman/webview_apis/schemas.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,253 @@
+//! JSON-RPC / CLI schemas for the webview_apis bridge.
+//!
+//! Each controller is a thin proxy: read typed params out of the
+//! incoming JSON, call [`super::client::request`] with the matching
+//! bridge method name, return the decoded response.
+
+use crate::core::all::RegisteredController;
+use crate::core::{ControllerSchema, FieldSchema, TypeSchema};
+use crate::openhuman::webview_apis::rpc;
+
+// ── registration ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+pub fn all_controller_schemas() -> Vec<ControllerSchema> {
+    vec![
+        schemas("gmail_list_labels"),
+        schemas("gmail_list_messages"),
+        schemas("gmail_search"),
+        schemas("gmail_get_message"),
+        schemas("gmail_send"),
+        schemas("gmail_trash"),
+        schemas("gmail_add_label"),
+    ]
+}
+
+pub fn all_registered_controllers() -> Vec<RegisteredController> {
+    vec![
+        RegisteredController {
+            schema: schemas("gmail_list_labels"),
+            handler: rpc::handle_gmail_list_labels,
+        },
+        RegisteredController {
+            schema: schemas("gmail_list_messages"),
+            handler: rpc::handle_gmail_list_messages,
+        },
+        RegisteredController {
+            schema: schemas("gmail_search"),
+            handler: rpc::handle_gmail_search,
+        },
+        RegisteredController {
+            schema: schemas("gmail_get_message"),
+            handler: rpc::handle_gmail_get_message,
+        },
+        RegisteredController {
+            schema: schemas("gmail_send"),
+            handler: rpc::handle_gmail_send,
+        },
+        RegisteredController {
+            schema: schemas("gmail_trash"),
+            handler: rpc::handle_gmail_trash,
+        },
+        RegisteredController {
+            schema: schemas("gmail_add_label"),
+            handler: rpc::handle_gmail_add_label,
+        },
+    ]
+}
+
+pub fn schemas(function: &str) -> ControllerSchema {
+    let account = FieldSchema {
+        name: "account_id",
+        ty: TypeSchema::String,
+        comment: "Webview account id (passed to webview_account_open). Disambiguates multi-account setups.",
+        required: true,
+    };
+    let message_id = |c: &'static str| FieldSchema {
+        name: "message_id",
+        ty: TypeSchema::String,
+        comment: c,
+        required: true,
+    };
+    let messages_out = FieldSchema {
+        name: "messages",
+        ty: TypeSchema::Array(Box::new(TypeSchema::Ref("GmailMessage"))),
+        comment: "Matching Gmail messages.",
+        required: true,
+    };
+    match function {
+        "gmail_list_labels" => ControllerSchema {
+            namespace: "webview_apis",
+            function: "gmail_list_labels",
+            description: "List Gmail labels (system + user) visible in the sidebar.",
+            inputs: vec![account],
+            outputs: vec![FieldSchema {
+                name: "labels",
+                ty: TypeSchema::Array(Box::new(TypeSchema::Ref("GmailLabel"))),
+                comment: "Labels scraped from the live webview via CDP DOM snapshot.",
+                required: true,
+            }],
+        },
+        "gmail_list_messages" => ControllerSchema {
+            namespace: "webview_apis",
+            function: "gmail_list_messages",
+            description: "List recent Gmail messages (optionally filtered by label).",
+            inputs: vec![
+                account,
+                FieldSchema {
+                    name: "limit",
+                    ty: TypeSchema::U64,
+                    comment: "Maximum number of messages.",
+                    required: true,
+                },
+                FieldSchema {
+                    name: "label",
+                    ty: TypeSchema::Option(Box::new(TypeSchema::String)),
+                    comment: "Label id (INBOX, STARRED, …). None = current view.",
+                    required: false,
+                },
+            ],
+            outputs: vec![messages_out],
+        },
+        "gmail_search" => ControllerSchema {
+            namespace: "webview_apis",
+            function: "gmail_search",
+            description: "Run a Gmail search query (same syntax as the web UI).",
+            inputs: vec![
+                account,
+                FieldSchema {
+                    name: "query",
+                    ty: TypeSchema::String,
+                    comment: "Gmail search expression, e.g. 'from:x is:unread'.",
+                    required: true,
+                },
+                FieldSchema {
+                    name: "limit",
+                    ty: TypeSchema::U64,
+                    comment: "Maximum number of results.",
+                    required: true,
+                },
+            ],
+            outputs: vec![messages_out],
+        },
+        "gmail_get_message" => ControllerSchema {
+            namespace: "webview_apis",
+            function: "gmail_get_message",
+            description: "Fetch a single Gmail message by id.",
+            inputs: vec![account, message_id("Gmail message id.")],
+            outputs: vec![FieldSchema {
+                name: "message",
+                ty: TypeSchema::Ref("GmailMessage"),
+                comment: "The requested Gmail message.",
+                required: true,
+            }],
+        },
+        "gmail_send" => ControllerSchema {
+            namespace: "webview_apis",
+            function: "gmail_send",
+            description: "Send a new email via the logged-in Gmail webview.",
+            inputs: vec![
+                account,
+                FieldSchema {
+                    name: "request",
+                    ty: TypeSchema::Ref("GmailSendRequest"),
+                    comment: "Send payload (to/cc/bcc/subject/body).",
+                    required: true,
+                },
+            ],
+            outputs: vec![FieldSchema {
+                name: "ack",
+                ty: TypeSchema::Ref("SendAck"),
+                comment: "Send acknowledgement.",
+                required: true,
+            }],
+        },
+        "gmail_trash" => ControllerSchema {
+            namespace: "webview_apis",
+            function: "gmail_trash",
+            description: "Move a Gmail message to Trash.",
+            inputs: vec![account, message_id("Gmail message id to trash.")],
+            outputs: vec![FieldSchema {
+                name: "ack",
+                ty: TypeSchema::Ref("Ack"),
+                comment: "Op acknowledgement.",
+                required: true,
+            }],
+        },
+        "gmail_add_label" => ControllerSchema {
+            namespace: "webview_apis",
+            function: "gmail_add_label",
+            description: "Add a label to a Gmail message.",
+            inputs: vec![
+                account,
+                message_id("Gmail message id to label."),
+                FieldSchema {
+                    name: "label",
+                    ty: TypeSchema::String,
+                    comment: "Label name to add.",
+                    required: true,
+                },
+            ],
+            outputs: vec![FieldSchema {
+                name: "ack",
+                ty: TypeSchema::Ref("Ack"),
+                comment: "Op acknowledgement.",
+                required: true,
+            }],
+        },
+        _other => ControllerSchema {
+            namespace: "webview_apis",
+            function: "unknown",
+            description: "Unknown webview_apis controller function.",
+            inputs: vec![],
+            outputs: vec![FieldSchema {
+                name: "error",
+                ty: TypeSchema::String,
+                comment: "Lookup error.",
+                required: true,
+            }],
+        },
+    }
+}
+
+// Handler bodies live in `rpc.rs` per project convention —
+// `schemas.rs` is registry-only.
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn controller_list_covers_every_op() {
+        let fns: Vec<_> = all_controller_schemas()
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|s| s.function)
+            .collect();
+        assert_eq!(
+            fns,
+            vec![
+                "gmail_list_labels",
+                "gmail_list_messages",
+                "gmail_search",
+                "gmail_get_message",
+                "gmail_send",
+                "gmail_trash",
+                "gmail_add_label"
+            ]
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn every_schema_declares_namespace_webview_apis() {
+        for s in all_controller_schemas() {
+            assert_eq!(s.namespace, "webview_apis", "op {} wrong ns", s.function);
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn all_registered_controllers_has_handler_per_schema() {
+        assert_eq!(all_registered_controllers().len(), 7);
+    }
+
+    // Param-helper coverage moved with the helpers into `rpc.rs` —
+    // see the tests there for `require_string` / `require_u32`.
+}
diff --git a/src/openhuman/webview_apis/types.rs b/src/openhuman/webview_apis/types.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d2161c55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/openhuman/webview_apis/types.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+//! Core-side mirror of the Gmail shapes returned by the bridge.
+//!
+//! These must stay wire-compatible with
+//! `app/src-tauri/src/gmail/types.rs`. Kept as plain types here —
+//! there's no domain logic attached yet, and the controller schemas
+//! describe them via `TypeSchema::Object { … }` / `TypeSchema::Ref(…)`.
+
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct GmailLabel {
+    pub id: String,
+    pub name: String,
+    pub kind: String,
+    pub unread: Option<u64>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct GmailMessage {
+    pub id: String,
+    pub thread_id: Option<String>,
+    pub from: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub to: Vec<String>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub cc: Vec<String>,
+    pub subject: Option<String>,
+    pub snippet: Option<String>,
+    pub body: Option<String>,
+    pub date_ms: Option<i64>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub labels: Vec<String>,
+    pub unread: bool,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct GmailSendRequest {
+    pub to: Vec<String>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub cc: Vec<String>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub bcc: Vec<String>,
+    pub subject: String,
+    pub body: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct SendAck {
+    pub message_id: Option<String>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct Ack {
+    pub status: String,
+}
diff --git a/tests/webview_apis_bridge.rs b/tests/webview_apis_bridge.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..35f5321f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/webview_apis_bridge.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+//! End-to-end test for the webview_apis bridge.
+//!
+//! Proves the full chain without the Tauri shell:
+//!
+//! ```text
+//! client::request                                      ← core-side code we ship
+//!   → ws://127.0.0.1:$OPENHUMAN_WEBVIEW_APIS_PORT
+//!   → mock WS server (this test)                       ← stands in for Tauri
+//!   → JSON response
+//!   → decoded back into typed GmailLabel Vec
+//! ```
+//!
+//! Tests are serial because they all mutate the `OPENHUMAN_WEBVIEW_APIS_PORT`
+//! env var and share the lazy global `CLIENT` inside
+//! `openhuman_core::openhuman::webview_apis::client`.
+
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
+
+use futures_util::{SinkExt, StreamExt};
+use serde_json::{json, Value};
+use tokio::net::TcpListener;
+use tokio::sync::Mutex;
+use tokio_tungstenite::tungstenite::Message;
+
+use openhuman_core::openhuman::webview_apis::{client, types::GmailLabel};
+
+/// Serialize the port-mutation so two tests don't race on the env var.
+///
+/// The client caches its connection in a process-global `OnceLock`, so
+/// once a test picks up a port the others must use the same one for
+/// the rest of the process. In practice this means we start ONE mock
+/// server and funnel every test through it.
+static TEST_SERVER: once_cell::sync::Lazy<Mutex<Option<u16>>> =
+    once_cell::sync::Lazy::new(|| Mutex::new(None));
+
+async fn ensure_mock_server() -> u16 {
+    let mut guard = TEST_SERVER.lock().await;
+    if let Some(port) = *guard {
+        return port;
+    }
+    let listener = TcpListener::bind::<SocketAddr>("127.0.0.1:0".parse().unwrap())
+        .await
+        .expect("bind");
+    let port = listener.local_addr().unwrap().port();
+    std::env::set_var("OPENHUMAN_WEBVIEW_APIS_PORT", port.to_string());
+    *guard = Some(port);
+    tokio::spawn(async move {
+        loop {
+            let (stream, _peer) = match listener.accept().await {
+                Ok(v) => v,
+                Err(_) => continue,
+            };
+            tokio::spawn(async move {
+                let ws = match tokio_tungstenite::accept_async(stream).await {
+                    Ok(w) => w,
+                    Err(_) => return,
+                };
+                let (mut sink, mut stream) = ws.split();
+                while let Some(Ok(Message::Text(text))) = stream.next().await {
+                    let req: Value = serde_json::from_str(&text).unwrap();
+                    let id = req["id"].as_str().unwrap().to_string();
+                    let method = req["method"].as_str().unwrap().to_string();
+                    let resp = match method.as_str() {
+                        "gmail.list_labels" => json!({
+                            "kind": "response",
+                            "id": id,
+                            "ok": true,
+                            "result": [
+                                {"id": "INBOX", "name": "Inbox", "kind": "system", "unread": 3},
+                                {"id": "Receipts", "name": "Receipts", "kind": "user", "unread": null}
+                            ],
+                        }),
+                        "gmail.trash" => json!({
+                            "kind": "response",
+                            "id": id,
+                            "ok": false,
+                            "error": "simulated failure from mock bridge",
+                        }),
+                        _ => json!({
+                            "kind": "response",
+                            "id": id,
+                            "ok": false,
+                            "error": format!("mock bridge: unhandled method '{method}'"),
+                        }),
+                    };
+                    if sink.send(Message::Text(resp.to_string())).await.is_err() {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+        }
+    });
+    port
+}
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
+async fn request_round_trips_list_labels_through_mock_server() {
+    let _port = ensure_mock_server().await;
+    let labels: Vec<GmailLabel> = client::request(
+        "gmail.list_labels",
+        serde_json::from_value(json!({"account_id": "gmail"})).unwrap(),
+    )
+    .await
+    .expect("mock bridge call");
+    assert_eq!(labels.len(), 2);
+    assert_eq!(labels[0].id, "INBOX");
+    assert_eq!(labels[0].unread, Some(3));
+    assert_eq!(labels[1].kind, "user");
+}
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
+async fn request_surfaces_bridge_error_verbatim() {
+    let _port = ensure_mock_server().await;
+    let err: Result<Vec<GmailLabel>, String> = client::request(
+        "gmail.trash",
+        serde_json::from_value(json!({"account_id": "gmail", "message_id": "m1"})).unwrap(),
+    )
+    .await;
+    let e = err.expect_err("expected bridge-side error");
+    assert!(
+        e.contains("simulated failure from mock bridge"),
+        "unexpected error: {e}"
+    );
+}