Gemini figured out my nephew’s name

I wrote an MCP server to give LLMs read-only access to my emails. Here is the chat log. ME: I need to know Donovan’s son’s name. It is buried in some email somewhere. Devise a strategy for finding it. Do NOT use any tools till we’ve discussed it through. GEMINI: Okay, I will devise a strategy to find Donovan’s son’s name and discuss it with you. Strategy: Search for emails from Donovan: Use the search_emails tool with a query like “from:Donovan”. This will give us a list of email threads. Search for keywords within Donovan’s emails: Refine the search to include keywords that might be associated with a son. For example: “from:Donovan son”, “from:Donovan boy”, “from:Donovan name is”. We can also try terms related to birth announcements if we suspect the name might be in one, e.g., “from:Donovan born”, “from:Donovan baby”. Examine promising threads/messages: If the search yields specific messages or threads, I will suggest we look at their content using get_thread_by_id or get_messa ... Read full article.