How to Build a Personal Assistant Agent
All-in-one agents that manage email, calendar, tasks, notes, and daily workflows.
Overview
Personal assistant agents are the Swiss Army knife of AI agents — they combine communication, scheduling, task management, and information retrieval into a unified interface. The best personal assistants learn preferences over time and proactively surface relevant information. They need broad but carefully scoped permissions across multiple capability categories.
💡 Implementation Tips
Start narrow and expand — don't give every permission on day one
Proactive suggestions are great, but respect 'do not disturb' hours
Email and messaging permissions need careful scoping — sending on behalf of someone is high-trust
Build in memory/context to avoid asking the same questions repeatedly
🔧 Recommended Capabilities
Aws Ses
dangerousSend emails using AWS Simple Email Service (SES). Supports plain text, HTML, CC, BCC, reply-to, and email scheduling.
Go Google
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Google Calendar Plus
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Google Calendars Mcp Server By Cdata
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Lar Openai Mcp
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Google Ads
dangerousMCP server acting as an interface to the Google Ads, enabling programmatic access to Google Ads data and management features.
Google News
cautionGoogle News search capabilities with automatic topic categorization and multi-language support via SerpAPI integration.
Google Pse
dangerousA Model Context Protocol (MCP) server providing access to Google Programmable Search Engine (PSE) and Custom Search Engine (CSE).
Google Research Mcp
safePerform advanced web research using Google Search, with intelligent content extraction and multi-source synthesis.
Google Search Engine
dangerousA server for Google search and webpage content extraction, built on Cloudflare Workers with OAuth support.
Google Web Search
cautionProvides Google Web Search functionality using the Gemini API. Requires a Google API Key or OAuth credentials.
Mcp Mindmup2 Google Drive
dangerousThis server enables you to search, retrieve, and parse MindMup files stored in your Google Drive directly through the MCP interface.
Modelcontextprotocol
dangerousAn MCP server that connects to Perplexity's Sonar API, enabling real-time web-wide research in conversational AI.
Openai Tool2Mcp
cautionA wrapper for OpenAI's built-in tools, enabling functionalities like web search and code execution. Requires an OpenAI API key.
Openai Websearch
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Powertools
dangerousSearch the Powertools for AWS Lambda documentation across multiple runtimes to find documentation and examples.
Security
safeAccess Google's security products and services, including Chronicle, SOAR, Threat Intelligence (GTI), and Security Command Center (SCC).
Google Docs Mcp Shared
cautionInteract with Google Docs and Google Drive for document creation, editing, and file management, with support for shared drives.
Google Gmail
cautionProvides comprehensive integration with Gmail for reading, searching, and sending emails.
Google Calendar
safeIntegrates with Google Calendar to manage events, reminders, and schedules using OAuth 2.0.
Google Calendar Mcp
cautionIntegrates with the Google Calendar API to manage events and schedules using OAuth2 authentication.
Google Meet
dangerousAn MCP server for interacting with Google Meet through the Google Calendar API.
Google Workspace
dangerousAn MCP server for interacting with Google Workspace services like Gmail and Calendar.
Google Workspace Mcp
safeIntegrates Google Workspace services like Calendar, Drive, and Gmail with AI assistants.
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