fyi this walkthrough is an ai summary so it might not be perfect
Welcome to the ultimate guide for building a remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that requires authentication! We'll use Clerk for user management, Next.js for our frontend, and Cloudflare Workers for our MCP server. By the end, you'll have Claude Desktop connecting to your authenticated MCP server that can access Gmail on behalf of your users.
Imagine this: You tell Claude "Check my latest emails from my boss" and Claude seamlessly: