Apple Mail MCP

Name: Apple Mail MCP
Author: imdinu

by imdinuversion 0.5.0i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.imdinu/apple-mail-mcp

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Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Apple Mail MCP server with full-coverage FTS5 body search, reliable on large mailboxes.

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What you can do with it

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Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Search & AI memory

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Before you install

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You need

PyPIPython’s uv installed (for the uvx command)

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-mail": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "apple-mail-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add apple-mail -- uvx apple-mail-mcp

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-mail": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "apple-mail-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "apple-mail": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "apple-mail-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

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Common questions

Is Apple Mail MCP safe?

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What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.5.0) reached the registry 2 months ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Python (uv) on your computer.

What can I use instead?

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README from the maker

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Apple Mail MCP

The only Apple Mail MCP server with full-coverage body search — reliable on large mailboxes where AppleScript-based servers timeout. 8 tools for reading, searching, and extracting email content.

[Read the docs](https://imdinu.github.io/apple-mail-mcp/) for the full guide.

Quick Start

Claude Code (plugin)

claude plugin marketplace add imdinu/apple-mail-mcp

claude plugin install apple-mail@imdinu

Claude Desktop (one-click bundle)

Download apple-mail-mcp- .mcpb from the latest release and double-click it.

Both the plugin and the bundle run the released PyPI package via a thin launcher (uvx → pipx → private venv, whichever is available) — no vendored code, identical behavior to a manual install. They start the server with --watch; grant Full Disk Access to the launching app (Claude Code / Claude Desktop) so the index stays fresh.

Any MCP client

pipx install apple-mail-mcp

Add to your MCP client:

"mcpServers": { "mail": { "command": "apple-mail-mcp" } } }

Build the Search Index (Recommended)

# Requires Full Disk Access for Terminal

System Settings → Privacy & Security → Full Disk Access → Add Terminal

apple-mail-mcp index --verbose

Configure (Optional)

apple-mail-mcp init   # writes ~/.apple-mail-mcp/config.toml

Writes a commented config file you can edit to set defaults like your primary account or mailbox. Every key has a matching APPLE_MAIL_* env var if you prefer environment-based config. See Configuration for the full schema and precedence rules.

Tools

Tool	Purpose
`list_accounts()`	List email accounts
`list_mailboxes(account?)`	List mailboxes
`get_emails(filter?, limit?)`	Get emails — all, unread, flagged, today, last_7_days
`get_email(message_id)`	Get single email with full content + attachments
`search(query, scope?, before?, after?, highlight?)`	Search — all, subject, sender, body, attachments
`get_email_links(message_id)`	Extract links from an email
`get_email_attachment(message_id, filename)`	Extract attachment content
`get_attachment(message_id, filename)`	Deprecated — use `get_email_attachment()`

Performance

Tested against 6 other Apple Mail MCP servers on a real ~73K-message mailbox:

Only server with full-coverage body search. Most competitors don't support body search at all; the one that does (BastianZim) live-scans only the 5000 most recent messages — silent miss on anything older. Our FTS5 index covers the entire mailbox.
~3ms single email fetch via disk-first .emlx reading (no JXA round-trip).
~1ms `list_accounts` and ~5ms 50-email listing via direct Envelope-Index SQLite reads (0.4+) — same path BastianZim/rusty/pl-lyfx use, with JXA as the correctness fallback.
~7ms subject search via FTS5 — competitive with native Rust on the same operation.
Reliable across all 6 benchmarked operations on a 73K mailbox; AppleScript-based servers timeout, throw syntax errors, or skip operations they don't support.

Configuration

Apple Mail MCP works out of the box. To customize defaults, run apple-mail-mcp init to generate a config.toml template — or use the matching APPLE_MAIL_* environment variables. See the Configuration docs for the full schema and the CLI > env > file > default precedence.

Per-client env overrides via the MCP client's launch config also work:

"mcpServers": { "mail": { "command": "apple-mail-mcp", "args": ["--watch"], "env": { "APPLE_MAIL_DEFAULT_ACCOUNT": "Work" } } } }

CLI Usage

All tools are also available as standalone CLI commands (no MCP server needed):

apple-mail-mcp search "quarterly report" --scope subject

apple-mail-mcp search "invoice" --after 2026-01-01 --limit 10 apple-mail-mcp read 12345 apple-mail-mcp emails --filter unread --limit 10 apple-mail-mcp accounts apple-mail-mcp mailboxes --account Work apple-mail-mcp extract 12345 invoice.pdf

All commands output JSON. Generate a Claude Code skill for CLI-based access:

apple-mail-mcp integrate claude > ~/.claude/skills/apple-mail.md

Development

git clone https://github.com/imdinu/apple-mail-mcp

cd apple-mail-mcp uv sync uv run ruff check src/ uv run pytest

License

GPL-3.0-or-later

Apple Mail MCP

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Search & AI memoryi

Common questions

Alternatives

Context7

Codebase Memory

Exa

README from the maker

Apple Mail MCP

Quick Start

Claude Code (plugin)

Claude Desktop (one-click bundle)

Any MCP client

Build the Search Index (Recommended)

System Settings → Privacy & Security → Full Disk Access → Add Terminal

Configure (Optional)

Tools

Performance

Configuration

CLI Usage

Development

License