# Email MCP (MCP server)

> Email MCP is an MCP server that adds messaging tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. IMAP/SMTP email MCP server — 52 tools, stdio + HTTP, IMAP IDLE push, multi-account, AI triage. It has 125 GitHub stars, is released under the LGPL-3.0 license and runs locally with npx -y @codefuturist/email-mcp.

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server providing comprehensive email capabilities via IMAP and SMTP. Enables AI assistants to read, search, send, manage, schedule, and analyze emails across multiple accounts. Exposes 47 tools, 7 prompts, and 6 resources over the MCP protocol with OAuth2 support (experimental), email scheduling, calendar extraction, analytics, provider-aware label management, real-time IMAP IDLE watcher with AI-powered triage, customizable presets and static rules, and a guided…

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/codefuturist/email-mcp |
| GitHub stars | 125 |
| License | LGPL-3.0 |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Transport | stdio |
| Packages | npm: @codefuturist/email-mcp |
| Remote URL | none |
| Needs API key | no |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code |
| Category | Communication |
| Latest release | v0.5.1 (Sep 26, 2026) |
| Last commit | May 20, 2026 |
| MCP registry name | io.github.codefuturist/email-mcp |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "email-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@codefuturist/email-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --transport stdio email-mcp -- npx -y @codefuturist/email-mcp
```

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "email-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@codefuturist/email-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "email-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@codefuturist/email-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07.

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