# MCP Emails > Read, search, send, organize, schedule and auto-triage Gmail or any IMAP mailbox live, without storing mail. - Listing: https://mcp.tc/i/mcp-emails - Connect: use the server's own URL `https://mcpemails.com/api/mcp` (OAuth sign-in at the server); clients connect to it directly. The listing link is a page, not an MCP endpoint. - Type: remote (Streamable HTTP) - Auth: OAuth sign-in - Category: [Communication & Meetings](https://mcp.tc/c/communication) - Vendor: Albretsen - Homepage: - Repository: - Package: npm `mcpemails` ## About MCP Emails connects an assistant to Gmail, Fastmail, iCloud, Yahoo, Zoho, Yandex or any IMAP/SMTP mailbox. It can list inboxes, read and search messages, move and flag mail, manage folders and drafts, send or reply, schedule delivery, edit signatures and run triage rules. It runs as a hosted streamable HTTP endpoint at https://mcpemails.com/api/mcp with OAuth sign-in. Clients that only launch local commands can use the npm package mcpemails, a stdio bridge that needs an API key in MCPEMAILS\_API\_KEY. Key scopes limit which tools can run. ## What it can do - List connected inboxes and their provider capabilities - Read, search and fetch messages and attachments - Move, copy, flag, archive and delete messages - Send, reply to and forward email - Create, update and send drafts - Schedule messages for later delivery - Create and manage folders or labels - Create unattended triage rules ## Example prompts - "Search my inbox for invoices from last month and list the senders" - "Draft a reply to the latest email from my landlord" - "Schedule this message to send tomorrow at 9am" - "Move all newsletters from the past week into a Newsletters folder" ## Install ### Claude Code 1. Run this in a terminal, in your project folder: ```bash claude mcp add --transport http mcp-emails https://mcpemails.com/api/mcp ``` 2. Start Claude Code, type `/mcp`, pick **mcp-emails** and choose **Authenticate**. A browser window opens for the Albretsen sign-in. Add `--scope user` to make it available in every project, not just this one. ### Claude Desktop 1. Open **Settings → Connectors** and click **Add custom connector**. 2. Name it **MCP Emails** and paste this URL: ```url https://mcpemails.com/api/mcp ``` 3. Click **Add**, then **Connect**, and sign in when Albretsen asks. Claude Desktop’s JSON config file only starts local servers. Remote servers go through Connectors, and connectors you add on claude.ai show up here too. ### claude.ai 1. Open the connector form on claude.ai. This button fills in the name and URL for you: [Add to claude.ai]() (opens connector settings) 2. Check that the URL reads `https://mcpemails.com/api/mcp` and click **Add**. 3. Click **Connect** and sign in when Albretsen asks. Free plans allow one custom connector. On Team and Enterprise plans an owner adds it under **Organization settings → Connectors**. ### ChatGPT 1. On chatgpt.com, open **Settings → Security and login** and turn on **Developer mode**. 2. Go to `chatgpt.com/plugins` and click **+** to create an app for a remote MCP server. 3. Paste `https://mcpemails.com/api/mcp` as the server URL and choose **OAuth**. ChatGPT sends you to Albretsen to sign in. Developer mode is available on the web for Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise and Education accounts. ### Cursor [Add to Cursor]() (opens Cursor) Or add it by hand to `~/.cursor/mcp.json` (all projects) or `.cursor/mcp.json` (this project): `mcp.json`: ```json { "mcpServers": { "mcp-emails": { "url": "https://mcpemails.com/api/mcp" } } } ``` Cursor shows **Needs login** next to the server. Click it to sign in. ### VS Code [Install in VS Code]() (opens VS Code) Or from a terminal: ```bash code --add-mcp '{"name":"mcp-emails","type":"http","url":"https://mcpemails.com/api/mcp"}' ``` Or commit it to the repo in `.vscode/mcp.json`: `.vscode/mcp.json`: ```json { "servers": { "mcp-emails": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcpemails.com/api/mcp" } } } ``` VS Code asks you to sign in the first time the server starts. ### Devin Desktop 1. Add it to `~/.config/devin/mcp_config.json` (macOS and Linux) or `%APPDATA%\devin\mcp_config.json` (Windows): `mcp_config.json`: ```json { "mcpServers": { "mcp-emails": { "serverUrl": "https://mcpemails.com/api/mcp" } } } ``` 2. Refresh the MCP server list in Cascade and sign in when asked. Devin Desktop is the new name for Windsurf. It reads `serverUrl` (or `url`) for remote servers. ### Codex ```bash codex mcp add mcp-emails --url https://mcpemails.com/api/mcp codex mcp login mcp-emails ``` Or edit `~/.codex/config.toml` directly: `config.toml`: ```toml [mcp_servers.mcp-emails] url = "https://mcpemails.com/api/mcp" ``` ### Gemini CLI ```bash gemini mcp add --transport http mcp-emails https://mcpemails.com/api/mcp ``` Then, inside Gemini CLI, run `/mcp auth mcp-emails` to sign in. This adds it to the current project. Add `-s user` to use it everywhere. ### Any client Most clients accept this shape. Some name the URL field differently: `serverUrl` in Devin Desktop, `httpUrl` in Gemini CLI’s settings file. ```json { "mcpServers": { "mcp-emails": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcpemails.com/api/mcp" } } } ``` Zed puts servers under `context_servers` in its settings. Cline needs `"type": "streamableHttp"`, or it assumes SSE. Client only starts local servers? Bridge it with `npx -y mcp-remote https://mcpemails.com/api/mcp`. ## Details - Server version: 1.0.5 - Last checked: 2026-10-04 (reachable, asks for credentials) - Listed: 2026-10-04 - Updated: 2026-10-04 --- Source: https://mcp.tc/i/mcp-emails (mcp.tc is an independent directory, not affiliated with this server's publisher). Corrections: https://mcp.tc/report