email-mcp vs filesystem

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	email-mcp by codefuturist	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol
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email-mcp · Summary

Full-featured MCP email server with IMAP/SMTP support, OAuth2, and AI-powered triage across multiple accounts.

filesystem · Summary

A feature-rich MCP server for filesystem operations with dynamic directory access control.

email-mcp · Use cases

AI assistants reading and responding to emails on behalf of users
Automated email management and triage based on custom rules
Cross-account email management from a single interface
Scheduling future emails and calendar event extraction
Email analytics and organization at scale

filesystem · Use cases

Enable AI models to read and write project files during development
Allow Claude or other MCP clients to browse and analyze codebases
Provide secure sandboxed access to specific directories for content generation

email-mcp · Install

Installation

Quick Setup

# Run directly
npx @codefuturist/email-mcp setup

# Or install globally
npm install -g @codefuturist/email-mcp

Docker

docker pull ghcr.io/codefuturist/email-mcp:latest

Claude Desktop Configuration

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

Environment Variables (Single Account)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "email": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@codefuturist/email-mcp", "stdio"],
      "env": {
        "MCP_EMAIL_ADDRESS": "you@gmail.com",
        "MCP_EMAIL_PASSWORD": "your-app-password",
        "MCP_EMAIL_IMAP_HOST": "imap.gmail.com",
        "MCP_EMAIL_SMTP_HOST": "smtp.gmail.com"
      }
    }
  }
}

filesystem · Install

Installation

Using NPX

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
        "/path/to/allowed/directory"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Using Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "--mount", "type=bind,src=/path/to/allowed/dir,dst=/projects/allowed/dir",
        "mcp/filesystem",
        "/projects"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code Extension

Click the installation buttons in the README to install directly in VS Code.

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