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email-mcp
by codefuturist
time
by modelcontextprotocol
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CommunicationProductivityAI / LLM Tools
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email-mcp · Summary

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

time · Summary

A comprehensive MCP server providing time and timezone conversion tools with automatic system timezone detection.

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

time · Use cases

  • Assisting with international meeting scheduling across time zones
  • Providing real-time time information for location-based queries
  • Enabling time conversion for travel planning and itineraries

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"
      }
    }
  }
}

time · Install

Installation Options

**Using uv (recommended):**

uvx mcp-server-time

**Using PIP:**

pip install mcp-server-time
python -m mcp_server_time

**Configure for Claude Desktop:**

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "time": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-server-time"]
    }
  }
}
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