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apple-mail-mcp
by imdinu
everything
by modelcontextprotocol
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apple-mail-mcp · Summary

Apple Mail MCP server with reliable full-text search on large mailboxes, 8 tools for email management.

everything · Summary

Official MCP test server exercising all protocol features for client builders.

apple-mail-mcp · Use cases

  • Searching large email archives for specific information by content
  • Automating email workflow processing with Claude Desktop or Claude Code
  • Extracting attachments and links from emails programmatically
  • Creating email-based skills for AI assistants

everything · Use cases

  • Testing MCP client implementations against all protocol features
  • Learning MCP protocol capabilities through a reference server
  • Validating client compatibility with different transport methods

apple-mail-mcp · Install

pipx install apple-mail-mcp

Add to your MCP configuration:

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

Build the search index (recommended):

apple-mail-mcp index --verbose

everything · Install

NPX (recommended)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything"]
    }
  }
}

On Windows, use cmd /c:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "cmd",
      "args": ["/c", "npx", "-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything"]
    }
  }
}

Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "mcp/everything"]
    }
  }
}

Global install

npm install -g @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything@latest
npx @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything
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