What is apple-mail-mcp?
apple-mail-mcp is a MCP server by imdinu that apple Mail access: list accounts and mailboxes, fetch emails with filters, full-text search via an FTS5 index and extract attachments. It is listed under Communication and has 72 GitHub stars.
| Type | Mcp server |
|---|---|
| Author | imdinu |
| Repository | imdinu/apple-mail-mcp |
| Popularity | 72 GitHub stars |
| Category | Communication |
| Security | Low risk (92/100) |
| Rank | #716 of 4,418 MCP servers; #41 in Communication |
| License | GPL-3.0 |
| Last commit | 2026-10-08 |
| Stars this week | +1 |
| Runs | Locally |
| Language | Python |
| Platforms | macOS |
Is apple-mail-mcp safe to install?
apple-mail-mcp scores 92/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. It passed 4 of 6 checks.
MCP server results come from listing signals: who publishes it, where your data goes and what it can do. The code itself is not scanned yet.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Community-built server | Note |
| Runs on your machine only | Pass |
| Needs an API key or account login | Note |
| Read-only by description | Pass |
| No code execution | Pass |
| Source on GitHub | Pass |
How do I install apple-mail-mcp?
- Find the launch command. The README says how the server starts (npx, uvx, docker or a remote URL) and which API keys it needs.
https://github.com/imdinu/apple-mail-mcp
- Add it to Claude Code. Replace the part after -- with the command from the README. Remote servers use --transport http with a URL.
claude mcp add apple-mail-mcp -- <command from README> claude mcp add --transport http apple-mail-mcp <server-url>
- Check it connected. This lists your MCP servers and their status.
claude mcp list
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs apple-mail-mcp for you:
Add the "apple-mail-mcp" MCP server from https://github.com/imdinu/apple-mail-mcp to Claude Code. Read its README for the launch command and any API keys I need, run claude mcp add, then check that it connects.