apple-mail-mcp
Active·★ 30·GPL-3.0·Updated 2026-05-28
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Apple Mail MCP server with full-text email search — the only one that works reliably on large mailboxes. 6 tools for Claude Desktop & Claude Code.
Apple Mail MCP is the only MCP server for Apple Mail with full-text email search. It is reliable on large mailboxes where other servers timeout, and provides 8 tools for reading, searching, and extracting email content. It uses FTS5 indexing for fast body searches and can fetch a single email in ~3ms.
#apple-mail#automation#claude#email#fts5#jxa#macos#mcp
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Features
01Full-text email search via FTS5 index
028 tools for email operations (list, search, read, extract, etc.)
03Fast performance: ~3ms single email fetch, ~7ms subject search
04Works reliably on large mailboxes (~72K messages tested)
05CLI tools available without MCP server
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Compatibility
macOS
macOS
Verified via docs
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Quick start
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$ pipx install apple-mail-mcp
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Use cases
↳Search for specific emails by content, subject, or sender across the entire mailbox
↳Retrieve full email content and attachments programmatically
↳Automate email management tasks via MCP or CLI
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- JJesse WhiteMay 3, 2026
Good for personal AI assistant workflows that need email context.
- SScout ThompsonApr 15, 2026
Native Mail integration via macOS APIs rather than IMAP workarounds.
- EEllis BrownApr 6, 2026
Search actually returns relevant results across large mail archives.
- SSterling LewisMar 26, 2026
The only Apple Mail MCP server that works reliably for full-text search — that matters.