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Dead Simple Email

OCI · GHCR.IO/DEADSIMPLE-EMAIL/DEADSIMPLE-EMAIL:0.2.2 · 3 COMPONENTS · SCANNED SEP 20

Give an agent its own inbox: send, receive, and pull signup codes from real email.

0 this week 50 Trust /100
Trust breakdown (7 categories)

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →

Supply Chain Security0
  • Malware scan not yet available for this package.Unverified
  • Known CVEs could not be checked: this artifact ships no SBOM, so there is no dependency list to read. Publishing one would let us assess it.Unverified
  • Install-script risk not yet assessed.Unverified
  • Dependency health could not be checked: this artifact ships no SBOM, so there is no dependency list to read. Publishing one would let us assess it.Unverified
Provenance & Transparency45
Schema Quality & AI Usability80
  • AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
  • Tool/resource definitions use about 1112 tokens (~79/item across 14 items; 14 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
  • Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management80
  • Stability observed for 24 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage71
  • 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
  • 0% of tool parameters carry a description.Fail
  • Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.Pass
Tool Safety100
  • No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
  • All 2 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation.Pass
  • An AI judge read all 15 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
  • Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass

Unverified: 1 category

A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.

Install

How do I install the Dead Simple Email MCP server?

Dead Simple Email runs locally as a container image, launched with docker run --rm -i ghcr.io/deadsimple-email/deadsimple-email:0.2.2. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 3 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

oci · ghcr.io/deadsimple-email/deadsimple-email:0.2.2

# add to Claude Code
claude mcp add email-deadsimple-dead-simple-email -- docker run --rm -i ghcr.io/deadsimple-email/deadsimple-email:0.2.2
// .cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "email-deadsimple-dead-simple-email": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "ghcr.io/deadsimple-email/deadsimple-email:0.2.2"
      ]
    }
  }
}
// .vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "email-deadsimple-dead-simple-email": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "ghcr.io/deadsimple-email/deadsimple-email:0.2.2"
      ]
    }
  }
}
# add to Codex CLI
codex mcp add email-deadsimple-dead-simple-email -- docker run --rm -i ghcr.io/deadsimple-email/deadsimple-email:0.2.2
// opencode.json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "email-deadsimple-dead-simple-email": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "docker",
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "ghcr.io/deadsimple-email/deadsimple-email:0.2.2"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
# ~/.hermes/config.yaml
mcp_servers:
  email-deadsimple-dead-simple-email:
    command: "docker"
    args: ["run", "--rm", "-i", "ghcr.io/deadsimple-email/deadsimple-email:0.2.2"]
// ~/.netclaw/config/netclaw.json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "email-deadsimple-dead-simple-email": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "docker",
      "Arguments": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "ghcr.io/deadsimple-email/deadsimple-email:0.2.2"
      ]
    }
  }
}
// mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "email-deadsimple-dead-simple-email": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "ghcr.io/deadsimple-email/deadsimple-email:0.2.2"
      ]
    }
  }
}
Changelog

Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.

  • 20 Sept 26 −3
    • Stability: pass → 0.80 functional
  • 19 Sept 26 0
    • Stability: 0.97 → pass security
  • 18 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 93 to 97. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 28 days of observed history at the previous scan, 29 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 16 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 87 to 90. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 26 days of observed history at the previous scan, 27 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 14 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 80 to 83. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 24 days of observed history at the previous scan, 25 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 13 Sept 26 −3
    • Stability: pass → 0.80 functional
  • 12 Sept 26 0
    • Stability: 0.97 → pass security
  • 11 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 93 to 97. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 28 days of observed history at the previous scan, 29 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

Diagnostics

Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.

Captured 20 Sept 2026 · Analysed oci/ghcr.io/deadsimple-email/deadsimple-email:0.2.2

Provenance No attestation

The registry publishes no build provenance for this version, so there is nothing to verify.

Result No attestation
Ecosystem oci
Reason No attestation published

Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →

MCP tools · 14 exposed · ~1,054 tokens

The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →

Tool Tokens
create_inbox ~76

Create a new email inbox. Returns the inbox details including the email address. Args: display_name: Friendly name for the inbox (e.g. "Support Bot") tags: Comma-separated tags (e.g. "support,production")

NameTypeReqDescription
display_namestring
tagsstring
NameTypeReqDescription
resultstringyes

No examples provided.

delete_inbox ~39

Delete an inbox and all its messages. Args: inbox_id: The inbox ID to delete

NameTypeReqDescription
inbox_idstringyes
NameTypeReqDescription
resultstringyes

No examples provided.

forward_message ~90

Forward a message to new recipients. Args: inbox_id: The inbox containing the message message_id: The message ID to forward to: Recipient email address (comma-separated for multiple) body: Optional additional text to include

NameTypeReqDescription
bodystring
inbox_idstringyes
message_idstringyes
tostringyes
NameTypeReqDescription
resultstringyes

No examples provided.

get_usage ~24

Get account usage metrics: inboxes, emails sent/received, plan limits.

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

NameTypeReqDescription
resultstringyes

No examples provided.

get_verification_code ~119

Wait for a verification/OTP email and return the extracted code. Waits for the next new inbound email, then returns the auto-extracted verification code (and any magic link). Perfect for autonomous sign-ups. Args: inbox_id: The inbox to watch from_contains: Only match senders containing this text (optional) timeout_seconds: Max seconds to wait (default 60)

NameTypeReqDescription
from_containsstring
inbox_idstringyes
timeout_secondsinteger
NameTypeReqDescription
resultstringyes

No examples provided.

get_verification_link ~88

Wait for an email and return the extracted magic link / verification URL. Args: inbox_id: The inbox to watch from_contains: Only match senders containing this text (optional) timeout_seconds: Max seconds to wait (default 60)

NameTypeReqDescription
from_containsstring
inbox_idstringyes
timeout_secondsinteger
NameTypeReqDescription
resultstringyes

No examples provided.

list_inboxes ~44

List all email inboxes in the account. Args: limit: Maximum number of inboxes to return (default 20)

NameTypeReqDescription
limitinteger
NameTypeReqDescription
resultstringyes

No examples provided.

list_threads ~59

List conversation threads in an inbox. Args: inbox_id: The inbox to list threads for limit: Maximum number of threads to return (default 10)

NameTypeReqDescription
inbox_idstringyes
limitinteger
NameTypeReqDescription
resultstringyes

No examples provided.

read_message ~57

Read a single message with full body content. Args: inbox_id: The inbox containing the message message_id: The message ID to read

NameTypeReqDescription
inbox_idstringyes
message_idstringyes
NameTypeReqDescription
resultstringyes

No examples provided.

read_messages ~58

Read recent messages in an inbox. Args: inbox_id: The inbox to read from limit: Maximum number of messages to return (default 10)

NameTypeReqDescription
inbox_idstringyes
limitinteger
NameTypeReqDescription
resultstringyes

No examples provided.

read_thread ~56

Read all messages in a conversation thread. Args: inbox_id: The inbox containing the thread thread_id: The thread ID to read

NameTypeReqDescription
inbox_idstringyes
thread_idstringyes
NameTypeReqDescription
resultstringyes

No examples provided.

reply_to_message ~78

Reply to a message. Threading headers are set automatically. Args: inbox_id: The inbox containing the message message_id: The message ID to reply to body: Reply body (plain text)

NameTypeReqDescription
bodystringyes
inbox_idstringyes
message_idstringyes
NameTypeReqDescription
resultstringyes

No examples provided.

send_email ~125

Send an email from an inbox. Args: inbox_id: The inbox to send from to: Recipient email address (comma-separated for multiple) subject: Email subject line body: Email body (plain text) cc: CC recipients (comma-separated, optional) bcc: BCC recipients (comma-separated, optional)

NameTypeReqDescription
bccstring
bodystringyes
ccstring
inbox_idstringyes
subjectstringyes
tostringyes
NameTypeReqDescription
resultstringyes

No examples provided.

wait_for_email ~141

Block until a NEW inbound email arrives in the inbox, then return it. Use for signup/verification flows: trigger the action that sends the email, then call this to receive it. Only emails arriving after this call count. Args: inbox_id: The inbox to watch from_contains: Only match senders containing this text (optional) subject_contains: Only match subjects containing this text (optional) timeout_seconds: Max seconds to wait (default 60)

NameTypeReqDescription
from_containsstring
inbox_idstringyes
subject_containsstring
timeout_secondsinteger
NameTypeReqDescription
resultstringyes

No examples provided.

Common questions

What is the Dead Simple Email MCP server?

Dead Simple Email is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as email.deadsimple/dead-simple-email. Give an agent its own inbox: send, receive, and pull signup codes from real email. This page covers its container image (ghcr.io/deadsimple-email/deadsimple-email:0.2.2).

Is the Dead Simple Email MCP server safe to use?

Dead Simple Email scores 50 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

What tools does the Dead Simple Email MCP server expose?

Dead Simple Email exposes 14 tools: create_inbox, list_inboxes, delete_inbox, send_email, read_messages, and 9 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,054 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

Is the Dead Simple Email MCP server still maintained?

Dead Simple Email is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 20 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

What licence is the Dead Simple Email MCP server under?

Dead Simple Email declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.