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Apple Mail MCP

NPM · @JDOT6/APPLE-MAIL-MCP · SCANNED SEP 20

LLM access to Apple Mail and iCloud via AppleScript. Read, search, compose, reply, flag and delete.

0 this week 80 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 Security98
  • No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
  • No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
  • No install/post-install scripts declared.Pass
  • 31 of 95 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency32
Schema Quality & AI Usability86
  • AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
  • Tool/resource definitions use about 1107 tokens (~85/item across 13 items; 13 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
  • Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management90
  • Stability observed for 27 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage100
  • 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
  • 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
Tool Safety75
  • No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
  • 0 of 1 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation; "delete_email" implies "delete" and declares no destructiveHint at all, which the MCP spec reads as destructive by default. See how to fix → Fail
  • An AI judge read all 13 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
Install

How do I install the Apple Mail MCP server?

Apple Mail MCP runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @jdot6/apple-mail-mcp. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

npm · @jdot6/apple-mail-mcp

# add to Claude Code
claude mcp add jayvee6-apple-mail-mcp -- npx -y @jdot6/apple-mail-mcp
// .cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jayvee6-apple-mail-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@jdot6/apple-mail-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
// .vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "jayvee6-apple-mail-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@jdot6/apple-mail-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
# add to Codex CLI
codex mcp add jayvee6-apple-mail-mcp -- npx -y @jdot6/apple-mail-mcp
// opencode.json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "jayvee6-apple-mail-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@jdot6/apple-mail-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
# add to OpenClaw
openclaw mcp add jayvee6-apple-mail-mcp --command npx --arg -y --arg @jdot6/apple-mail-mcp
# ~/.hermes/config.yaml
mcp_servers:
  jayvee6-apple-mail-mcp:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@jdot6/apple-mail-mcp"]
// ~/.netclaw/config/netclaw.json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "jayvee6-apple-mail-mcp": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "@jdot6/apple-mail-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
# add to Vellum
assistant mcp add jayvee6-apple-mail-mcp -t stdio -c npx -a -y @jdot6/apple-mail-mcp
// mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jayvee6-apple-mail-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@jdot6/apple-mail-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
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.

  • 19 Sept 26 +1
    • Security disclosure: unverified → fail functional
  • 18 Sept 26 0
    • Security disclosure: fail → unverified functional
  • 17 Sept 26 −3
    • Stability: pass → 0.80 functional
  • 16 Sept 26 +1
    • Stability: 0.97 → pass security
  • 14 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 90 to 93. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 27 days of observed history at the previous scan, 28 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 12 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 83 to 87. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 25 days of observed history at the previous scan, 26 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 10 Sept 26 −3
    • Stability: pass → 0.80 functional
  • 9 Sept 26 +1
    • Stability: 0.97 → pass security
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 npm/@jdot6/apple-mail-mcp@0.1.0

Provenance No attestation

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

Result No attestation
Ecosystem npm

Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →

Dependencies 95 packages
Packages resolved 95
Stale 31
Tree resolution Complete

Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →

MCP tools · 13 exposed · ~1,107 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
archive_email ~53

Move an email to the Archive mailbox of its account. Uses 'Archive' for iCloud, 'All Mail' for Gmail.

NameTypeReqDescription
message_refstringyesComposite message reference from list_emails or search_emails.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

compose_email ~104

Compose a new email. If send is false (default), opens the compose window with a draft. If send is true, sends immediately without confirmation.

NameTypeReqDescription
bodystringyesEmail body text.
ccstringCC recipient email address (optional).
sendbooleanIf true, send immediately. If false (default), open compose window with draft.
subjectstringyesEmail subject line.
tostringyesRecipient email address.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

delete_email ~44

Move an email to the Trash (Deleted Messages for iCloud, Trash for Gmail).

NameTypeReqDescription
message_refstringyesComposite message reference from list_emails or search_emails.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

flag_email ~54

Set or clear the flag on an email.

NameTypeReqDescription
flaggedbooleanyesTrue to flag the message, false to unflag it.
message_refstringyesComposite message reference from list_emails or search_emails.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_email ~71

Read the full content of a specific email including headers and body. The message_ref comes from list_emails or search_emails results.

NameTypeReqDescription
message_refstringyesComposite message reference in format "account::mailbox::rfc2822-id". Obtained from list_emails or search_emails results.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_pending_events ~64

Return and clear all real-time incoming mail events pushed by the MailKit extension. Returns an empty array if the extension is not installed or no new mail has arrived since the last call. Each event includes: subject, from, date, messageId, preview, receivedAt.

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

list_emails ~145

List emails in a specific mailbox with pagination. Returns message summaries including a message_ref that can be passed to get_email, reply_email, move_email, etc. Messages are returned newest-first (index 1 = most recent).

NameTypeReqDescription
accountstringyesAccount name, e.g. "iCloud" or "Google". Use list_folders to see available accounts.
limitintegerNumber of messages to return (max 100).
mailboxstringyesMailbox name, e.g. "INBOX", "Sent Messages". Must match exactly (case-sensitive).
offsetinteger1-based offset for pagination. Start with 1.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

list_folders ~47

List all mail accounts and their folders/mailboxes. Returns a tree of account → [mailbox names]. Use this to discover exact mailbox names before calling list_emails or search_emails.

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

mark_read ~53

Mark an email as read or unread.

NameTypeReqDescription
message_refstringyesComposite message reference from list_emails or search_emails.
readbooleanyesTrue to mark as read, false to mark as unread.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

move_email ~90

Move an email to a different mailbox. Use list_folders to see available mailbox names.

NameTypeReqDescription
dest_accountstringyesDestination account name, e.g. "iCloud".
dest_mailboxstringyesDestination mailbox name, e.g. "Finance & Accounts". Must match exactly (case-sensitive).
message_refstringyesComposite message reference from list_emails or search_emails.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

move_to_junk ~57

Move an email to the Junk/Spam mailbox of its account. Uses 'Junk' for iCloud, 'Spam' for Gmail.

NameTypeReqDescription
message_refstringyesComposite message reference from list_emails or search_emails.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

reply_email ~105

Reply to an existing email. If send is false (default), opens the reply in a compose window. If send is true, sends immediately without confirmation.

NameTypeReqDescription
bodystringyesReply body text.
message_refstringyesComposite message reference from list_emails or search_emails, e.g. "iCloud::INBOX::msg-id".
sendbooleanIf true, send immediately. If false (default), open compose window with reply draft.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

search_emails ~220

Search for emails matching criteria across one or all mailboxes. Returns message summaries with message_ref fields for use with other tools. At least one filter (from_filter, subject_filter, after_date, before_date) should be provided.

NameTypeReqDescription
accountstringAccount to search, e.g. "iCloud". Use "ALL" to search all accounts. Defaults to "ALL".
after_datestringOnly return messages received after this date. ISO 8601 format: "YYYY-MM-DD".
before_datestringOnly return messages received before this date. ISO 8601 format: "YYYY-MM-DD".
from_filterstringSubstring match on sender name or address.
limitintegerMaximum number of results (max 100).
mailboxstringMailbox to search, e.g. "INBOX". Use "ALL" to search all mailboxes in the account. Defaults to "INBOX".
subject_filterstringSubstring match on subject line.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

Common questions

What is the Apple Mail MCP server?

Apple Mail MCP is listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.jayvee6/apple-mail-mcp. LLM access to Apple Mail and iCloud via AppleScript. Read, search, compose, reply, flag and delete. This page covers its npm package (@jdot6/apple-mail-mcp).

Is the Apple Mail MCP server safe to use?

Apple Mail MCP scores 80 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 20 September 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. 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 Apple Mail MCP server expose?

Apple Mail MCP exposes 13 tools: list_folders, list_emails, get_email, search_emails, compose_email, and 8 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,107 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

Is the Apple Mail MCP server still maintained?

Apple Mail MCP 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.