Apple Mail
PYPI · APPLE-MCP-MAIL · 2 COMPONENTS
Read, search, compose, and send emails via Apple Mail on macOS.
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Last scanned (19 minutes ago)
Scores higher than 92% of PyPI servers
Category Communication
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 Security100
- No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
- No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
- Runs setuptools.build_meta at install time, a recognised build step with no custom scripting around it. View diagnostics → Pass
- 1 of 29 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency100
- Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
- Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to JonathanRReed/Apple-MCPs). View diagnostics → Pass
- Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 2 days ago).Pass
- Publishes a security disclosure policy (SECURITY.md).Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability58
- 33% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).Partial
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Tool/resource definitions use about 962 tokens (~45/item across 21 items; 20 tools + 1 resources), lean.Pass
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management93
- Stability observed for 28 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 22 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).Pass
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.
- 16 Oct 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.
- 15 Oct 26 +38
- Injection markers: unverified → pass ▲ security
- MCP protocol: unverified → pass ▲ functional
- Stability: unverified → 0.87 ▲ functional
- Schema quality: unverified → 33 ▲ functional
- Tool coverage: unverified → 100 ▲ functional
- Package version: 1.0.5 → 1.1.2 functional
- 14 Oct 26 0
- Injection markers: unverified → pass ▲ security
- Tool coverage: unverified → 100 ▲ functional
- Stability: unverified → 0.83 ▲ functional
- Schema quality: unverified → 33 ▲ functional
- MCP protocol: unverified → pass ▲ functional
- Package version: 1.0.5 → 1.1.2 functional
- 13 Oct 26 0
- Package version: 1.1.0 → 1.1.1 functional
- 12 Oct 26 −38
- Stability: 0.83 → unverified ▼ security
- Tool safety: pass → unverified ▼ security
- Schema quality: 33 → unverified ▼ functional
- Tool coverage: 100 → unverified ▼ functional
- Capabilities: pass → unverified ▼ functional
- Package version: 1.0.5 → 1.1.0 functional
- 6 Oct 26 −2
- Stability: pass → 0.83 functional
- 4 Oct 26 0
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 3 Oct 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.
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 17 Oct 2026 · Analysed pypi/apple-mcp-mail@1.1.2
Provenance Verified
A signed build attestation was found and verified, binding this exact artifact to the source repository it claims to come from.
| Result | Verified |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | pypi |
| Reason | Verified |
| Discovered via | Registry attestation endpoint |
| Source repo | JonathanRReed/Apple-MCPs |
| Certificate issuer | https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com |
| Certificate SAN | https://github.com/JonathanRReed/Apple-MCPs/.github/workflows/release.yml@refs/tags/v1.1.2 |
| Rekor log index | 3252400890 |
| Predicate type | PyPI publish attestation https://docs.pypi.org/attestations/publish/v1 |
| Subject digest | sha256:80ec0dd79bfe14b9f14fddeac97b03b65577f2c6f13e00f3239cfb7d0240ce63 |
Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →
Install scripts 1 script
| Hook | Tier | Command |
|---|---|---|
| build_backend | allowlisted | setuptools.build_meta |
Background: Why install scripts are a supply-chain risk →
Dependencies 29 packages
| Packages resolved | 29 |
|---|---|
| No linked repository | 1 |
| Tree resolution | Complete |
Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →
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 →
get_tool_info Get Tool Info ~48
Load the full schema, examples, and metadata for one tool from this server.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| include_examples | boolean | – | – |
| include_schema | boolean | – | – |
| name | string | yes | – |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
mail_archive_thread Archive Thread ~51
Move related messages in the same mailbox thread to the target archive mailbox.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| archive_account | – | – | – |
| archive_mailbox | string | – | – |
| limit | – | – | – |
| message_id | string | yes | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | – | yes | – |
No examples provided.
mail_compose_draft Compose Draft ~82
Create a draft message in Apple Mail without sending it. Optionally specify from_account as an email address or account name to set the sender.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| attachments | – | – | – |
| bcc | – | – | – |
| body | string | – | – |
| cc | – | – | – |
| from_account | – | – | – |
| subject | string | – | – |
| to | array | yes | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | – | yes | – |
No examples provided.
mail_delete_message Delete Message ~29
Delete (trash) an email message by its message_id.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| message_id | string | yes | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | – | yes | – |
No examples provided.
mail_forward_message Forward Message ~65
Forward an existing email message to new recipients. Provide a message_id and the to list. Optionally prepend body text and specify from_account.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| body | string | – | – |
| from_account | – | – | – |
| message_id | string | yes | – |
| to | array | yes | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | – | yes | – |
No examples provided.
mail_get_message Get Message ~27
Fetch a single Apple Mail message by message_id.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| message_id | string | yes | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | – | yes | – |
No examples provided.
mail_get_prompt Mail Get Prompt ~33
Fallback prompt rendering tool for tool-only MCP clients.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| arguments_json | – | – | – |
| name | string | yes | – |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
mail_get_thread Get Thread ~40
Find related messages in the same mailbox thread by normalized subject, anchored on a message_id.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | – | – | – |
| message_id | string | yes | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | – | yes | – |
No examples provided.
mail_health Mail Health ~16
Report the active Apple Mail MCP configuration.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| capabilities | array | yes | – |
| ok | boolean | yes | – |
| safety_profile | string | yes | – |
| server_name | string | yes | – |
| supports | array | yes | – |
| transport | string | yes | – |
| version | string | yes | – |
| visible_drafts | boolean | yes | – |
No examples provided.
mail_list_mailboxes List Mailboxes ~26
List Apple Mail mailboxes, optionally filtered by account.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| account | – | – | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | – | yes | – |
No examples provided.
mail_list_prompts Mail List Prompts ~21
Fallback prompt discovery tool for tool-only MCP clients.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
mail_mark_message Mark Message Read/Unread ~51
Set the read status of an email message. Pass is_read=true to mark as read, is_read=false to mark as unread.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| is_read | boolean | yes | – |
| message_id | string | yes | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | – | yes | – |
No examples provided.
mail_move_message Move Message ~55
Move an email message to a different mailbox. Optionally specify target_account if the mailbox is in a different account.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| message_id | string | yes | – |
| target_account | – | – | – |
| target_mailbox | string | yes | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | – | yes | – |
No examples provided.
mail_permission_guide Mail Permission Guide ~22
Explain how to grant Apple Mail automation permission on macOS.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
mail_recheck_permissions Mail Recheck Permissions ~31
Recheck Mail access after the user changes macOS permissions, and notify the client that Mail resources changed.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| capabilities | array | yes | – |
| ok | boolean | yes | – |
| safety_profile | string | yes | – |
| server_name | string | yes | – |
| supports | array | yes | – |
| transport | string | yes | – |
| version | string | yes | – |
| visible_drafts | boolean | yes | – |
No examples provided.
mail_reply_latest_in_thread Reply To Latest In Thread ~61
Find the latest related message in the same mailbox thread and reply to that message.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| body | string | yes | – |
| from_account | – | – | – |
| limit | – | – | – |
| message_id | string | yes | – |
| reply_all | boolean | – | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | – | yes | – |
No examples provided.
mail_reply_message Reply to Message ~69
Reply to an existing email message. Provide a message_id and body text. Set reply_all=true to reply to all recipients. Optionally specify from_account.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| body | string | yes | – |
| from_account | – | – | – |
| message_id | string | yes | – |
| reply_all | boolean | – | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | – | yes | – |
No examples provided.
mail_search_messages Search Messages ~47
Search Apple Mail messages by query with optional mailbox and unread filters.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | – | – | – |
| mailbox | – | – | – |
| query | string | yes | – |
| unread_only | boolean | – | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | – | yes | – |
No examples provided.
mail_send_message Send Message ~77
Send an email immediately via Apple Mail. Optionally specify from_account as an email address or account name to set the sender.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| attachments | – | – | – |
| bcc | – | – | – |
| body | string | – | – |
| cc | – | – | – |
| from_account | – | – | – |
| subject | string | – | – |
| to | array | yes | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | – | yes | – |
No examples provided.
search_tools Search Tools ~50
Search this server's tool catalog by keyword, alias, or domain tag.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| domain_tags | – | – | – |
| limit | integer | – | – |
| mode | string | – | – |
| query | string | yes | – |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
How do I install the Apple Mail MCP server?
Apple Mail runs locally as a PyPI package, launched with uvx apple-mcp-mail. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
pypi · apple-mcp-mail
claude mcp add jonathanrreed-apple-mcp-mail -- uvx apple-mcp-mail
What is the Apple Mail MCP server?
Apple Mail is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.JonathanRReed/apple-mcp-mail. Read, search, compose, and send emails via Apple Mail on macOS. This page covers its PyPI package (apple-mcp-mail).
Is the Apple Mail MCP server safe to use?
Apple Mail scores 89 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 17 October 2026. Its build provenance is signed and verified. 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 exposes 20 tools: mail_health, mail_permission_guide, mail_recheck_permissions, mail_list_mailboxes, mail_search_messages, and 15 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 901 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the Apple Mail MCP server still maintained?
Apple Mail is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 17 October 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 Apple Mail MCP server under?
Apple Mail declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.