pylos mcp for VS Code
io.github.adamvass/pylos-mcp
Read-focused, prompt-injection-hardened email MCP server for any IMAP provider
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:npm
Install pylos mcp in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "email-user",
"description": "EMAIL_USER",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "email-password",
"description": "EMAIL_PASSWORD",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "provider",
"description": "PROVIDER",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "imap-host",
"description": "IMAP_HOST",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "capabilities",
"description": "CAPABILITIES",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"pylos-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"pylos-mcp"
],
"env": {
"EMAIL_USER": "${input:email-user}",
"EMAIL_PASSWORD": "${input:email-password}",
"PROVIDER": "${input:provider}",
"IMAP_HOST": "${input:imap-host}",
"CAPABILITIES": "${input:capabilities}"
}
}
}
}VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs