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mailbox mcp for VS Code

io.github.jgalea/mailbox-mcp

Multi-account email MCP server for Gmail, IMAP, and JMAP: search, send, drafts, labels.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install mailbox mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json 

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mailbox-mcp-passphrase",
      "description": "MAILBOX_MCP_PASSPHRASE",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "mailbox-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mailbox-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MAILBOX_MCP_PASSPHRASE": "${input:mailbox-mcp-passphrase}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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