Email (IMAP/SMTP) for VS Code
io.github.mindstone/mcp-server-email-imap
Email IMAP/SMTP MCP server: iCloud, Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, and custom IMAP providers
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:npm
Install Email (IMAP/SMTP) in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "email-imap-email",
"description": "EMAIL_IMAP_EMAIL",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "email-imap-password",
"description": "EMAIL_IMAP_PASSWORD",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "email-imap-provider",
"description": "EMAIL_IMAP_PROVIDER",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "email-imap-imap-host",
"description": "EMAIL_IMAP_IMAP_HOST",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "email-imap-smtp-host",
"description": "EMAIL_IMAP_SMTP_HOST",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "email-imap-imap-port",
"description": "EMAIL_IMAP_IMAP_PORT",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "email-imap-smtp-port",
"description": "EMAIL_IMAP_SMTP_PORT",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "email-imap-max-recipients",
"description": "EMAIL_IMAP_MAX_RECIPIENTS",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "email-imap-rate-limit-per-hour",
"description": "EMAIL_IMAP_RATE_LIMIT_PER_HOUR",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "email-imap-rate-limit-window-ms",
"description": "EMAIL_IMAP_RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_MS",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "mcp-workspace-path",
"description": "MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"mcp-server-email-imap": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@mindstone/mcp-server-email-imap"
],
"env": {
"EMAIL_IMAP_EMAIL": "${input:email-imap-email}",
"EMAIL_IMAP_PASSWORD": "${input:email-imap-password}",
"EMAIL_IMAP_PROVIDER": "${input:email-imap-provider}",
"EMAIL_IMAP_IMAP_HOST": "${input:email-imap-imap-host}",
"EMAIL_IMAP_SMTP_HOST": "${input:email-imap-smtp-host}",
"EMAIL_IMAP_IMAP_PORT": "${input:email-imap-imap-port}",
"EMAIL_IMAP_SMTP_PORT": "${input:email-imap-smtp-port}",
"EMAIL_IMAP_MAX_RECIPIENTS": "${input:email-imap-max-recipients}",
"EMAIL_IMAP_RATE_LIMIT_PER_HOUR": "${input:email-imap-rate-limit-per-hour}",
"EMAIL_IMAP_RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_MS": "${input:email-imap-rate-limit-window-ms}",
"MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH": "${input:mcp-workspace-path}"
}
}
}
}
VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs