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better email mcp for VS Code

io.github.n24q02m/better-email-mcp

IMAP/SMTP MCP server for Email with composite tools. Multi-account, auto-discovery.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install better email mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json 

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "email-credentials",
      "description": "EMAIL_CREDENTIALS",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "better-email-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@n24q02m/better-email-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "EMAIL_CREDENTIALS": "${input:email-credentials}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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