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IMAP mailbox for VS Code

io.github.ni-c/imap-mcp

Read, search and organise any IMAP mailbox, with writes off by default

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Install IMAP mailbox in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "imap-host",
      "description": "IMAP_HOST",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "imap-user",
      "description": "IMAP_USER",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "imap-password",
      "description": "IMAP_PASSWORD",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "imap-port",
      "description": "IMAP_PORT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "imap-tls",
      "description": "IMAP_TLS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "imap-mailbox",
      "description": "IMAP_MAILBOX",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "imap-seen-keyword",
      "description": "IMAP_SEEN_KEYWORD",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "imap-read-only",
      "description": "IMAP_READ_ONLY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "imap-allow-tools",
      "description": "IMAP_ALLOW_TOOLS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "imap-deny-tools",
      "description": "IMAP_DENY_TOOLS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "imap-download-dir",
      "description": "IMAP_DOWNLOAD_DIR",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "imap-insecure-tls",
      "description": "IMAP_INSECURE_TLS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "imap-drafts-mailbox",
      "description": "IMAP_DRAFTS_MAILBOX",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "imap-max-messages",
      "description": "IMAP_MAX_MESSAGES",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "imap-max-attachment-bytes",
      "description": "IMAP_MAX_ATTACHMENT_BYTES",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "imap-max-download-bytes",
      "description": "IMAP_MAX_DOWNLOAD_BYTES",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "imap-max-extract-bytes",
      "description": "IMAP_MAX_EXTRACT_BYTES",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "imap-attachment-types",
      "description": "IMAP_ATTACHMENT_TYPES",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "imap-trusted-authserv-id",
      "description": "IMAP_TRUSTED_AUTHSERV_ID",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "imap-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ni-c/imap-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "IMAP_HOST": "${input:imap-host}",
        "IMAP_USER": "${input:imap-user}",
        "IMAP_PASSWORD": "${input:imap-password}",
        "IMAP_PORT": "${input:imap-port}",
        "IMAP_TLS": "${input:imap-tls}",
        "IMAP_MAILBOX": "${input:imap-mailbox}",
        "IMAP_SEEN_KEYWORD": "${input:imap-seen-keyword}",
        "IMAP_READ_ONLY": "${input:imap-read-only}",
        "IMAP_ALLOW_TOOLS": "${input:imap-allow-tools}",
        "IMAP_DENY_TOOLS": "${input:imap-deny-tools}",
        "IMAP_DOWNLOAD_DIR": "${input:imap-download-dir}",
        "IMAP_INSECURE_TLS": "${input:imap-insecure-tls}",
        "IMAP_DRAFTS_MAILBOX": "${input:imap-drafts-mailbox}",
        "IMAP_MAX_MESSAGES": "${input:imap-max-messages}",
        "IMAP_MAX_ATTACHMENT_BYTES": "${input:imap-max-attachment-bytes}",
        "IMAP_MAX_DOWNLOAD_BYTES": "${input:imap-max-download-bytes}",
        "IMAP_MAX_EXTRACT_BYTES": "${input:imap-max-extract-bytes}",
        "IMAP_ATTACHMENT_TYPES": "${input:imap-attachment-types}",
        "IMAP_TRUSTED_AUTHSERV_ID": "${input:imap-trusted-authserv-id}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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