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thunderbird cli for Gemini CLI

io.github.vitalio-sh/thunderbird-cli

Give AI agents full read/write email access via Mozilla Thunderbird. Zero credentials.

client:Gemini CLI transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install thunderbird cli in Gemini CLI

~/.gemini/settings.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.gemini\settings.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "thunderbird-cli": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "thunderbird-cli-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TB_BRIDGE_HOST": "<TB_BRIDGE_HOST>",
        "TB_BRIDGE_PORT": "<TB_BRIDGE_PORT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Gemini expands $VAR and ${VAR} inside env values, so a secret can live in your shell rather than this file. Gemini CLI docs

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