Email Reader
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Read, search, and manage emails from your inbox, including downloading attachments and listing folders.
Details
- Author
- karateboss
- Downloads
- 200
- Categories
- Communication, Automation, Productivity
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- Search emails using IMAP via search_emails tool
- Download email attachments with download_attachment
- List email folders with list_folders
- Works with Claude Desktop and LibreChat (Ollama)
- Uses encrypted password and secret key for authentication
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
Email ReaderCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
Install Python 3.10+, install uv, then add a JSON configuration block to your claude_desktop_config.json specifying the uvx command, the repository URL, and environment variables for your IMAP server, email account, encrypted password, and secret key.
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"email reader": {
"mcp_email_reader": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"--from",
"git+https://github.com/karateboss/mcp_email_reader@main",
"mcp_email_reader"
],
"env": {
"IMAP_SERVER": "",
"EMAIL_ACCOUNT": "",
"EMAIL_PASSWORD_ENC": "",
"EMAIL_SECRET_KEY": ""
}
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"mcp_email_reader": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"--from",
"git+https://github.com/karateboss/mcp_email_reader@main",
"mcp_email_reader"
],
"env": {
"IMAP_SERVER": "",
"EMAIL_ACCOUNT": "",
"EMAIL_PASSWORD_ENC": "",
"EMAIL_SECRET_KEY": ""
}
}
}mcp_email_reader
Model Context Protocol (MCP) server exposes several mcp tools called search_emails, download_attachment and list_folders. This has been tested on Claude Desktop and LibreChat with Ollama.Installation
Prerequisites
Windows
1. Install Claude Desktop (or another MCP-enabled AI tool) - Download Claude for Desktop - Follow the current installation instructions: Installing Claude Desktop 2. Install Python 3.10 or higher: - Download the latest Python installer from python.org - Run the installer, checking "Add Python to PATH" - Open Command Prompt and verify installation withpython --version
3. Install uv:
- Open Command Prompt as Administrator
- Run pip install --user uv
- Verify installation with uv --version
macOS
1. Install Claude Desktop (or another MCP-enabled AI tool) - Download Claude for Desktop - Follow the current installation instructions: Installing Claude Desktop 2. Install Python 3.10 or higher: - Using Homebrew:brew install python
- Verify installation with python3 --version
3. Install uv:
- Using Homebrew: brew install uv
- Alternatively: pip3 install --user uv
- Verify installation with uv --version
Configuration
Add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp_email_reader": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"--from",
"git+https://github.com/karateboss/mcp_email_reader@main",
"mcp_email_reader"
],
"env": {
"IMAP_SERVER": "<email server>",
"EMAIL_ACCOUNT": "<user email account>",
"EMAIL_PASSWORD_ENC": "<encrypted password>"
"EMAIL_SECRET_KEY": "<secret key used to encypt password>"
}
}
}
Attribution
This software package implements the ability to read emails into a MCP enabled framework and is developed by karateboss.
Contributing
We welcome contributions to improve these tools. Please submit issues and pull requests through our repository.
Support
For questions and support:
1. Check our documentation
2. Submit an issue in our repository
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