Apple MailSAFE
Apple Mail MCP server with full-coverage FTS5 body search. Reliable on large mailboxes where AppleScript-based servers timeout.
Overview
From the repository's own README, as read at the audited commit. Badges and raw HTML are left out.
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The only Apple Mail MCP server with full-coverage body search — reliable on large mailboxes where AppleScript-based servers timeout. 8 tools for reading, searching, and extracting email content.
[Read the docs](https://imdinu.github.io/apple-mail-mcp/) for the full guide.
Quick Start
Claude Code (plugin)
claude plugin marketplace add imdinu/apple-mail-mcp claude plugin install apple-mail@imdinu
Claude Desktop (one-click bundle)
Download apple-mail-mcp-.mcpb from the latest release and double-click it.
Both the plugin and the bundle run the released PyPI package via a thin launcher (uvx → pipx → private venv, whichever is available) — no vendored code, identical behavior to a manual install. They start the server with --watch; grant Full Disk Access to the launching app (Claude Code / Claude Desktop) so the index stays fresh.
Any MCP client
pipx install apple-mail-mcp
Add to your MCP client:
{
"mcpServers": {
"mail": {
"command": "apple-mail-mcp4dd5be502f53OBSERVED · 2026-10-08Connect
Built from this server's own package name, version and transport as found in its source — not copied from anyone's documentation, so it cannot drift against a page we do not control.
claude mcp add apple-mail-mcp -- uvx apple-mail-mcp==0.5.0
Trust audit
SAFEgrade B · trust 89/100 Nothing in the source contradicts what it says it does. Grade A is reserved for packages that have also passed the behavioural sandbox.
| Layer | What it checks | Result |
|---|---|---|
| L0 | Provenance & inventory | PASS |
| L1 | Static analysis of the code | PASS |
| L2 | Instruction surface (what it tells the agent) | PASS |
| L3 | Class-specific surface | PASS |
| L4 | Behavioural (sandbox) | SKIPPED |
What the source does
- Filesystem
- declared (1 observation(s))
- Network
- declared (1 observation(s))
- Shell
- none-observed
- Dependencies
- pinned
- Secrets in source
- none-found
Findings (3)
filename="../../../etc/passwd",
result = await get_attachment(42, "../../evil.txt")
Gates applied: no_behavioural_pass.
4dd5be502f53full audit observations/trust-audit/mcp-server/imdinu__apple-mail-2.json · Report an issue / request a re-scanAudit history
Every audit this server has had. A grade with a past is a grade somebody is still checking.
| Date | Source | Verdict | Grade | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 | 4dd5be502f53 | SAFE | B | 89 | first audit |
Questions
What is the Apple Mail MCP server?
Apple Mail MCP server with full-coverage FTS5 body search. Reliable on large mailboxes where AppleScript-based servers timeout.
Is Apple Mail safe to connect to an agent?
The audit found nothing in the source that contradicts what it says it does, and graded it B (89/100). Grade A is held back for packages that have also passed a sandboxed behavioural run, which is why a clean server reads B.
What credentials does Apple Mail need?
No credential environment variables were found in its source, so it appears to need none.
How does Apple Mail run?
It speaks stdio, so it runs as a local process your client starts. It is published on PyPI as apple-mail-mcp.
How current is this page?
The grade is for one exact copy of the source (4dd5be502f53), read on 2026-10-08. The repository is watched and re-audited when it changes.