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Postals MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 34 installs a week from npm.

Send physical handwritten postcards from any AI agent. Real pen & ink, USPS, $4.99/card.

The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private.

Installs per day peak 25 · avg 9 · +22% w/w
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34
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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add postals-mcp -- npx -y postals-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "postals-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "postals-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.postals-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "postals-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "postals-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "postals-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "postals-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "postals-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: POSTALS_API_KEY (Your Handwrytten API key (v1.0) or Postals API key (v1.1+).), POSTALS_SENDER_NAME (Default sender full name for return address.), POSTALS_SENDER_ADDRESS (Default sender street address.), POSTALS_SENDER_CITY (Default sender city.), POSTALS_SENDER_STATE (Default sender 2-letter US state code.), POSTALS_SENDER_ZIP (Default sender 5-digit ZIP (or 5+4 format).), POSTALS_DEFAULT_CARD_IMAGE (Default card front image URL (HTTPS, PNG or JPEG, landscape 7x5 preferred).), POSTALS_HANDWRITING_STYLE (Default handwriting font. Default: Joyful Jennifer.), POSTALS_DAILY_LIMIT (Max cards per day (safety net). Default: 50.), POSTALS_TEST_MODE (Set to 'true' for test mode (validates inputs, no cards actually sent).), CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID (Optional. Enables AI message generation via Cloudflare Workers AI.), CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN (Optional. Required together with CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID for AI message generation.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Postals MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Postals MCP?
Postals MCP runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package postals-mcp was installed 34 times last week.
Is Postals MCP still maintained?
The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private. We show this because it changes what you can expect: an unmaintained server may keep answering for months and then stop without warning.
How do I connect Postals MCP?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls postals-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Postals MCP?
The npm package postals-mcp was installed 34 times in the last week. Week over week that is +22%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.