GhostPaw Email runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 12 installs a week from npm. Last commit 24 Oct 2026.
Email tools with a local SQLite cache and IMAP/SMTP account configuration.
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check GhostPaw Email every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Connect this server
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.
claude mcp add email -- npx -y @ghostpaw/email{
"mcpServers": {
"email": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@ghostpaw/email"
]
}
}
}[mcp_servers.email]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@ghostpaw/email"]{
"mcpServers": {
"email": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@ghostpaw/email"
]
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"email": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@ghostpaw/email"
]
}
}
}Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
GHOSTPAW_EMAIL_DB (SQLite database path (default: ~/.ghostpaw/email.db)).
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GhostPaw Email — questions
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