Apple Mail runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 1 596 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 16 Oct 2026.
Read, search, compose, and send emails via Apple Mail on macOS.
What the code does
We read the source, 14 h ago · rules ccca72095570
Found in continuous integration, deployment or infrastructure files, or in a neighbouring package of the same monorepo. None of this is installed when you add the server: it describes how the project is built and released. We list it because a leaked key in a build pipeline is still a real problem, but it is not something this server does on your machine.
result = subprocess.run(
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Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check Apple Mail 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 apple-mcp-mail -- uvx apple-mcp-mail{
"mcpServers": {
"apple-mcp-mail": {
"args": [
"apple-mcp-mail"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}[mcp_servers.apple-mcp-mail]
command = "uvx"
args = ["apple-mcp-mail"]{
"mcpServers": {
"apple-mcp-mail": {
"args": [
"apple-mcp-mail"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"apple-mcp-mail": {
"args": [
"apple-mcp-mail"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}This one needs environment variables set before it will start:
APPLE_MAIL_MCP_SAFETY_PROFILE (Safety mode for Mail operations: safe_readonly, safe_manage, or full_access.), APPLE_MAIL_MCP_ALLOWED_ATTACHMENT_ROOT (Directory attachments may be saved to or attached from. Unset disables attachment file access.), APPLE_MAIL_MCP_VISIBLE_DRAFTS (Whether compose tools open visible draft windows in Mail.app.).
The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.
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