mcpbeat

mail-index MCP Server

by unsoldgroup
local only

mail-index runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 30 installs a week from npm. Last commit 5 Aug 2026.

Local-first, read-only MCP server for recall over your Gmail: search, contacts, threads, digests.

Installs per day peak 29 · avg 8 · -31% w/w
a month agotoday
30
Installs / week
npm · mail-index
4
Stars
12 open issues
5 Aug 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

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.

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

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mail-index — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for mail-index?
mail-index 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 mail-index was installed 30 times last week.
How do I connect mail-index?
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 mail-index straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use mail-index?
The npm package mail-index was installed 30 times in the last week. Week over week that is -31%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is mail-index open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript, 4 stars on GitHub and 12 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.