email2chat-mcp

email2chat-mcp

MCP server for Email2Chat — connect Claude Desktop and AI agents to your monitored Gmail and Outlook inboxes.

What it does

Gives Claude (and any MCP-compatible AI agent) access to your email inbox:

• Read recent emails — subject, sender, AI summary, classification label
• Search emails — by keyword, sender, or AI label (Urgent, Promotional, etc.)
• Get full email body — fetch complete email content on demand
• Check monitoring status — see which inboxes are active
• Mark as read / Archive — Outlook/Office 365 (Gmail write support coming after CASA verification)

Requirements

• An Email2Chat account with at least one monitored inbox
• An API key from your Email2Chat dashboard → API Keys section

Installation

Claude Desktop (recommended)

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "email2chat": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["email2chat-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "EMAIL2CHAT_API_KEY": "em2c_your_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config file location:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

With pip

pip install email2chat-mcp
EMAIL2CHAT_API_KEY=em2c_your_key email2chat-mcp

Environment variables

Variable	Required	Default	Description
EMAIL2CHAT_API_KEY	Yes	—	Your API key from the dashboard
EMAIL2CHAT_API_URL	No	https://email2chat.com/api/v1	Override for self-hosted instances

Available tools

Tool	Description
get_recent_emails	Get latest emails with AI summaries
search_emails	Search by keyword, sender, or label
get_email_body	Fetch full body of a specific email
get_monitoring_status	Check which inboxes are active
mark_email_read	Mark email as read (Outlook only for now)
archive_email	Archive email (Outlook only for now)

Example prompts

Once connected, ask Claude:

• "What urgent emails did I get today?"
• "Summarize my last 5 emails from [e-mail]"
• "Are any of my inboxes down?"
• "Find all newsletters from this week and archive them"

API docs

Full REST API documentation: email2chat.com/developers

License

MIT