Claude Post

🚀 ClaudePost

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that offers a seamless email management interface via Claude. This integration enables you to handle emails directly through natural - language conversations with Claude, securely supporting features such as searching, reading, and sending emails.

🚀 Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Python 3.12 or higher
• A Gmail account (or other email provider)
• If using Gmail:
  • Two - factor authentication enabled
  • App - specific password generated
• Claude Desktop application

Setup

1. Install uv:

# MacOS/Linux
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

# Remember to restart your terminal after installation

2. Clone and set up the project:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/ZilongXue/claude - post.git
cd claude - post

# Create and activate virtual environment
uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate

# Install dependencies
uv pip install -e .

3. Create a .env file in the project root:

EMAIL_ADDRESS=your.email@gmail.com
EMAIL_PASSWORD=your - app - specific - password
IMAP_SERVER=imap.gmail.com
SMTP_SERVER=smtp.gmail.com
SMTP_PORT=587

4. Configure Claude Desktop: First, make sure you have Claude for Desktop installed. You can install the latest version here. If you already have Claude for Desktop, make sure it's updated to the latest version. Open your Claude Desktop configuration file:

# MacOS
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

# Create the file if it doesn't exist
mkdir -p ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude
touch ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Add the following configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "email": {
      "command": "/Users/username/.local/bin/uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "/path/to/claude - post/src/email_client",
        "run",
        "email - client"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Replace /Users/username and /path/to/claude - post with your actual paths. After updating the configuration, restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect.

Running the Server

The server runs automatically through Claude Desktop:

• The server will start when Claude launches if configured correctly
• No manual server management needed
• Server stops when Claude is closed

✨ Features

Email Search and Reading

• 📧 Search emails by date range and keywords
• 📅 View daily email statistics
• 📝 Read full email content with threading support

Email Composition and Sending

• ✉️ Send emails with CC recipients support
• 🔒 Secure email handling with TLS

💻 Usage Examples

Search Emails

• "Show me emails from last week"
• "Find emails with subject containing 'meeting'"
• "Search for emails from recruiting@linkedin.com between 2024 - 01 - 01 and 2024 - 01 - 07"
• "Search sent emails from last month"

Read Email Content

• "Show me the content of email #12345"
• "What's the full message of the last email from HR?"

Email Statistics

• "How many emails did I receive today?"
• "Show me daily email counts for the past week"

Send Emails

• "I want to send an email to john@example.com"
• "Send a meeting confirmation to team@company.com"

⚠️ Important Note

For security reasons, Claude will always show you the email details for confirmation before actually sending.

📚 Documentation

Project Structure

claude - post/
├── pyproject.toml
├── README.md
├── LICENSE
├── .env                    # Not included in repo
├── .python - version        # Python version specification
└── src/
    └── email_client/
        ├── __init__.py
        ├── __main__.py
        └── server.py       # Main implementation

Security Notes

• Use app - specific passwords instead of your main account password
• For Gmail users:
  1. Enable 2 - Step Verification in your Google Account
  2. Generate an App Password for this application
  3. Use the App Password in your .env file

Logging

The application logs detailed information to email_client.log. Check this file for debugging information and error messages.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.