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jmap-dav-mcp

Generic Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for open email/PIM standards:

• Mail via JMAP (RFC 8620/8621)

• Calendar via CalDAV

• Contacts via CardDAV

Works with any compliant server. Fastmail works out of the box (this project began as fastmail-mcp), and the JMAP side also works with self-hosted servers like Stalwart, Cyrus, and Apache James. The CalDAV/CardDAV side works with iCloud, Nextcloud, Radicale, Baïkal, and friends.

Tool domains (mail / calendar / contacts) are registered based on which credentials you configure — a calendar-only setup exposes only calendar tools.

Requirements

• Bun 1.3+ (recommended) or Node.js 20+

• Credentials for a JMAP and/or CalDAV/CardDAV server

Related MCP server: FastMail MCP Server

Configuration

Mail (JMAP)

Calendar + Contacts (CalDAV/CardDAV)

Domain selection

Fastmail

Legacy FASTMAIL_* variables are fully supported and imply the Fastmail server URLs, so an existing Fastmail setup needs no URL configuration:

• FASTMAIL_USERNAME + FASTMAIL_APP_PASSWORD — mail (JMAP basic auth) + calendar + contacts

• FASTMAIL_API_TOKEN — mail via JMAP bearer token (optional alternative)

• FASTMAIL_BASE_URL, FASTMAIL_CALDAV_URL, FASTMAIL_CARDDAV_URL, FASTMAIL_DAV_USERNAME, FASTMAIL_ORGANIZER_EMAIL — optional overrides

Create an app password in Fastmail Settings → Privacy & Security → App passwords.

Install

bun install

Optional (bundle to dist/):

bun run build

Run

bun run start        # all configured domains

Dev (auto-reload):

bun run dev

Via bunx:

bunx --bun github:adinschmidt/fastmail-mcp

Entry points

MCP Client Config Examples

Fastmail (mcpServers)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fastmail": {
      "command": "bun",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/jmap-dav-mcp/src/index.ts"],
      "env": {
        "FASTMAIL_USERNAME": "you@fastmail.com",
        "FASTMAIL_APP_PASSWORD": "your-app-password"
      }
    }
  }
}

Generic servers

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mail-calendar-contacts": {
      "command": "bun",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/jmap-dav-mcp/src/index.ts"],
      "env": {
        "JMAP_BASE_URL": "https://mail.example.com",
        "JMAP_API_TOKEN": "your-token",
        "CALDAV_URL": "https://dav.example.com",
        "CARDDAV_URL": "https://dav.example.com",
        "DAV_USERNAME": "you@example.com",
        "DAV_PASSWORD": "your-app-password"
      }
    }
  }
}

Calendar/contacts only (e.g. iCloud, Nextcloud)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "calendar": {
      "command": "bun",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/jmap-dav-mcp/src/bin/dav-mcp.ts"],
      "env": {
        "CALDAV_URL": "https://caldav.icloud.com",
        "CARDDAV_URL": "https://contacts.icloud.com",
        "DAV_USERNAME": "you@icloud.com",
        "DAV_PASSWORD": "app-specific-password"
      }
    }
  }
}

Tools

Mail (JMAP):

• list_mailboxes

• create_mailbox

• update_mailbox

• delete_mailbox

• list_emails

• get_email

• search_emails

• send_email

• mark_email_read

• move_email

• delete_email

• get_email_attachments

• download_attachment

Calendar (CalDAV):

• list_calendars

• create_calendar

• update_calendar

• delete_calendar

• get_calendar_event

• list_calendar_events

• create_calendar_event

• update_calendar_event

• delete_calendar_event

Contacts (CardDAV):

• list_contact_lists

• list_contacts

• get_contact

• create_contact

• search_contacts

• update_contact

• delete_contact

Pagination and SDK

The MCP handlers call the functions in src/sdk.ts. Scripts can import the same SDK without starting a server. See SKILL.md for the complete API.

list_emails, search_emails, list_calendar_events, list_contacts, and search_contacts return an object instead of a bare array:

{"items": [], "position": 0, "total": 0, "nextPosition": null}

Start with position: 0. Pass nextPosition as the next request's position, keeping the filters unchanged, until it is null. Mail pages default to 20 records and allow at most 200. Calendar and contact pages default to 50 and allow at most 500. Limits and offsets must be integers.

Calendar and contact list pages omit raw iCal and vCard data by default. Set includeRaw: true or use get_calendar_event and get_contact to retrieve full records. Supply both calendar time range endpoints together. Individual records can still be large; the page limit bounds record count, not bytes.

JMAP pages use server-side offsets. DAV has no portable offset query, so each page fetches all matching calendar objects or address book cards, sorts by URL, then slices locally. Contact search pages count matches across all selected books. Use calendar time ranges and addressBookId to narrow requests. Offsets do not provide a snapshot: concurrent inserts and deletions can shift results. For a changing collection, deduplicate IDs or restart the scan.

Existing SDK methods such as listEmails and listContacts still return arrays. Use their Page counterparts to obtain continuation metadata. SDK array methods for events and contacts retain raw data by default. All these methods accept position and enforce the same page limits.

import { listEmailsPage } from './src/sdk.js';

let position = 0;
do {
  const page = await listEmailsPage({ limit: 100, position });
  const unread = page.items.filter(email => !email.keywords?.$seen);
  console.log(unread.map(email => ({ id: email.id, subject: email.subject })));
  if (page.nextPosition === null) break;
  position = page.nextPosition;
} while (true);

Security Notes

• Prefer app passwords / API tokens over your account password.

• delete_mailbox refuses to delete protected system mailboxes (Inbox, Spam, Trash, Sent, Drafts, Archive).

• delete_calendar refuses to delete the last remaining calendar.

Troubleshooting

403 Forbidden creating calendar events

In almost all cases this means you're trying to write to a read-only calendar (e.g. a subscribed/shared calendar).

1. Run list_calendars

2. Pick a calendar with canWrite: true

3. Use that calendar's id as calendarId for create_calendar_event

JMAP session errors on non-Fastmail servers

The session is discovered at <JMAP_BASE_URL>/.well-known/jmap, following redirects with auth. If your server hosts the session elsewhere, set JMAP_SESSION_URL directly.