littlebird-mail

Littlebird's independent mailbox - a Cloudflare Worker that acts as a remote MCP server for send, read, reply, and search.

What it does

• Outbound: Sends email as littlebird-mail@workslo.ai via Cloudflare's send_email Worker binding. DKIM-signed, so it lands as Littlebird - not Shane.

• Inbound: Receives email via Cloudflare Email Routing, parses with postal-mime, and stores in D1.

• MCP Tools: Six tools exposed over a stateless HTTP endpoint (/mcp):

  • send_email - Send mail as Littlebird

  • reply - Reply to an existing thread

  • list_inbox - Paginated inbox list, optional unread-only filter

  • read_message - Full message body + marks as read

  • search_inbox - Text search across subject, body, and from

  • inbox_stats - Total and unread counts

Related MCP server: cloudflare-email

Architecture

• Stateless: No Durable Objects or session state. All persistence is D1.

• Auth: /mcp accepts only Authorization: Bearer <MCP_TOKEN>. Unauthenticated requests return a plain 401; there is no OAuth provider, authorization flow, token exchange, dynamic registration, or OAuth metadata.

• Threading: Unified messages table with thread_id and in_reply_to. Replies attach to the parent thread.

Deploy

1. Domain setup (alive-node only)

• Onboard workslo.ai to Cloudflare Email Service (Dashboard: Compute & AI > Email Service > Onboard Domain).

• Add SPF + DKIM records as instructed.

2. Install & generate types

npm install
npx wrangler types  # Generates worker-configuration.d.ts with runtime types

3. Deploy

npx wrangler deploy

4. Set the bearer secret for a new deployment

npx wrangler secret put MCP_TOKEN
# Enter a long random string. Littlebird uses this as the Remote MCP bearer token.

Existing deployments keep their current MCP_TOKEN; a normal code deploy does not expose, replace, or rotate it. Do not re-run this command unless you intentionally need to replace the secret.

5. Inbound routing rule

Dashboard: Email Service > Email Routing > Create rule

• Custom address: littlebird-mail@workslo.ai

• Action: Send to a Worker

• Worker: littlebird-mail

6. Wire up the MCP client

In Littlebird Settings > Integrations, add a Remote MCP server:

• URL: https://birb.workslo.ai/mcp

• Auth: Bearer token = the value you set in step 4

This is the service's only authentication path. OAuth endpoints such as /authorize, /token, and /register are intentionally not exposed.

7. Smoke check the deployed MCP endpoint

Use the same URL + token shape as Littlebird:

MCP_TOKEN=<token-from-step-4> npm run smoke:mcp

Expected result:

MCP smoke passed for https://birb.workslo.ai/mcp
Tools: inbox_stats, list_inbox, read_message, reply, search_inbox, send_email

Schema

D1 database littlebird-mail was provisioned manually. If you start fresh, run:

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS messages (
  id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
  direction TEXT NOT NULL, -- 'inbound' or 'outbound'
  from_address TEXT,
  to_address TEXT,
  subject TEXT,
  body_text TEXT,
  body_html TEXT,
  thread_id TEXT,
  in_reply_to TEXT,
  message_id TEXT UNIQUE,
  created_at DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
  read_at DATETIME,
  labels TEXT,
  raw_headers TEXT
);

CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_thread ON messages(thread_id);
CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_created ON messages(created_at);
CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_in_reply_to ON messages(in_reply_to);

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS config (
  key TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
  value TEXT
);

D1 Database ID

• Name: littlebird-mail

• ID: dbc3a61d-e581-4b03-9296-eee97dfb5851

• Region: WNAM

Environment