Create a plain-text draft in Apple Mail's Drafts folder.

Two modes:

1. New message — pass to and subject. body is the message text.

2. Reply — pass reply_to={"account":..., "mailbox":..., "id":...} (use the values returned by search_messages). subject and to become optional and are auto-set from the original. body is your reply text; the original message is automatically quoted below it. Threading headers (In-Reply-To/References) are set so the recipient's mail client groups this with the original conversation. cc / bcc are additive.

Args: account: Sender account name (from list_accounts). body: Plain-text reply/message text. May be empty. to: Recipient addresses. Required for new messages, optional for replies. subject: Subject line. Required for new messages, optional for replies (defaults to "Re: "). Pass an explicit value to override. cc, bcc: Optional CC/BCC addresses. reply_to: If set, creates a reply. {account, mailbox, id} of the original message. account here is the account where the original was received, which may differ from the sending account. reply_all: If true and replying, replies to all recipients. Default false. visible: If true, Mail brings the compose window forward; if false the draft is saved silently. Defaults to APPLE_MAIL_MCP_DRAFT_VISIBLE.

Returns metadata about the created draft. Does NOT return a persisted Drafts-mailbox id — Mail commits drafts asynchronously. Drafts are reviewed in Mail.app.

HTML body rendering is v1.5.

Set or clear the flag color on a message.

Args: account, mailbox, id: As returned by search_messages. color: 0..6 sets a color; -1 clears the flag. 0 red · 1 orange · 2 yellow · 3 green · 4 blue · 5 purple · 6 gray

Fetch the full content for a single message.

v1 returns one message (no thread reconstruction). For triage this is sufficient; full threading lands in v1.5.

Args: account: Account name. mailbox: Mailbox name (from search_messages output). id: Mail.app numeric message id (from search_messages output).

Returns {messages: [{id, message_id, account, mailbox, subject, sender, to, cc, date_received, date_sent, read, body}]}.

List every account configured in Apple Mail.

Returns a list of {id, name, user_name, account_type, email_addresses, enabled}. The name field is the canonical handle to pass to other tools as account.

List attachments on a message.

Args: account, mailbox, id: As returned by search_messages.

Returns a list of {index, name, size, mime_type, downloaded}. Pass index to save_attachment. downloaded=false means the attachment body isn't on disk yet — open the message in Mail.app to fetch it before saving.

List mailboxes (folders) inside an account.

Args: account: Account name as returned by list_accounts. with_counts: If true, include unread_count and total_count per mailbox. Slow on large accounts — Mail enumerates each folder to count messages. On a 30k-message iCloud account with 80+ folders this can take 30+ seconds. Default false.

Returns a list of {name, unread_count?, total_count?}.

Mark a single message as read.

Args: account, mailbox, id: As returned by search_messages.

Mark a single message as unread.

Args: account, mailbox, id: As returned by search_messages.

[DESTRUCTIVE] Move a message from one mailbox to another within the same account.

This tool refuses without confirm=true. Always surface the planned move to the user and get explicit approval before passing confirm=true — moving a message changes user-visible state (especially when the target is Trash, Junk, or Archive). Reversible by moving back, but disruptive.

Both mailbox and target_mailbox accept either an exact mailbox name OR a localization-aware alias starting with "@": @inbox, @archive, @drafts, @sent, @trash, @junk The MCP resolves the alias against the account's actual folder names (e.g. @archive → "Archivo" on a Spanish-localized M365 account, "Archive" on iCloud English). The returned to_mailbox field is the resolved literal name so callers can log accurately.

Args: account, mailbox, id: As returned by search_messages. target_mailbox: Destination — exact name or @alias. confirm: Must be true to actually perform the move. False (default) returns a CONFIRM_REQUIRED envelope describing the action.

Health check. Returns {ok: true, data: "OK"} if the MCP is reachable.

Save every attachment on a message, inside the attachments folder.

Same rules as save_attachment: writes only inside APPLE_MAIL_MCP_ATTACHMENTS_DIR, filenames cleaned, overwrite needs confirm.

Args: account, mailbox, id: As returned by search_messages. target_dir: Optional subfolder (relative, or absolute inside the folder). overwrite: If false (default), taken names get a " (2)", " (3)" suffix. True replaces existing files and requires confirm=true. confirm: Required with overwrite=true. Get the user's approval first.

Returns {saved: [{index, saved_path, name, original_name, size}], skipped: [{index, name, reason}]}. reason is typically "not_downloaded" — open the message in Mail.app to fetch it.

Save one attachment to disk, inside the attachments folder.

Files can only be written inside the attachments folder (APPLE_MAIL_MCP_ATTACHMENTS_DIR, default ~/Downloads/apple-mail-mcp). Paths outside it are refused. The attachment's filename comes from the sender and is cleaned (no path separators, no leading dots); the result reports both name (as saved) and original_name.

Args: account, mailbox, id: As returned by search_messages. index: 1-based index from list_attachments. target_dir: Optional subfolder. Relative paths are taken relative to the attachments folder; absolute paths must be inside it. Default: the folder itself. Created if missing. overwrite: If false (default), append " (2)", " (3)" etc. when the name is taken. True replaces existing files and requires confirm=true. confirm: Required with overwrite=true. Get the user's approval first.

Returns {saved_path, name, original_name, size, downloaded}.

Search messages in a mailbox. Returns lightweight summaries.

Args: account: Account name (from list_accounts). mailbox: Mailbox name (from list_mailboxes). When omitted (or set to "@inbox"), the server auto-detects the account's inbox by trying the common localizations (INBOX, Bandeja de entrada, Posteingang, Boîte de réception, Caixa de entrada, etc.). since: ISO 8601 timestamp; only messages received at or after are returned. Defaults to 7 days ago if not provided — without a date floor, the script must materialize the entire mailbox, which is ruinous on large iCloud inboxes. Pass an explicit older date if you need to look further back. before: ISO 8601 timestamp; only messages received strictly before are returned. limit: Max results, capped at 500. Default 50. unread_only: If true, only return unread messages. query: Case-insensitive substring filter. Scope set by field. field: Where query is matched. One of: "subject" — subject line only "sender" — sender name + address "content" — full body text (slower; iterates message content) "all" — subject + sender (default; content excluded for perf)

Returns a list of {id, message_id, account, mailbox, subject, sender, date_received, read, snippet}. Use id with get_thread to fetch the full body.

Return the MCP server version.