JMAP Email

jmap-mcp

MCP server exposing JMAP email and Sieve script operations as tools.

Built with the Go MCP SDK (go-sdk) and go-jmap library.

Tools

Tools map closely to JMAP methods. Email mutation tools provide structured convenience wrappers over Email/set patches.

Mailbox (RFC 8621)

Tool	JMAP Method	Description
mailbox_get	Mailbox/get	Get mailboxes by ID, or list all
mailbox_set	Mailbox/set	Create, update, or destroy mailboxes

Email (RFC 8621)

Tool	JMAP Method	Description
email_query	Email/query	Search emails with filters, returns IDs and total count
email_get	Email/get	Get full content of emails by ID
email_create	Email/set	Create a new email draft in the Drafts mailbox
email_move	Email/set	Move emails to a different mailbox
email_flag	Email/set	Set or remove flags (seen, flagged, answered, draft)
email_delete	Email/set	Delete emails (move to Trash or permanently destroy)
email_attachment_url	Blob download	Signed URL streaming an attachment, expires in 30 s (HTTP mode only)

Identity

Tool	JMAP Method	Description
identity_get	Identity/get	List sender identities (email addresses)

Submission (feature-gated)

Tool	JMAP Method	Description
email_submission_set	EmailSubmission/set	Submit a draft for delivery (requires -enable-send)

Sieve Scripts (RFC 9661, feature-gated)

Tool	JMAP Method	Description
sieve_get	SieveScript/get	List all scripts, or get one with full content (requires -enable-sieve)
sieve_set	SieveScript/set	Create, update, or destroy Sieve scripts (requires -enable-sieve)
sieve_validate	SieveScript/validate	Validate a Sieve script without saving (requires -enable-sieve)

Configuration

Env var	Required	Description
JMAP_SESSION_URL	always	JMAP session endpoint (e.g. https://api.fastmail.com/jmap/session)
JMAP_AUTH_TOKEN	stdio mode	Bearer token for JMAP authentication
ATTACHMENT_URL_SECRET	no	Secret sealing signed attachment URLs; set for multi-replica deployments (default: random per-process key)

Flag	Default	Description
-mode	stdio	Server mode: stdio or http
-listen	:8080	HTTP listen address (http mode only)
-enable-send	false	Enable the email_submission_set tool (off by default)
-enable-sieve	false	Enable Sieve script tools (off by default, requires JMAP server support)
-external-url	derived	External base URL for signed attachment links; default derives from the request (X-Forwarded-Proto/X-Forwarded-Host aware)

In HTTP mode, the token can be passed per-request via Authorization: Bearer <token> header or jmap_token query parameter (query parameter takes precedence).

In HTTP mode, email_attachment_url returns a link served from /attachments/ that expires 30 seconds after issuance. The link is an AES-GCM sealed capability: it embeds the JMAP token, account, and blob IDs, so the endpoint streams the attachment from the JMAP server without any additional authentication and stores nothing on disk.

Installation

Kubernetes (Helm)

helm install jmap-mcp oci://ghcr.io/mikluko/helm-charts/jmap-mcp \
  --version 0.1.0 \
  --set jmap.sessionURL="https://api.fastmail.com/jmap/session"

In HTTP mode, JMAP auth tokens are passed per-request via Authorization: Bearer header or ?jmap_token= query parameter — no static tokens are stored in the cluster.

Binary

go install github.com/mikluko/jmap-mcp@latest

From source

git clone https://github.com/mikluko/jmap-mcp.git
cd jmap-mcp
make install

Usage

# stdio mode (default)
export JMAP_SESSION_URL=https://api.fastmail.com/jmap/session
export JMAP_AUTH_TOKEN=your-token
./jmap-mcp

# HTTP mode
./jmap-mcp -mode http -listen :8080

Build

make build # Build and push container image + Helm chart
make image # Build and push container image with ko
make package # Package and push Helm chart to OCI registry
make test # Run tests
make install # Install binary locally

References

• RFC 8620 — JMAP Core
• RFC 8621 — JMAP Mail
• RFC 9425 — JMAP Sieve Scripts
• MCP Specification