# chronos-mcp

> Local-first email and calendar inbox for AI agents

Record `chronos-mcp` (mcp_server) · JSON: https://wellknown.network/agents/chronos-mcp/record.json · HTML: https://wellknown.network/agents/chronos-mcp
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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/chronos-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: Chronos Contributors
- version: 0.1.19
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: email, calendar, gmail, mcp, agent, inbox
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:chronos-mcp

### Description (declared)

# Chronos — agent-inbox

[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
[![Python 3.11+](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.11+-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/)

Local-first email and calendar inbox for AI agents. Syncs Gmail and Google Calendar
into a single queryable SQLite database and exposes all data through an MCP server.

## Features

- Sync multiple Gmail and Google Calendar accounts into one SQLite database
- Full-text search via FTS5 with BM25 relevance ranking (messages, events, attachment names)
- MCP server via `chronos --mcp-stdio` (stdio transport, no port required)
- HTTP REST API at `localhost:7070` for direct queries
- Read-only SQL interface via `POST /v1/query`
- Optimistic event writes with provider-wins conflict resolution
- Incremental sync with historyId (Gmail) and syncToken (Calendar)
- ULID primary keys, WAL mode, no cloud dependencies at query time

## Installation

```bash
pipx install chronos-mcp
```

Or from source:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/CourtimusPrime/chronos.git
cd chronos
pip install -e .
```

## Setup

Run the interactive walkthrough for detailed step-by-step instructions:

```bash
chronos --walkthrough
```

This prints the full guide in the terminal and saves it to `~/.chronos/WALKTHROUGH.md` for future reference.

### Quick start

**1. Google Cloud Console**

- Create a project at [console.cloud.google.com](https://console.cloud.google.com)
- Enable **Gmail API** and **Google Calendar API**
- Configure OAuth consent screen (External, Testing mode) — add your Google account as a Test User
- Add scopes: `https://mail.google.com/` and `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar`
- Create an OAuth client ID — **Application type: Web application**
- Add authorized redirect URI: `http://localhost:9004/callback`
- Download the credentials JSON

> Desktop App credentials (`"installed"` JSON shape) are **not supported** —
> Chronos uses the `https:…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- data.database (1, derived)
- productivity.email (1, declared)
- productivity.calendar (1, declared)
- dev.terminal (0.779, derived)
- dev.version-control (0.745, derived)
- security.identity (0.745, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/chronos-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T11:30:25.096Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/chronos-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/chronos-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:chronos-mcp