# mu_mcp

> A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for mail-utils (mu) email indexing and search tool.

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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/mu-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: Daniel Fleischer
- version: 0.7.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:mu_mcp

### Description (declared)

# mu-mcp: MCP Server for the `mu` Mail Indexer

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A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for querying your local [`mu`](https://github.com/djcb/mu) mail index. This server enables fast, structured mail search from Claude Desktop and other MCP clients.

<img src="assets/claude-screenshot.png" width="500"/>

## Features

- **Stdio MCP server** for easy integration
- **Tools:** `search_emails`, `view_emails` (HTML-only emails converted to text), `view_thread` (reads a conversation from one message), `find_contacts` (resolves names to email addresses), `list_attachments`, `open_attachment` (saves to a temp dir and optionally opens with the default OS viewer), and `mu_help` for the full `mu` reference on demand.
- **Small context footprint:** a short query guide lives in the tool description; the full man pages are only loaded when the model asks for them.
- **Fast, flexible mail search** using the `mu` index
- **Claude Desktop ready**: simple installation and config
- **Python, uv, and MCP SDK** based

## Installation

Requires [`mu`](https://github.com/djcb/mu) installed and your mail indexed (`mu init` + `mu index`).

With [uv](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv) installed, run the published package
from PyPI without cloning the repository:
…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.version-control (0.825, derived)
- dev.package-management (0.768, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/mu_mcp/ (first seen 2026-10-04T11:20:38.422Z)

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