# postara-mcp

> MCP server that exposes Postara mailboxes to Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Cline

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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/postara-mcp/claim

## Declared
- version: 0.1.0
- license: Apache-2.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:postara-mcp

### Description (declared)

# postara-mcp

An [MCP](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) server that exposes [Postara](https://postara.dev)
mailboxes to MCP clients like Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Cline.

It is a thin client: it holds a base URL and an API key and calls a running
Postara instance over HTTP. The same command works against a self-hosted
deployment or the hosted service. Its only dependencies are `httpx` and `mcp`.

## Install

```bash
pip install 'git+https://github.com/jmluang/postara-mcp.git'
```

Or run it without installing, using [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/):

```bash
uvx --from 'git+https://github.com/jmluang/postara-mcp.git' postara-mcp
```

## Configure

The server reads two environment variables:

| Variable | Required | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| `POSTARA_API_KEY` | yes | — | A scoped API key created in the Postara app. |
| `POSTARA_BASE_URL` | no | `http://127.0.0.1:18080` | URL of the running Postara instance. |

Create the API key in Postara (Workspace -> API keys). Give it only the scopes
the client needs:

- `read` — discover mailboxes, list folders and messages, fetch messages.
- `mark_seen` — change read/unread state. Add this only if the client should
  mark messages seen.

One `postara-mcp` process uses one API key, so it sees exactly the mailboxes
that key can access.

## Connect Claude Desktop

Add the server to `claude_desktop_config.json`:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "postara": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["--from", "git+https://github.com/jmluang/postara-mcp.git", "postara-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "POSTARA_BASE_URL": "http://127.0.0.1:18080",
        "POSTARA_API_KEY": "pst_live_your_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

If you installed the package with `pip`, set `"command": "postara-mcp"` and drop
`args` instead. Restart Claude Desktop; the Postara tools then appear.

Cursor and Cline use the same MCP server config shape.

## Tools

| Tool | Purpose |
|---|---|
| `list_mailboxes` | Discover mailboxes the key can access. …

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.package-management (0.859, derived)
- dev.version-control (0.745, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/postara-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T10:23:36.635Z)

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