# tb-marionette-mcp

> MCP server for Thunderbird UI automation via Marionette

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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/tb-marionette-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/Hubbitus/thunderbird-marionette-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/Hubbitus/thunderbird-marionette-mcp
- version: 0.2.2
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:tb-marionette-mcp

### Description (declared)

# Thunderbird Marionette MCP

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An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server exposing UI automation of a running Thunderbird via the native **Marionette** protocol. Lets an AI assistant click buttons, type text, install extensions, capture screenshots, run chrome-scope JavaScript, and drive Thunderbird end-to-end.

## What & why

Existing Thunderbird MCP servers ([TKasperczyk/thunderbird-mcp](https://github.com/TKasperczyk/thunderbird-mcp), [U-C4N/Thunderbird-MCP](https://github.com/U-C4N/Thunderbird-MCP), and others) all work through the **WebExtension API** from inside Thunderbird. They handle mail/folder/contact data but cannot click UI, invoke hotkeys, or interact with extension popups.

Marionette is Gecko's built-in automation protocol. It gives full **chrome** and **content** scope, including popups, dialogs, `Services`, `Cc/Ci`, `MailServices`, and the WebExtension popup DOM. This server wraps Marionette as MCP tools, so an LLM client can drive Thunderbird for extension development and end-to-end testing.

Like "playwright for Thunderbird".

## Install

Package on PyPI: <https://pypi.org/project/tb-marionette-mcp/>

```bash
uv tool install tb-marionette-mcp
```

Or with [pipx](https://pipx.pypa.io/):

```bash
pipx install tb-marionette-mcp
```

Or plain pip (into an isolated venv, not system Python):

```bash
pip install tb-marionette-mcp
```

## Prerequisites

- **Thunderbird 153** on PATH (or via `TB_MCP_BINARY`). Live-tested against TB 153; TB 140–152 may work but is…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- infra.browser-automation (0.825, derived)
- dev.package-management (0.768, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/tb-marionette-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T13:21:01.070Z)

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