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The Apple Mail MCP server that asks before it sends

Liamia is an Apple Mail MCP server in a Mac app: Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other AI apps use it to search, read, sort and draft the email in Apple Mail. It reads Mail's own files on your Mac with no mail password, and every send waits for your click in a Liamia dialog.

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Liamia Ask on a demo inbox: 12 emails from ZipRecruiter listed on top, and the conversation underneath with an Undo after one was moved to Trash.
Liamia's own Ask window uses the same tools your assistant gets. Demo inbox.

How it works

Connect an AI app to Apple Mail in three steps

  1. Install Liamia

    Drag it to Applications. Switch on Full Disk Access in System Settings; Liamia opens the right page, because macOS never asks for it by itself.

  2. Click Connect

    In Settings, Assistants, click Connect next to Claude Desktop, Claude Code or Codex. Cursor, VS Code and LM Studio have one-click install links.

  3. Ask in a new chat

    Type “What needs a reply today?” Your assistant calls Liamia's tools and answers from every account in Mail at once.

What your assistant gets

Tools for reading and sorting, and one for sending that asks you

MCP, the Model Context Protocol, is the open standard AI apps use to call tools on your computer. Liamia gives them these, all titled “Liamia” so you can see who did the work.

Find and read

  • search_mail finds mail of any age by sender, subject or preview text.
  • read_message returns one email's text, so the assistant can answer about it.
  • today lists bills due, deliveries, appointments and who is waiting on you.
  • find_attachments finds that PDF by name or sender, in every account.

Sort and reply

  • sweep and cleanup_plan only read: they show what to handle and change nothing.
  • act_on_messages marks, files, junks or trashes. More than one email, and every Junk or Trash move, waits for your click. Undo works for 60 seconds.
  • save_draft writes a reply into Drafts. Saving a draft sends nothing.
  • request_send is the only way to send, and it always opens the send dialog for you.

Claude Code, from a terminal

Liamia can connect it for you. If you prefer the command line, this adds the same helper:

claude mcp add --transport stdio --scope user mailbridge -- /Applications/Liamia.app/Contents/MacOS/mailbridge-mcp

Works with

Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, VS Code, LM Studio, and other MCP apps that start a local helper on your Mac. A connector for the ChatGPT desktop app is not available yet. No assistant? Liamia has its own local AI.

What it will never do

You stay in charge of your mail

  • Never sends without your click. Every email waits in a Liamia dialog that shows the exact recipient, subject and text. Only your click on Send sends it. No setting, tool or license skips it.

  • Never asks for your mail password. Liamia reads the files Apple Mail already keeps on your Mac, through Full Disk Access that you switch on. It holds no password and no sign-in token for your mail.

  • Never uploads your email to Liamia. Our server only checks your license and offers updates. With the local AI, your mail stays on your Mac. An assistant you connect, like Claude, gets only the messages it reads.

Questions

Short answers

What is an Apple Mail MCP server?

It is a small helper on your Mac that lets an AI app read and act on the email in Apple Mail, using the Model Context Protocol. Liamia is one, packaged as a signed and notarized Mac app with a setup screen, so there is no code to clone and no config file to edit.

Which AI apps can use Liamia?

Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, VS Code and LM Studio, plus other MCP apps that start a local helper on the Mac. A connector for the ChatGPT desktop app is not available yet.

Can the assistant send an email by itself?

No. Only the request_send tool can send, and it opens a Liamia dialog with the exact recipient, subject and text. Nothing goes out until you click Send. Save as draft is the default.

Which mail accounts work?

Every IMAP account signed in to Apple Mail: Gmail, iCloud, Yahoo, Outlook.com over IMAP, work servers and your own domain. Exchange and POP accounts are not supported yet; Liamia lists them and says so.

Does my email go to Liamia's server?

No. Liamia's server only checks your license and offers signed updates. The AI app you connect receives the messages it reads, under that company's terms. The built-in local AI keeps mail on your Mac.

Is there a free trial?

Yes. Every feature works free for 7 days, with no card and no sign-up. After that Liamia asks for a license; prices are on the home page.

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