Connect Claude to Apple Mail
To connect Claude to Apple Mail, install Liamia, click Connect next to Claude Desktop or Claude Code, and switch on Full Disk Access for Claude. Claude can then search, read, sort and draft the email in every Mail account, and it can only send after you click Send in Liamia's dialog.
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How it works
Claude reads your Apple Mail in three steps
Install Liamia
Drag it to Applications and switch on Full Disk Access for Liamia. Click Allow when macOS asks to let it control Mail.
Connect Claude
In Liamia Settings, Assistants, click Connect next to Claude Desktop or Claude Code. It uses the Claude account you already have, with no API key.
Allow Claude, then ask
An orange card says which app to switch on: Claude, or your terminal app for Claude Code. Then open a new chat and ask about your mail.
Things to ask Claude
Ask the way you would ask a helper
Find and catch up
- “What needs a reply today?”
- “Find the PDF Dana sent in March.”
- “Who am I waiting on?”
- “Which subscriptions renew this month?”
Sort and reply
- “Draft a reply to Sam saying Monday works.” Claude saves it to Drafts.
- “Is this email from my bank real?” Liamia checks the headers for scam signs.
- “Archive the old newsletters.” You see each email listed and click once to confirm.
What Claude sees: Anthropic receives the messages Claude reads for you, under Claude's own terms, like any other tool Claude uses. Want your mail to stay on your Mac? Use Liamia's built-in local AI instead.
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
Do I need an API key to connect Claude to Apple Mail?
No. Claude Desktop and Claude Code sign in with the Claude account you already have. Liamia needs no key for your mail or for Claude.
Does Claude get all of my email?
No. Claude receives the messages it searches or reads to answer you, and Anthropic handles them under Claude's terms. Liamia does not upload your mailbox anywhere.
Can Claude send an email from Apple Mail?
Only with your click. When Claude wants to send, Liamia opens a dialog with the exact recipient, subject and text, and nothing goes out until you click Send.
Why does Claude need Full Disk Access?
macOS gives file access to the app that starts Liamia's helper. When Claude starts it, macOS asks about Claude, so you switch Claude on in System Settings, Privacy and Security, Full Disk Access. Liamia opens that page for you.
Does it work with Claude on the web?
No. The helper runs on your Mac, so it needs Claude Desktop or Claude Code on the same Mac as Apple Mail.
More guides
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- Talk to your emailAsk out loud, hands-free, and talk over the answer.
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Every feature, free for 7 days. No card, no sign-up, nothing sends without your click.