# IMAP

> Use this tool when you need to integrate email accounts with your application, providing read-only access to email data. It solves the problem of bridging email services like Gmail to your system, allowing for retrieval of email summaries, headers, and message bodies. It is ideal for use cases requiring email data access, with a simple resource-based interface for discovery, metadata retrieval, and content access.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/meschbach-imap  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/meschbach-imap

## Description

A Go-based IMAP adapter that bridges email accounts to MCP. Built using the emersion IMAP library, it provides read-only access to email summaries, headers, and message bodies through a resource-based interface. Supports standard IMAP servers including Gmail (with app passwords) and exposes emails from the last 24 hours via structured URIs for discovery, metadata retrieval, and content access. Distributed as both a container image and downloadable binary releases.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 1.00
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-19

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** communication
- **Updated:** 2026-09-19

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/meschbach-imap)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/meschbach/mcp-imap>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "meschbach-imap"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/meschbach-imap` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/meschbach-imap/pull`

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