# bichon-mcp

> bichon-mcp — pras-labs-bichon-mcp. Use this tool when you need to securely access and search locally archived emails without exposing Gmail or IMAP credentials. The bichon-mcp server provides a REST API interface for AI agents to retrieve and read archived emails, solving email data privacy and security concerns. It accepts search queries as input and returns relevant email data as output, ideal for use cases requiring local email archiving and AI-driven email analysis.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/pras-labs-bichon-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pras-labs-bichon-mcp

## Description

MCP server that wraps the Bichon email archiver REST API, letting an AI agent (Claude Code, Claude Desktop) search and read locally-archived emails without ever touching Gmail or IMAP credentials directly.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.65
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-03

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** container
- **Runtime environment:** vm
- **Category:** communication
- **Updated:** 2026-09-21

## Source

- **Source listing:** [GitHub](https://github.com/pras-labs/bichon-mcp)

## 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": "pras-labs-bichon-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pras-labs-bichon-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pras-labs-bichon-mcp/pull`

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