# Inbox Zero

Connects Gmail and Outlook to your agent: search messages, save drafts, manage rules and check stats from chat.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed · ★ 12791
- Author: elie222
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/elie222/inbox-zero
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/inbox-zero

## What it does

Inbox Zero is an MCP server that gives your agent access to your mailbox. Through it you can search Gmail and Outlook, save drafts, set up rules for incoming mail and view email stats. Handy when triaging email happens in the same window where you write code.

The server speaks HTTP and connects with one command in Claude, Codex or Gemini CLI; Cursor and GitHub Copilot get a ready JSON block pointing at `https://www.getinboxzero.com/mcp`. No local dependencies to install — everything runs on the service side.

One thing to weigh: this is a cloud server, so mailbox requests go to `getinboxzero.com`. If your project forbids external services, this setup won't fit.

## Requirements
- Remote server: `https://www.getinboxzero.com/mcp`
- Works with: Gmail

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
claude mcp add --transport http inbox-zero https://www.getinboxzero.com/mcp
```

### Codex

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
codex mcp add inbox-zero --url https://www.getinboxzero.com/mcp
```

### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "inbox-zero": {
            "url": "https://www.getinboxzero.com/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "inbox-zero": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://www.getinboxzero.com/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
gemini mcp add -t http inbox-zero https://www.getinboxzero.com/mcp
```

## When to use it
- find an email by sender or subject without opening a mail client
- save a reply draft straight from the agent
- set an inbox rule in plain language
- check email activity stats
- clear a backlog without leaving the editor

## Example prompts
- Find emails from the client in Gmail over the past week
- Save a draft reply to the latest message from the team
- Show me inbox stats for this month

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