About Plainmail
Plainmail is an MCP server and Claude skill for setting up mailboxes on custom domains and handling their email. It also provides standard IMAP accounts for use in mail apps.
Key features
- 01Set up domains and mailboxes
- 02Configure DNS mail records
- 03Read, send, and reply to email
- 04Standard IMAP mailbox access
Use cases
- 01Create an address on a new domain
- 02Manage email from Claude
- 03Use a mailbox in an IMAP mail app
MCP support
The remote MCP server lets Claude configure domains and mailboxes, and read, send, or organize mail. Access uses OAuth with selectable permissions.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://app.plainmail.dev/api/mcp/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http dev-plainmail-mail https://app.plainmail.dev/api/mcp/mcp{"mcpServers":{"dev-plainmail-mail":{"type":"http","url":"https://app.plainmail.dev/api/mcp/mcp"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"dev-plainmail-mail":{"type":"http","url":"https://app.plainmail.dev/api/mcp/mcp"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"dev-plainmail-mail":{"type":"http","url":"https://app.plainmail.dev/api/mcp/mcp"}}}{"mcpServers":{"dev-plainmail-mail":{"serverUrl":"https://app.plainmail.dev/api/mcp/mcp"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
https://app.plainmail.dev/api/mcp/mcpAuth requiredTools
Details
From the project READMEPlainmail for Claude
Real mailboxes on your own domains, set up and handled from Claude. Ask "set up [email protected]" and Claude adds the domain to Plainmail, writes the MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records at your DNS host (Cloudflare, Vercel or Porkbun, or gives you the records to copy anywhere else), waits until they're live and creates the mailbox. After that it can read, send and reply to mail on that address. The mailbox is a normal IMAP account, so it also works in Apple Mail, the Gmail app, Outlook or Thunderbird.
What's inside
- The Plainmail remote MCP server (
https://app.plainmail.dev/api/mcp/mcp), signed in with OAuth. No API key to copy. - A
set-up-emailskill with the setup steps.
Install
/plugin marketplace add jdcodes1/plainmail-claude-plugin
/plugin install plainmail@plainmail
Then run /mcp, pick plainmail and sign in. You choose which permissions to allow: read mail, send and organize mail, and manage domains and mailboxes.
You need a Plainmail account ($5 a month for up to 50 domains).
Links
- Docs: https://plainmail.dev/docs
- Privacy: https://plainmail.dev/privacy
- Support: [email protected]
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