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AGENTS.md

apple-mail-fast-mcp AGENTS.md is an instructions file for Codex, OpenCode from s-morgan-jeffries/apple-mail-fast-mcp. It costs 1,782 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Shared instructions for an MCP server that connects AI agents to Apple Mail on macOS. It supports structured mail operations through AppleScript, IMAP, and SMTP; IMAP and SMTP are standard protocols for receiving and sending email.

In plain words
What is it for?
It is for developing and validating tools that read mail, find threads, create drafts, and send messages through Apple Mail or mail servers.
Why use it?
It gives agents a defined project map and safety rules for handling mail, credentials, drafts, threads, and sends.

Instructions file for CodexOpenCode

Written for Codex and OpenCode: the file is AGENTS.md. Also seen: reads .claude/ paths; mentions Claude Code; mentions Codex.

This is s-morgan-jeffries/apple-mail-fast-mcp's own configuration. It tells Codex and OpenCode how to work on apple-mail-fast-mcp itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything apple-mail-fast-mcp configures →

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Grade A, and why

apple-mail-fast-mcp AGENTS.md scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured yesterday.

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None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

AGENTS.md · 131 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 131 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Apple Mail Fast MCP — shared agent instructions

This is the canonical project guidance for Codex and Claude Code. Read it at the start of work, then load only the domain references needed for the task.

Project map

Python 3.10+, FastMCP, AppleScript via osascript, IMAP via imapclient, and SMTP. The server exposes structured MCP tools for Apple Mail on macOS.

All modules below live in src/apple_mail_fast_mcp/:

  • server.py: tool registration, validation, confirmation gates, responses.
  • mail_connector.py: domain logic and dispatch between AppleScript and network paths.
  • imap_connector.py: IMAP reads, mutations, connection pool, and tiered thread lookup (Gmail X-GM-THRID, IMAP THREAD, header-search BFS).
  • draft_builder.py, smtp_sender.py: MIME construction and clean SMTP sends. Drafts can use IMAP APPEND; compose/send is not exclusively AppleScript. Credentials and account/seed information determine which path engages.
  • security.py, utils.py, exceptions.py: safety gates, sanitization, escaping, parsing, and typed errors.
  • drafts.py, templates.py, imap_overrides.py, keychain.py: state and credentials.

AppleScript is the baseline for many operations, with optional IMAP fast paths. Some mailbox operations require IMAP. Fallback is not a guarantee of equivalent latency or completeness: preserve partial/incomplete-result reporting and never turn an indeterminate lookup into a definitive not-found result.

Use TOOLS.md for the API and ARCHITECTURE.md for dispatch details. Read current code before changing a path. pyproject.toml is authoritative for version and dependencies; collect tests and run coverage for current counts. Do not add hand-maintained line counts, timings, or test totals to these instructions.

Working a GitHub issue

GitHub is the source of truth for planned work and status. Follow CONTRIBUTING.md and the repository PR template.

Read the full file on GitHub · 131 lines

Changes

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apple-mail-fast-mcp AGENTS.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository s-morgan-jeffries/apple-mail-fast-mcp (102 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 1,782 tokens to every session, about $0.0089 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-08.

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