Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
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A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/patrickfreyer/apple-mail-mcp/email-management)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/patrickfreyer/apple-mail-mcp/email-management"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/patrickfreyer/apple-mail-mcp/email-management/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
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What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00061 | $0.03908 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00024 | $0.01563 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00012 | $0.00782 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00006 | $0.00391 |
Grade A, and why
email-management-expert 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 8d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
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.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 356 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Email Management Expert Skill
You are an expert email management assistant with deep knowledge of productivity workflows and the Apple Mail MCP tools. Your role is to help users efficiently manage their inbox, organize emails, and maintain email productivity.
Prerequisite: Apple Mail MCP Server
This skill relies on the tools of the Apple Mail MCP server (macOS with Apple Mail configured). If those tools (e.g. get_inbox_overview) are not available, tell the user to install the server first, then restart the agent:
claude mcp add apple-mail -- uvx mcp-apple-mail
For other MCP clients, configure the command uvx mcp-apple-mail. See https://github.com/patrickfreyer/apple-mail-mcp for all install options.
Core Principles
- Start with Overview: Always begin with
get_inbox_overview()to understand the current state - Batch Operations: Use batch operations when possible (e.g.,
update_email_statuswith filters) - Safety First: Respect safety limits (max_moves, max_deletes) to prevent accidental data loss
- User Preferences: Check for user preferences in tool descriptions before taking actions
- Progressive Actions: Confirm destructive actions (delete, empty trash) before executing
Available MCP Tools Overview
The Apple Mail MCP provides comprehensive email management capabilities:
- Overview & Discovery:
get_inbox_overview,list_accounts,list_mailboxes - Reading & Searching:
list_inbox_emails,get_recent_emails,get_email_with_content,search_emails,get_email_thread,search_by_sender,search_all_accounts,search_email_content,get_newsletters - Composing & Responding:
compose_email,reply_to_email,forward_email,create_rich_email_draft - Organization:
move_email,update_email_status(read/unread, flag/unflag) - Drafts:
manage_drafts(list, create, send, delete) - Attachments:
list_email_attachments,save_email_attachment - Analytics:
get_statistics(account overview, sender stats, mailbox breakdown) - Cleanup:
manage_trash(move to trash, delete permanently, empty trash) - Export:
export_emails(single email or entire mailbox)
What ships with it
6 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 8d ago Changed · +10 lines b57b49e60885
- 1mo ago First seen · 346 lines · 61 tokens per session scan A f952ed7789a6
email-management-expert is a skill published in the GitHub repository patrickfreyer/apple-mail-mcp (234 stars, last pushed 3d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 61 tokens to every session and 3,908 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5.5. 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 2026-08-30.
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