1. Turn it on
Open zora's Settings → MCP and switch the server on. It's off by default.
Your inbox, in Claude Code.
zora can run a small MCP server on your Mac, so Claude Code and other MCP clients can work with your mail.
No Google Cloud project, no password to paste, and it never sends a thing.
Set up in a minute.
zora already has your accounts, so the MCP server just borrows its connection.
2. Copy the command
zora shows a ready claude mcp add command with your secret token. Run it in Terminal.
3. Ask about your mail
"What do I still owe people this week?" Claude Code searches and reads your mail to answer.
What it can do.
Search and read
Find conversations and read whole threads, in Gmail and IMAP accounts alike.
Tidy up
Mark read or unread, star, archive or trash several conversations at once, and label them in Gmail.
Draft, never send
It saves replies and new messages as drafts. You review them in zora and press Send yourself.
Open in zora
Ask it to open a conversation, and it appears in the zora window.
Any MCP client
It's a standard MCP server over HTTP, so other clients that support it can connect too.
Every account
It works with each account signed in to zora. Name one, or it uses the account you have open.
Safe by design.
Only on your Mac
The server listens on 127.0.0.1, and only while zora is open. Nothing on the network can reach it.
Secret token
Clients need a token that lives in the macOS Keychain. Turn the server off and nothing can connect.
Fair to say
Mail Claude Code reads goes to the AI model it uses, under that provider's terms. Turn the server on only if you're fine with that.
A mail app first.
The MCP server is a bonus. zora is a calm Mac email client you'd use without it.
Pay once. A lifetime license, no subscription, MCP server included. Try it free for 14 days.
No server in between. zora talks straight to your mail provider. Nobody else receives your mail, including me.
AI only if you want it. Built-in summaries and writing help are optional too, with your own API key.
Give Claude Code your inbox, on your terms.
Requires macOS 14 or later.
Claude and Claude Code are trademarks of Anthropic, PBC. zora is an independent app and is not affiliated with Anthropic.