Install SMTP in Continue
What you need first
- Continue, installed.
- Node.js, which
gives the
npxcommand the server starts with. - Your own values for
YOUR_SMTP_HOST,YOUR_SMTP_USER,YOUR_SMTP_PASSWORD,YOUR_SMTP_FROM.
Steps
- Open
~/.continue/config.yaml. On Windows it is%USERPROFILE%\.continue\config.yaml. - Add this entry. If the file already has
mcpServers, add only the item from- nameon.
mcpServers:
- name: "smtp-mcp"
type: stdio
command: "npx"
args:
- "-y"
- "@ni-c/[email protected]"
env:
"SMTP_HOST": "YOUR_SMTP_HOST"
"SMTP_USER": "YOUR_SMTP_USER"
"SMTP_PASSWORD": "YOUR_SMTP_PASSWORD"
"SMTP_FROM": "YOUR_SMTP_FROM" - Replace
YOUR_SMTP_HOST,YOUR_SMTP_USER,YOUR_SMTP_PASSWORD,YOUR_SMTP_FROMwith your own values. - Save the file and restart Continue.
Check it worked
Ask Continue: List the tools of smtp-mcp.
If it does not start
- spawn npx ENOENT
- Node.js is not on the PATH that Continue sees. Install it, or write the
full path of
npxin the config. - The server starts, but its tools fail
- A
YOUR_…placeholder is still in the config, or its value is wrong. - Nothing changes after a restart
- The file is not valid YAML any more. Check that the entry is indented like the lines around it.