Install IMAP Draft in Claude Desktop

What you need first

• Claude Desktop, installed.
• Docker, which gives the docker command the server starts with.
• Your own value for YOUR_EMAIL_CREDENTIALS.

Steps

1. In Claude Desktop, open Settings › Developer and choose Edit Config. It opens claude_desktop_config.json.
2. Add this block. If the file already has mcpServers, add only the entry inside it.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "imap-draft-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "-e", "EMAIL_CREDENTIALS", "ghcr.io/zedong-peng/imap-draft-mcp:v0.2.0"],
      "env": { "EMAIL_CREDENTIALS": "YOUR_EMAIL_CREDENTIALS" }
    }
  }
}

3. Replace YOUR_EMAIL_CREDENTIALS with your own value.
4. Save the file, quit Claude Desktop completely and open it again.

Check it worked

Ask Claude Desktop: List the tools of imap-draft-mcp.

If it does not start

Cannot connect to the Docker daemon

Docker is not running. Start it, then restart Claude Desktop.

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 JSON any more. Look for a missing comma where the block was added.