GitHub Copilot + OpenEmail
Give GitHub Copilot an inbox.
On terms you set.
GitHub Copilot reads, replies and sends from the addresses you approve, for as long as you allow. Add one server, then sign in once in your browser.
{ "servers": { "openemail": { "type": "http", "url": "https://api.openemail.uk/mcp" } } }In VS Code, add it to .vscode/mcp.json, then use it from Copilot's agent mode.
Three steps.
Then it works on its own.
- 01
Add the server
In VS Code, add it to .vscode/mcp.json, then use it from Copilot's agent mode.
- 02
Sign in and approve
GitHub Copilot sends you to your browser to sign in. Pick the workspace, the addresses it may reach and for how long.
- 03
Ask for something
Start with a prompt below. It calls the tools it needs, and nothing outside what you approved.
Ask GitHub Copilot.
In plain words.
Each prompt shows the tools it is likely to call.
Summarise my unread mail at [email protected] and draft replies. Don't send them yet.
- listThreads
- getThread
- createDraft
Answer Ada's refund question in her thread, then file it under refunds.
- getThread
- replyToEmail
- modifyLabels
Find the invoice Jonas sent last month and sum up the thread.
- listThreads
- getThreadSummary
Add Noor Haddad to my contacts and to the Beta audience.
- createContact
- addContactToAudience
You approve it.
Like any other app.
When the client signs in, you pick the workspace, what it may do, which addresses it reaches and for how long. Account → Connected apps changes or removes it later.
- Your role is the ceiling
- An app never holds a permission you lack, and when your role loses one, the app loses it on its next call.
- Some things are never granted
- No app can create or rotate API keys, open billing or manage the workspace, whatever you tick.
- Risky changes wait for you
- Adding a webhook, writing a rule, changing roles or removing a domain needs your verification code, or a 60-minute allowance you switch on for that app.
Asked first.
Answered plainly.
Give it an address.
Watch it work.
MCP, the API and the command line come with every plan, the free one included. Connect a client and approve exactly what it reaches.
claude mcp add --transport http openemail https://api.openemail.uk/mcp