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  "name": "io.github.adamVass/pylos-mcp",
  "title": "pylos-mcp",
  "description": "Email MCP server for Gmail, Outlook and any IMAP mailbox, hardened against prompt injection",
  "version": "1.3.0",
  "publishedAt": "2026-10-19T22:19:43.85715Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-10-19T22:19:43.85715Z",
  "repoUrl": "https://github.com/adamVass/pylos-mcp",
  "websiteUrl": "https://github.com/adamVass/pylos-mcp",
  "namespace": {
    "type": "github",
    "owner": "adamVass"
  },
  "kind": "local",
  "packages": [
    {
      "registryType": "npm",
      "identifier": "pylos-mcp",
      "version": "1.3.0",
      "transport": "stdio",
      "runtimeHint": null
    }
  ],
  "remotes": [],
  "envVars": [
    {
      "name": "EMAIL_USER",
      "isSecret": false,
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "Account login."
    },
    {
      "name": "EMAIL_PASSWORD",
      "isSecret": true,
      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "App password. Either this or EMAIL_PASSWORD_CMD is required, except with PROVIDER=outlook, which signs in through the browser."
    },
    {
      "name": "PROVIDER",
      "isSecret": false,
      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "One of gmail, outlook, icloud, yahoo, gmx, fastmail, mailbox.org, posteo. Fills in IMAP, SMTP and Sieve hosts and ports."
    },
    {
      "name": "IMAP_HOST",
      "isSecret": false,
      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "IMAP hostname for self-hosted or unlisted providers. Overrides the preset."
    },
    {
      "name": "CAPABILITIES",
      "isSecret": false,
      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "Comma-separated list of tiers beyond read, which is always included. Defaults to drafts."
    },
    {
      "name": "MS_CLIENT_ID",
      "isSecret": false,
      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "With PROVIDER=outlook only. Application ID of an app registered in your organization's tenant."
    },
    {
      "name": "MS_TENANT",
      "isSecret": false,
      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "With PROVIDER=outlook only. Tenant ID or domain, for a single-tenant MS_CLIENT_ID."
    },
    {
      "name": "ACCOUNTS",
      "isSecret": false,
      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "Names of several accounts, separated by commas, each 1 to 16 lowercase letters or digits. Each account's settings then end in __ and its name in capitals, such as EMAIL_USER__WORK. Leave the unsuffixed account settings out."
    }
  ],
  "category": "communication",
  "subcategory": "email",
  "company": "",
  "categoryAuto": true,
  "checks": [
    {
      "id": "source-linked",
      "label": "Source repository linked",
      "result": "pass",
      "detail": "https://github.com/adamVass/pylos-mcp"
    },
    {
      "id": "version-pinned",
      "label": "Version pinned",
      "result": "pass",
      "detail": "Every package has an explicit version"
    },
    {
      "id": "secrets-requested",
      "label": "Secrets requested",
      "result": "info",
      "detail": "Asks for 1 secret: EMAIL_PASSWORD"
    },
    {
      "id": "known-registry",
      "label": "Known package registry",
      "result": "pass",
      "detail": "All packages come from npm, PyPI, OCI, NuGet or MCPB"
    },
    {
      "id": "namespace",
      "label": "Namespace ownership",
      "result": "info",
      "detail": "Name verified via GitHub account adamVass"
    },
    {
      "id": "meta-text",
      "label": "Registry text aimed at the AI",
      "result": "pass",
      "detail": "Description and settings contain no hidden characters or instructions to the AI"
    },
    {
      "id": "install-scripts",
      "label": "Install scripts",
      "result": "pass",
      "detail": "pylos-mcp@1.3.0 runs nothing at install"
    },
    {
      "id": "code-flags",
      "label": "Code red flags",
      "result": "pass",
      "detail": "Read 42 files in pylos-mcp@1.3.0: no obfuscation, encoded execution, credential reads or data-collection endpoints found"
    },
    {
      "id": "ai-text",
      "label": "Text aimed at the AI",
      "result": "warn",
      "detail": "Tells the AI to hide something from the user (dist/safety/detect.js: \"…er', 'do not inform the user', 'without informing the user', ]; // Runs may span line breaks becau…\"). Read the context: a security tool may quote these on purpose."
    }
  ],
  "scannedAt": "2026-10-29",
  "level": "Scanned",
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      "label": "Claude Desktop (npm)",
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  "curated": true,
  "stars": 4,
  "archived": false,
  "pushedAt": "2026-10-19T22:12:38Z",
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    "warn": 1,
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      "issuesOpen": 3,
      "issuesClosed": 0,
      "prsMerged": 2,
      "commits90": 60,
      "release": "2026-10-19T22:20:16Z",
      "pushed": "2026-10-19T22:12:38Z",
      "growth": null,
      "growthDays": null,
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    },
    "at": "2026-10-31T07:42:38.200Z"
  },
  "icon": "/icons/s/io-github-adamvass-pylos-mcp.png"
}