create_rich_email_draft

MCP tool from Apple Mail MCP by patrickfreyer

Build a rich HTML .eml draft, open it in Mail, and optionally save it to Drafts

How to use it

create_rich_email_draft is exposed by the Apple Mail MCP MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the create_rich_email_draft tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.

Install Apple Mail MCP

$claude mcp add apple-mail -- uvx mcp-apple-mail

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