# Does Forward Email have an MCP server?

**Yes — Official.** Forward Email maintains an official MCP server.

> Local stdio server only; it wraps the Forward Email API with your API key.

## Facts

- Verdict: Official (Yes)
- Access: Local server — Runs on your machine over stdio, launched by your MCP client.
- Package: [`@forwardemail/mcp-server`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@forwardemail/mcp-server) on npm
- Repository: [forwardemail/mcp-server](https://github.com/forwardemail/mcp-server) — ★ 2, last push 2026-09-28, NOASSERTION
- Maintainer: Forward Email - Open-source & Privacy-focused Email Service
- Language: JavaScript
- Category: [Communication](https://mcpyet.com/category/communication/)
- Verified against vendor docs: 2026-09-29
- GitHub data refreshed: 2026-09-29 (re-checked every 6 hours)

## What it does

> Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Forward Email. Connect AI assistants to your inbox.
> — how [forwardemail/mcp-server](https://github.com/forwardemail/mcp-server) describes itself

Project site: <https://forwardemail.net/mcp>

## The receipts

- **Official package:** [`@forwardemail/mcp-server`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@forwardemail/mcp-server) on npm. The package page carries the exact launch arguments and required credentials.
- **Official repository:** [forwardemail/mcp-server](https://github.com/forwardemail/mcp-server) — ★ 2, pushed 2026-09-28, NOASSERTION (active)

## How to connect it

Runs on your machine over stdio, launched by your MCP client.

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add forwardemail -- npx -y @forwardemail/mcp-server
```

Most servers need an API key passed as an environment variable — check the README for the exact variable names. Add `--scope user` to make it available in every project.

### Claude Desktop

Open **Settings → Developer → Edit Config** and add the server to `claude_desktop_config.json`, then restart Claude Desktop:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "forwardemail": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@forwardemail/mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "…"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### Cursor

Add to `.cursor/mcp.json` in your project, or `~/.cursor/mcp.json` for every project:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "forwardemail": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@forwardemail/mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "…"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

Add to `.vscode/mcp.json`, then pick the server from Copilot's agent-mode tools menu:

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "forwardemail": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@forwardemail/mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### ChatGPT

ChatGPT connects to **remote servers only**, and this one runs on your machine. Either expose it through an MCP gateway that gives it a public URL, or use a client with native local support (Claude or Cursor).

## How we know

Published to the MCP Registry under Forward Email's verified namespace net.forwardemail as the npm package @forwardemail/mcp-server; forwardemail.net/en/blog/docs/mcp documents running it with npx and links the forwardemail/mcp-server repo.

- GitHub data refreshed 2026-09-29, then every 6 hours.
- Vendor docs verified on 2026-09-29.
- Corrections: hello@mcpyet.com.

## Also in Communication

- [Discord](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/discord.md) — Community only (Sort of)
- [Slack](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/slack.md) — Official (Yes)
- [Microsoft Outlook](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/outlook.md) — Official (Yes)
- [Zoom](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/zoom.md) — Official (Yes)
- [Gmail](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/gmail.md) — Official (Yes)
- [WhatsApp](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/whatsapp.md) — Community only (Sort of)

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Source: https://mcpyet.com/mcp/forward-email/ — data refreshed 2026-09-29