tutamcp

MCP server giving Claude access to a Tuta account: mail, calendar, contacts, and drive. Each module is enabled independently. Built on top of tutaproxy's TutaClient — no direct Tuta API calls.

30 MCP tools across 4 modules. Requires tutaproxy-public ≥ v1.3.10.

Quickstart — Docker

The easiest setup: no local dependencies beyond Docker. The image bundles tutaproxy at build time.

git clone https://github.com/peix2/tutamcp-public.git
cd tutamcp-public
docker build -t tutamcp .

Pin a specific tutaproxy release (default: v1.3.15):

docker build --build-arg TUTAPROXY_REF=v1.3.15 -t tutamcp .

2FA note: logging into an account with two-factor authentication requires tutaproxy ≥ v1.3.15. Older refs will fail the second-factor challenge.

Create a credentials file (chmod 600):

TUTA_EMAIL=your@tuta.com
TUTA_PASSWORD=yourpassword
# only for accounts with 2FA enabled — base32 secret from the Tuta app (spaces ignored):
#TUTA_TOTP_SECRET=jbsw y3dp ehpk 3pxp

Register in Claude Code (.mcp.json or ~/.claude.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tutamcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run", "--rm", "-i",
        "-v", "/path/to/credentials.env:/creds.env:ro",
        "-e", "TUTAMCP_CREDENTIALS_FILE=/creds.env",
        "-e", "TUTAMCP_ENABLE_MAIL=1",
        "-e", "TUTAMCP_MAIL_MODE=dedicated",
        "-e", "TUTAMCP_OWNER_EMAIL=you@tuta.com",
        "tutamcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Without Docker

Requires Python 3.11 and a local clone of tutaproxy-public.

git clone https://github.com/peix2/tutamcp-public.git
cd tutamcp-public
pip install --target=.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages -r requirements.txt

Register in Claude Code:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tutamcp": {
      "command": "python3.11",
      "args": ["/path/to/tutamcp-public/run.py", "/path/to/tutamcp-public/server.py"],
      "env": {
        "TUTAPROXY_PATH": "/path/to/tutaproxy-public",
        "TUTAMCP_CREDENTIALS_FILE": "/path/to/credentials.env",
        "TUTAMCP_ENABLE_MAIL": "1",
        "TUTAMCP_MAIL_MODE": "dedicated",
        "TUTAMCP_OWNER_EMAIL": "you@tuta.com",
        "TUTAMCP_DOWNLOAD_DIR": "/tmp/tutamcp"
      }
    }
  }
}

For Claude Desktop, use the same block in ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows).

Configuration

See config.example.env for all variables. Key options:

Mail modes

Mode	Description
dedicated	Account belongs to Claude only. Full access, send enabled by default.
shared	Account shared with the user. Full read/write access; send policy controlled by TUTAMCP_MAIL_SEND.
folder	Shared account; Claude sees only the folder set in TUTAMCP_MAIL_FOLDER. Send is always reply-only.

Send policy

TUTAMCP_MAIL_SEND=reply_only — only tuta_mail_reply is registered; recipients are derived from the original mail only, no arbitrary addresses accepted.

TUTAMCP_MAIL_SEND=full — also registers tuta_mail_send for initiating new threads.

Default: dedicated → full, shared → reply_only, folder → always reply_only.

Trusted senders

Used for autonomous mail handling (e.g. a background poller that wakes Claude to process incoming commands).

Variable	Description
TUTAMCP_OWNER_EMAIL	Always trusted.
TUTAMCP_COMMAND_WHITELIST	Comma-separated list of additional trusted addresses.
TUTAMCP_TRUST_REQUIRE_E2E	1 (default) — trust requires end-to-end encryption (Tuta→Tuta, TutaCrypt). Protects against spoofed From headers on external mail; owner and whitelist must use Tuta accounts. Set to 0 to trust by address alone.
TUTAMCP_MAIL_CC_OWNER	1 — automatically CC the owner on every outgoing mail.

tuta_mail_list and tuta_mail_read return trusted_sender: bool and e2e: bool on every message. Pass only_trusted=True to tuta_mail_list to filter to trusted senders only.

Two-factor authentication (2FA / TOTP)

If the Tuta account has a second factor enabled, add its TOTP secret to your credentials so tutamcp can complete the login challenge:

TUTA_EMAIL=your@tuta.com
TUTA_PASSWORD=yourpassword
TUTA_TOTP_SECRET=jbsw y3dp ehpk 3pxp

• TUTA_TOTP_SECRET is the base32 secret shown by the Tuta app when you set up an authenticator (the same string behind the QR code). Spaces and letter case are ignored, so you can paste it exactly as displayed.
• It can also be passed as a plain environment variable instead of via the credentials file. The value is bridged into the login and never logged.
• tutamcp computes the 6-digit RFC 6238 code at login time — you do not register a separate authenticator app for it.

Requirement	Detail
tutaproxy version	≥ v1.3.15 (set TUTAPROXY_REF accordingly for Docker)
Supported factor	TOTP only. U2F/WebAuthn hardware keys are not supported for programmatic login.
Enabling/disabling 2FA	Done in the official Tuta app — Settings → Login → 2nd factor. tutamcp only consumes the secret; it cannot add or remove factors.
Missing secret	If the account requires 2FA but TUTA_TOTP_SECRET is unset, login fails with a clear set TUTA_TOTP_SECRET error instead of hanging.

Treat the secret like a password: keep it in the chmod 600 credentials file, out of version control.

Tools

Status

Tool	Description
tuta_status	Server info: version, enabled modules, mail mode/send policy, session state

Mail

Tool	Description
tuta_mail_list_folders	List all folders
tuta_mail_list	List emails without body. Supports only_trusted, unread, pagination
tuta_mail_read	Read full email with decrypted body and attachment metadata
tuta_mail_get_attachment	Download attachment to TUTAMCP_DOWNLOAD_DIR
tuta_mail_send	Send new email (requires mail_send=full)
tuta_mail_reply	Reply to email; recipients derived from original only
tuta_mail_move	Move to folder
tuta_mail_delete	Delete permanently or move to trash
tuta_mail_mark	Mark as read/unread
tuta_mail_folder_create	Create custom folder
tuta_mail_folder_rename	Rename custom folder
tuta_mail_folder_delete	Delete custom folder
tuta_mail_list_labels	List labels
tuta_mail_apply_labels	Add/remove labels on a mail

Calendar

Tool	Description
tuta_calendar_list_events	List events in a date range (recurring events always included)
tuta_calendar_create_event	Create event with optional RRULE recurrence
tuta_calendar_update_event	Update event
tuta_calendar_delete_event	Delete event

Note: editing a single occurrence of a recurring series is not supported.

Contacts

Tool	Description
tuta_contacts_list	List/search contacts by name, company, or email
tuta_contacts_get	Get full contact details
tuta_contacts_create	Create contact
tuta_contacts_update	Update contact fields
tuta_contacts_delete	Delete contact

Drive

Tool	Description
tuta_drive_list	List folder contents by path
tuta_drive_download	Download file to TUTAMCP_DOWNLOAD_DIR
tuta_drive_upload	Upload local file
tuta_drive_mkdir	Create folder
tuta_drive_rename	Rename file or folder
tuta_drive_move	Move file or folder
tuta_drive_delete	Delete file or folder

Drive requires a paid Tuta account. Free accounts receive an informative error rather than a crash.

Security

• Credentials are never logged. The server warns if the credentials file permissions are wider than 600.
• All logging goes to stderr or a log file. stdout is reserved for the MCP protocol.
• Tool registration is conditional: a disabled module registers no tools — Claude doesn't see them at all.
• In folder mode, all operations are scoped to the configured folder; attempts to access outside it are rejected at the tool level.
• Reply-only policy is enforced structurally: tuta_mail_send is simply not registered, not blocked at runtime.
• Path traversal on attachment/drive downloads is blocked (basename sanitization + regex).

License

AGPL-3.0 — see LICENSE.