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io.github.vitalio-sh/thunderbird-cli

io.github.vitalio-sh/thunderbird-cli·v1.0.2·Email
Quality Score
85
/100

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§01  Install
Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "thunderbird-cli": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "thunderbird-cli-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TB_BRIDGE_HOST": "<tb_bridge_host>",
        "TB_BRIDGE_PORT": "<tb_bridge_port>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "thunderbird-cli": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "thunderbird-cli-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TB_BRIDGE_HOST": "<tb_bridge_host>",
        "TB_BRIDGE_PORT": "<tb_bridge_port>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)
npx -y thunderbird-cli-mcp
§02  Environment variables
TB_BRIDGE_HOST

Hostname of the thunderbird-cli-bridge (default: 127.0.0.1). Set to host.docker.internal when running inside a container.

TB_BRIDGE_PORT

HTTP port of the thunderbird-cli-bridge (default: 7700).

§03  MCP Quality Score  ·  methodology
freshness
25
completeness
10
installability
25
documentation
15
stability
10
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