imap-mcp-manual SKILL.md skillA

imap-mcp-manual from lingtai-ai/lingtai-kernel is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add lingtai-ai/lingtai-kernel/imap-mcp-manual@v1.5.0

Pins v1.5.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
lingtai-ai/lingtai-kernel
Path
src/lingtai/mcp_servers/imap/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
10
Latest version
v1.5.0, committed Oct 12, 2026
First version recorded
Jul 20, 2026
Size
9,315 bytes
Repository stars
11
License
Apache-2.0

Progressive-disclosure usage manual for the IMAP/SMTP email MCP. Read this router for unfamiliar or consequential workflows and deeper detail on real-mail side effects, external-reply policy, account selection, compound email IDs, attachments, mailbox mutations, contacts, or settings. Pull the full body with action='manual'; do not guess provider or account details.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# IMAP/SMTP email MCP

In the LingTai host, root `summarize` defaults to `true`; specify what to retain
in `reasoning`. Proactively set `summarize=false` for verbatim manuals and
mandatory gates, exact names/paths or message ids, field presence, source,
diffs, or evidence. Summaries are lossy and noncanonical; raw results remain
preserved. This is result presentation, not action input or Context compression.

This progressive disclosure router covers real mailbox access. Reads may persist
local data; `send`/`reply` and `delete`/`move`/`flag` have external side effects. Use the schema for routine
calls; read this manual for the gates below or unfamiliar workflows.
The orchestrator owns setup; avatars must not configure this MCP. Configuration,
credential changes and real outbound mail remain subject to owner authorization.

## First safe action

For incoming mail, start read-only: `check` recent envelopes or `search`, then
`read` the returned `email_id` before deciding whether to reply. Do not reply
from a preview.

```text
imap(action="check", input={}, reasoning="inspect recent mail")
```

A new-mail wake notification already carries the exact `account`/`email_id`
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add lingtai-ai/lingtai-kernel/imap-mcp-manual@sha256:5141a7f67b23ef59

The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.5.0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

Badge

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Versions

The registry has recorded 10 versions of this file, between Jul 20, 2026 and Oct 12, 2026, about one every 9 days.

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v1.5.0 latest2026-10-12 8a52349 9,315 BA view · diff
v1.5.02026-10-12 85ebde3 8,925 BA view · diff
v1.5.02026-09-11 f5ec116 9,041 BA view · diff
v1.4.02026-09-09 f0dd73e 7,897 BA view · diff
v1.3.02026-09-07 a3cb26f 8,092 BA view · diff
v1.2.02026-08-30 42e324b 11,858 BA view · diff
v1.1.02026-08-10 e08ad05 5,931 BA view · diff
v1.1.02026-07-29 9139094 5,722 BA view · diff
v1.0.02026-07-20 814017f 4,846 BA view · diff
v1.1.02026-07-20 4f531f7 5,650 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (9315 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

lingtai-ai/lingtai-kernel · 11 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_bzwoqa2buxyce3gb
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=lingtai-ai/lingtai-kernel/imap-mcp-manual
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/5141a7f67b23ef590bda9ca9584c87893fd5601db16161a2f9d6ebc1e0f5c625

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