Connect an AI Assistant (MCP)

Connect an AI assistant to your mailbox through the remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. The connection uses OAuth, so the assistant never receives your mailbox password and can access only the mailbox you approve.

Before You Start

You need:

• An active mailbox on SDP Email.
• An AI assistant that supports custom remote MCP servers and OAuth.
• Permission to add connectors in the AI product. Team and enterprise accounts may require an administrator.

Use this MCP server URL:

https://email.sdp-platform.com/mcp/email

Always use the URL shown on this page. It belongs to the current SDP Email billing website and controls the branding and OAuth issuer used during authorization.

What the Assistant Can Do

After you approve access, the assistant can:

• Search your email by folder, text, sender, recipient, subject, unread status, and date range.
• Read an email conversation without marking it read by default.
• Send a new email or reply from this mailbox.
• Mark conversations read or unread, archive or unarchive them, and move them to or restore them from trash.

It cannot access another mailbox, manage drafts or spam, download attachments, permanently delete email, or administer domains.

Connect with ChatGPT

1. In ChatGPT, open Settings, choose Security and login, and enable Developer mode if it is available for your account.
2. Open ChatGPT Plugins, select the plus button, and create a connection.
3. Enter a name such as SDP Email Email, add the MCP server URL above, and create the connection.
4. Complete the SDP Email sign-in and consent flow, choosing the mailbox you want ChatGPT to use.
5. Start a new conversation and enable the connection from the tools menu.

See OpenAI's official guide to connecting and testing an MCP server.

Connect with Claude

1. In Claude, go to Customize → Connectors.
2. Select + → Add custom connector. On Team or Enterprise, an owner must first add it from Organization settings → Connectors.
3. Add the MCP server URL above and finish creating the connector.
4. Select Connect, then complete the SDP Email sign-in and consent flow.
5. Enable the connector for a conversation from the + → Connectors menu.

See Claude's official remote MCP connector guide.

Connect with Grok

1. Go to grok.com/connectors.
2. Select New Connector → Custom.
3. Enter the MCP server URL above.
4. Complete the SDP Email sign-in and consent flow.
5. Start a conversation and ask Grok to search or manage your mailbox.

See xAI's official custom MCP connector documentation.

Connect with Perplexity

1. Open Account settings → Connectors. Organization administrators can instead use the enterprise connector permissions page.
2. Select + Custom connector, choose Remote, and enter a name such as SDP Email Email.
3. Enter the MCP server URL above and choose OAuth authentication.
4. Save the connector and complete the SDP Email sign-in and consent flow.
5. Enable the connector in a conversation before asking Perplexity to use your mailbox.

Availability depends on your Perplexity plan and organization settings. See Perplexity's official custom remote connector guide.

Test with MCP Inspector

Developers can verify discovery, OAuth, and the available tools with the official MCP Inspector:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector --server-url https://email.sdp-platform.com/mcp/email --transport http

Complete OAuth when prompted. See the official MCP Inspector documentation.

Use and Revoke Access

Try prompts such as:

• Find unread email from alice@example.com received after 2026-08-01.
• Show the latest conversation about the renewal proposal.
• Draft a reply to the latest message, but do not send it yet.
• Archive the conversation after I review it.

To remove access, open your mailbox, go to Settings → AI assistants, and revoke the connection. You can also remove the connector in the AI assistant.