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ms365-mcp-server

1.1.23 • Public • Published

✉️ Microsoft 365 MCP Server

A powerful Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables seamless Microsoft 365 email integration through natural language interactions. Built for SIYA Desktop, LLMs, and any MCP-compatible application with production-ready security.

✨ Key Features

  • 🎯 Optimized Tool Architecture - Only 6 unified tools (67% reduction from 18 tools)
  • 📧 Complete Email Management - Send, read, search, organize, and manage attachments
  • 🔐 Bulletproof Authentication - Proactive token refresh prevents chat interruptions
  • 🤖 AI-First Design - Intuitive action-based tools perfect for LLM interactions
  • 🔒 Enterprise Security - OAuth2 with secure keychain storage and automatic refresh
  • 📁 Smart Contact Management - Search and retrieve your Microsoft 365 contacts
  • 🌐 Cross-Platform - Works on macOS, Linux, and Windows

📚 Documentation

For detailed technical documentation, enhancement reports, and guides, see the docs/ directory:

🛠️ Available Tools (6 Total)

📧 Email Management

  • send_email - Send emails with attachments and rich formatting
  • manage_email - UNIFIED: Read, search, list, mark, move, delete, or draft emails
  • get_attachment - Download email attachments with metadata
  • list_folders - Browse mailbox folders with item counts

👥 Contacts & Authentication

  • manage_contacts - UNIFIED: List all contacts or search by name/email
  • authenticate - UNIFIED: Complete authentication management (login, status, logout)

🚀 Quick Start

1. Installation

Option A: Global Installation

# Install globally
npm install -g ms365-mcp-server

# Authenticate (no Azure setup needed!)
ms365-mcp-server --login

# Start the server
ms365-mcp-server

# Start with custom server URL
ms365-mcp-server --server-url https://your-domain.com

Option B: Run with npx (no installation needed)

# Authenticate
npx ms365-mcp-server --login

# Start the server
npx ms365-mcp-server

# Start with custom server URL
npx ms365-mcp-server --server-url https://your-domain.com

2. SIYA Desktop Integration

For Global Installation:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ms365": {
      "command": "ms365-mcp-server",
      "args": ["--server-url", "https://your-domain.com"]
    }
  }
}

For npx Usage:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ms365": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["ms365-mcp-server", "--server-url", "https://your-domain.com"]
    }
  }
}

3. Start Using

Chat with SIYA and ask it to help with your emails! The tools are designed for natural language interaction.

🔐 Authentication

Simple Setup (Recommended)

# One-command authentication
ms365-mcp-server --login

# Authentication with custom server URL
ms365-mcp-server --login --server-url https://your-domain.com

Environment Variables

# Set server URL via environment variable
export SERVER_URL=https://your-domain.com
ms365-mcp-server

MCP Tool Authentication

// Check authentication status
{
  "tool": "authenticate",
  "arguments": {
    "action": "status"
  }
}

// Login with device code
{
  "tool": "authenticate", 
  "arguments": {
    "action": "login"
  }
}

// Logout
{
  "tool": "authenticate",
  "arguments": {
    "action": "logout"
  }
}

💡 Tool Usage Examples

Email Operations

// Send an email with attachment
{
  "tool": "send_email",
  "arguments": {
    "to": ["colleague@company.com"],
    "subject": "Project Update",
    "body": "<h2>Status Report</h2><p>Project is on track!</p>",
    "bodyType": "html",
    "attachments": [{
      "name": "report.pdf",
      "contentBytes": "base64_encoded_content"
    }]
  }
}

// Search emails with smart name matching
{
  "tool": "manage_email",
  "arguments": {
    "action": "search",
    "from": "John Smith",  // Works with names or emails
    "after": "2024-01-01",
    "hasAttachment": true
  }
}

// List recent inbox emails
{
  "tool": "manage_email",
  "arguments": {
    "action": "list",
    "folderId": "inbox", 
    "maxResults": 10
  }
}

// Find emails sent to you (TO or CC)
{
  "tool": "manage_email",
  "arguments": {
    "action": "search_to_me",
    "from": "boss@company.com",
    "isUnread": true
  }
}

// Read a specific email
{
  "tool": "manage_email",
  "arguments": {
    "action": "read",
    "messageId": "email_id_here"
  }
}

// Mark email as read
{
  "tool": "manage_email",
  "arguments": {
    "action": "mark",
    "messageId": "email_id",
    "isRead": true
  }
}

// Move email to folder
{
  "tool": "manage_email",
  "arguments": {
    "action": "move",
    "messageId": "email_id",
    "destinationFolderId": "archive"
  }
}

// Delete email
{
  "tool": "manage_email",
  "arguments": {
    "action": "delete",
    "messageId": "email_id"
  }
}

// Create draft email
{
  "tool": "manage_email",
  "arguments": {
    "action": "draft",
    "draftTo": ["colleague@company.com"],
    "draftSubject": "Draft: Project Update",
    "draftBody": "<h2>Status Report</h2><p>Project is on track!</p>",
    "draftBodyType": "html",
    "draftCc": ["manager@company.com"],
    "draftImportance": "normal"
  }
}

Contact & Authentication

// List all contacts
{
  "tool": "manage_contacts",
  "arguments": {
    "action": "list",
    "maxResults": 100
  }
}

// Search contacts by name
{
  "tool": "manage_contacts", 
  "arguments": {
    "action": "search",
    "query": "John"
  }
}

// Get attachment from email
{
  "tool": "get_attachment",
  "arguments": {
    "messageId": "email_id",
    "attachmentId": "attachment_id"
  }
}

// List mailbox folders
{
  "tool": "list_folders",
  "arguments": {}
}

Attachment Management

// Download a specific attachment
{
  "tool": "get_attachment",
  "arguments": {
    "messageId": "email_id",
    "attachmentId": "attachment_id"
  }
}

// Download all attachments from an email
{
  "tool": "get_attachment",
  "arguments": {
    "messageId": "email_id"
  }
}

File Serving

The server automatically serves downloaded attachments. By default, files are served at http://localhost:55000/attachments/. For production environments, configure the server URL using the SERVER_URL environment variable:

# Local development (default)
SERVER_URL=http://localhost:55000 ms365-mcp-server

# Production environment
SERVER_URL=https://your-domain.com ms365-mcp-server

Files are:

  • Stored with unique names to prevent collisions
  • Available for 24 hours
  • Served with proper content types
  • Accessible via the configured server URL

Cleanup

Attachments are automatically cleaned up after 24 hours. You can also manually delete files from the public/attachments directory.

Enhanced Draft Email Operations

// Create a basic draft
{
  "tool": "manage_email",
  "arguments": {
    "action": "draft",
    "draftTo": ["colleague@company.com"],
    "draftSubject": "Project Update",
    "draftBody": "Draft content here...",
    "draftBodyType": "text"
  }
}

// Create a threaded reply draft (automatically appears in email thread)
{
  "tool": "manage_email",
  "arguments": {
    "action": "reply_draft",
    "originalMessageId": "original_email_id",
    "draftBody": "My reply content...",  // Optional comment
    "replyToAll": false
  }
}

// Create a forward draft (automatically includes original content)
{
  "tool": "manage_email",
  "arguments": {
    "action": "forward_draft", 
    "originalMessageId": "original_email_id",
    "draftBody": "Forwarding this for your review..."  // Optional comment
  }
}

// Update an existing draft
{
  "tool": "manage_email",
  "arguments": {
    "action": "update_draft",
    "draftId": "draft_email_id",
    "draftSubject": "Updated Subject",
    "draftBody": "Updated content..."
  }
}

// Send a saved draft
{
  "tool": "manage_email",
  "arguments": {
    "action": "send_draft",
    "draftId": "draft_email_id"
  }
}

// List all draft emails
{
  "tool": "manage_email",
  "arguments": {
    "action": "list_drafts",
    "maxResults": 20
  }
}

Folder Operations

// List all folders including subfolders with hierarchy
{
  "tool": "list_folders"
}

// List only child folders of a specific parent folder
{
  "tool": "list_folders",
  "arguments": {
    "parentFolderId": "inbox_folder_id"
  }
}

// Search for folders by name (case-insensitive)
{
  "tool": "list_folders",
  "arguments": {
    "searchName": "projects"
  }
}

🎯 Command Line Options

# Authentication
ms365-mcp-server --login         # Authenticate using device code
ms365-mcp-server --logout        # Clear stored tokens
ms365-mcp-server --verify-login  # Check authentication status

# Management  
ms365-mcp-server --setup-auth    # Interactive credential setup
ms365-mcp-server --reset-auth    # Clear all authentication data
ms365-mcp-server --debug         # Enable detailed logging

🛡️ Security & Reliability

  • 🔄 Proactive Token Refresh - Prevents authentication interruptions during long conversations
  • 🔐 Secure Storage - OS keychain integration with encrypted fallback
  • 🛡️ OAuth2 Compliance - Microsoft MSAL library with enterprise-grade security
  • 🏠 Privacy First - All processing happens locally, no data sent to third parties
  • 🔒 Single-User Model - Simplified security without account enumeration risks

🚨 Troubleshooting

Authentication Issues

# Check current status
ms365-mcp-server --verify-login

# Reset and re-authenticate
ms365-mcp-server --logout
ms365-mcp-server --login

Debug Mode

# Enable detailed logging
ms365-mcp-server --debug

# Logs location: /tmp/ms365-mcp-server.log

Common Solutions

  • "Credentials not configured" → Run --login
  • "Token expired" → Authentication auto-refreshes, or run --login
  • Device code timeout → Codes expire in 15 minutes, try --login again

🧠 Perfect for AI Assistants

  • 📞 Natural Language Interface - Ask SIYA to "check my emails from John today"
  • 🤖 Smart Email Processing - Let AI help organize, respond, and analyze emails
  • ⚡ Optimized for LLMs - Unified tools reduce context switching and improve performance
  • 🔄 Reliable Sessions - Proactive authentication prevents chat interruptions
  • 📊 Email Analytics - Extract insights and patterns from your email data

🔧 Development

# Local development
npm run dev

# Build and test
npm run build
npm test

# Version management  
npm run version-bump [patch|minor|major]

📈 What's New in v1.1.0

  • 🎯 67% Fewer Tools - Consolidated 18 tools into 6 unified tools
  • 🔄 Bulletproof Auth - Proactive token refresh prevents interruptions
  • ⚡ Better Performance - Optimized tool architecture for faster responses
  • 🧠 AI-Optimized - Action-based design perfect for LLM interactions
  • 🛡️ Enhanced Security - Improved error handling and retry logic

📝 License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions welcome! Please submit issues and pull requests.

Built with 🔒 Security and ❤️ for the AI community

Production-ready Microsoft 365 integration for SIYA Desktop and MCP applications

🔧 Configuration Options

Server Configuration

  • --server-url URL: Set custom server URL for attachments and authentication (default: http://localhost:55000)
  • SERVER_URL: Environment variable to set server URL

Authentication Options

  • --setup-auth: Set up MS365 API credentials
  • --reset-auth: Clear stored authentication tokens
  • --multi-user: Enable multi-user authentication mode
  • --login: Login to MS365
  • --logout: Logout from MS365
  • --verify-login: Verify login status

General Options

  • --debug: Enable debug output
  • --non-interactive, -n: Run in non-interactive mode (no prompt)
  • --help, -h: Show help message

📝 Notes

  • The server URL is used for:
    1. Serving email attachments
    2. Generating attachment URLs
    3. OAuth redirect URIs
    4. Authentication callbacks
  • Attachments are served for 24 hours before automatic cleanup
  • Default server port is 55000
  • For production use, set a custom server URL with HTTPS

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