Powerful MCP server for Microsoft Graph API - a complete AI assistant toolkit for Outlook, Calendar, OneDrive, and Contacts.
- Email Management: Read, send, reply, manage attachments, organize folders
- Calendar Intelligence: Create, update, check availability, respond to invitations
- OneDrive Files: Upload, download, browse with pagination
- Contacts: Search and list contacts from your address book
- Multi-Account: Support for multiple Microsoft accounts (personal, work, school)
- Unified Search: Search across emails, files, events, and people
- ⚡ High-Performance Caching: AES-256 encrypted cache with 300x performance improvement
- 🔒 Security & Compliance: GDPR and HIPAA compliant data encryption at rest
📚 See QUICKSTART.md for complete installation and setup guide.
# 1. Install
git clone https://github.com/robin-collins/m365-mcp.git
cd m365-mcp && uv sync
# 2. Configure (use .env.example template)
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your M365_MCP_CLIENT_ID
# 3. Authenticate
uv run authenticate.py
# 4. Run
uv run m365-mcp
# Add M365 MCP server (replace with your Azure app ID)
claude mcp add m365-mcp -e M365_MCP_CLIENT_ID=your-app-id-here -- uvx --from git+https://github.com/robin-collins/m365-mcp.git m365-mcp
# Start Claude Desktop
claude
# Email examples
> read my latest emails with full content
> reply to the email from John saying "I'll review this today"
> send an email with attachment to alice@example.com
# Calendar examples
> show my calendar for next week
> check if I'm free tomorrow at 2pm
> create a meeting with Bob next Monday at 10am
# File examples
> list files in my OneDrive
> upload this report to OneDrive
> search for "project proposal" across all my files
# Multi-account
> list all my Microsoft accounts
> send email from my work account
list_emails
- List emails with optional body contentget_email
- Get specific email with attachmentscreate_email_draft
- Create email draft with attachments supportsend_email
- Send email immediately with CC/BCC and attachmentsreply_to_email
- Reply maintaining thread contextreply_all_email
- Reply to all recipients in threadupdate_email
- Mark emails as read/unreadmove_email
- Move emails between foldersdelete_email
- Delete emailsget_attachment
- Get email attachment contentsearch_emails
- Search emails by query
list_events
- List calendar events with detailsget_event
- Get specific event detailscreate_event
- Create events with location and attendeesupdate_event
- Reschedule or modify eventsdelete_event
- Cancel eventsrespond_event
- Accept/decline/tentative response to invitationscheck_availability
- Check free/busy times for schedulingsearch_events
- Search calendar events
list_contacts
- List all contactsget_contact
- Get specific contact detailscreate_contact
- Create new contactupdate_contact
- Update contact informationdelete_contact
- Delete contactsearch_contacts
- Search contacts by query
list_files
- Browse OneDrive files and foldersget_file
- Download file contentcreate_file
- Upload files to OneDriveupdate_file
- Update existing file contentdelete_file
- Delete files or folderssearch_files
- Search files in OneDrive
unified_search
- Search across emails, events, and fileslist_accounts
- Show authenticated Microsoft accountsauthenticate_account
- Start authentication for a new Microsoft accountcomplete_authentication
- Complete the authentication process after entering device code
cache_get_stats
- View cache statistics (size, entries, hit rate)cache_invalidate
- Manually invalidate cache entries by patterncache_task_enqueue
- Queue background cache warming taskscache_task_status
- Check status of queued cache taskscache_task_list
- List all cache tasks by account or status
M365 MCP includes an intelligent caching system that dramatically improves performance by reducing redundant API calls to Microsoft Graph.
- 🔒 AES-256 Encryption: All cached data encrypted at rest using SQLCipher
- ⚡ 300x Performance Boost: Common operations like
folder_get_tree
go from 30s → <100ms - 🧠 Intelligent TTL: Three-state cache (Fresh/Stale/Expired) with automatic refresh
- 📦 Automatic Compression: Large entries (≥50KB) automatically compressed (70-80% size reduction)
- 🔄 Cache Warming: Background pre-population on startup for instant responses
- 🎯 Smart Invalidation: Write operations automatically invalidate related caches
- 🌐 Multi-Account: Complete isolation between different accounts
- ✅ Compliance Ready: GDPR and HIPAA compliant data protection
Operation | Without Cache | With Cache | Speedup |
---|---|---|---|
folder_get_tree |
30s | <100ms | 300x |
email_list |
2-5s | <50ms | 40-100x |
file_list |
1-3s | <30ms | 30-100x |
Cache Hit Rate | N/A | >80% | 70%+ API call reduction |
The cache works automatically, but you can control its behavior:
# Use cache (default - recommended)
folder_get_tree(account_id, path="/Documents")
# Force refresh (bypass cache, update with fresh data)
folder_get_tree(account_id, path="/Documents", force_refresh=True)
# Disable cache for this request only
email_list(account_id, folder="inbox", use_cache=False)
- Encryption: AES-256 encryption via SQLCipher
- Key Storage: System keyring (macOS Keychain, Windows Credential Manager, Linux Secret Service)
- Fallback: Environment variable
M365_MCP_CACHE_KEY
for headless servers - Compliance: GDPR Article 32 and HIPAA §164.312 compliant
View cache statistics:
stats = cache_get_stats()
# Returns: total_entries, size_bytes, hit_rate, oldest_entry, etc.
Manually invalidate cache:
# Invalidate all email caches
cache_invalidate("email_*")
# Invalidate specific account's caches
cache_invalidate("email_*", account_id="account-123")
📚 For complete cache documentation, see CLAUDE.md
- Go to Azure Portal → Microsoft Entra ID → App registrations
- New registration → Name:
m365-mcp
- Supported account types: Personal + Work/School
- Authentication → Allow public client flows: Yes
- API permissions → Add these delegated permissions:
- Mail.ReadWrite
- Calendars.ReadWrite
- Files.ReadWrite
- Contacts.Read
- People.Read
- User.Read
- Copy Application ID
git clone https://github.com/robin-collins/m365-mcp.git
cd m365-mcp
uv sync
# Set your Azure app ID
export M365_MCP_CLIENT_ID="your-app-id-here"
# Run authentication script
uv run authenticate.py
# Follow the prompts to authenticate your Microsoft accounts
Add to your Claude Desktop configuration:
macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"microsoft": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["--from", "git+https://github.com/robin-collins/m365-mcp.git", "m365-mcp"],
"env": {
"M365_MCP_CLIENT_ID": "your-app-id-here"
}
}
}
}
Or for local development:
{
"mcpServers": {
"microsoft": {
"command": "uv",
"args": ["--directory", "/path/to/m365-mcp", "run", "m365-mcp"],
"env": {
"M365_MCP_CLIENT_ID": "your-app-id-here"
}
}
}
}
M365 MCP supports two transport modes for different use cases:
Use for: Claude Desktop, local MCP clients
Security: Inherently secure through process isolation (no authentication required)
# Default mode - no configuration needed
export M365_MCP_CLIENT_ID="your-app-id"
uv run m365-mcp
Use for: Web applications, remote access, multi-client scenarios
Security:
Protocol: Uses MCP Streamable HTTP (spec 2025-03-26+)
# Generate secure token
export MCP_AUTH_TOKEN=$(openssl rand -hex 32)
# Configure Streamable HTTP with bearer authentication
export M365_MCP_CLIENT_ID="your-app-id"
export MCP_TRANSPORT="http"
export MCP_AUTH_METHOD="bearer"
export MCP_HOST="127.0.0.1"
export MCP_PORT="8000"
# Start server
uv run m365-mcp
Client connection:
from mcp.client.http import http_client
async with http_client(
"http://localhost:8000/mcp",
headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {your_token}"}
) as (read, write):
# Use the session...
📚 See SECURITY.md for complete security guide and authentication options
All tools require an account_id
parameter as the first argument:
# List accounts to get IDs
accounts = list_accounts()
account_id = accounts[0]["account_id"]
# Use account for operations
send_email(account_id, "user@example.com", "Subject", "Body")
list_emails(account_id, limit=10, include_body=True)
create_event(account_id, "Meeting", "2024-01-15T10:00:00Z", "2024-01-15T11:00:00Z")
# Run tests
uv run pytest tests/ -v
# Type checking
uv run pyright
# Format code
uvx ruff format .
# Lint
uvx ruff check --fix --unsafe-fixes .
# Get account ID first
accounts = list_accounts()
account_id = accounts[0]["account_id"]
# List latest emails with full content
emails = list_emails(account_id, limit=10, include_body=True)
# Reply maintaining thread
reply_to_email(account_id, email_id, "Thanks for your message. I'll review and get back to you.")
# Forward with attachments
email = get_email(email_id, account_id)
attachments = [get_attachment(email_id, att["id"], account_id) for att in email["attachments"]]
send_email(account_id, "boss@company.com", f"FW: {email['subject']}", email["body"]["content"], attachments=attachments)
# Get account ID first
accounts = list_accounts()
account_id = accounts[0]["account_id"]
# Check availability before scheduling
availability = check_availability(account_id, "2024-01-15T10:00:00Z", "2024-01-15T18:00:00Z", ["colleague@company.com"])
# Create meeting with details
create_event(
account_id,
"Project Review",
"2024-01-15T14:00:00Z",
"2024-01-15T15:00:00Z",
location="Conference Room A",
body="Quarterly review of project progress",
attendees=["colleague@company.com", "manager@company.com"]
)
- Tokens are cached locally in
~/.m365_mcp_token_cache.json
- Cache data is encrypted at rest using AES-256 in
~/.m365_mcp_cache.db
- Encryption keys stored securely in system keyring (or
M365_MCP_CACHE_KEY
env var) - Use app-specific passwords if you have 2FA enabled
- Only request permissions your app actually needs
- Consider using a dedicated app registration for production
- Authentication fails: Check your CLIENT_ID is correct
- "Need admin approval": Use
M365_MCP_TENANT_ID=consumers
for personal accounts - Missing permissions: Ensure all required API permissions are granted in Azure
- Token errors: Delete
~/.m365_mcp_token_cache.json
and re-authenticate - Cache issues: Delete
~/.m365_mcp_cache.db
to reset cache (encryption key will regenerate) - Slow first requests: Normal - cache warming runs in background, subsequent requests are fast
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