AI agent for Generic IMAP
Connect Generic IMAP to your AI agent through the WorkAist MCP server.
Marketplace
Pre-built connector templates · install with one click.
- 1Install in one click
Pick Generic IMAP from the marketplace. WorkAist handles HTTP Basic auth and stores the credentials encrypted — no JSON keys to paste.
- 2Tools auto-generated
Generic IMAP exposes 6 MCP tools to every agent in your workspace: list_emails, send_email, search_inbox, get_thread, and more. Each tool is a typed function, not a brittle script.
- 3Data flows to your graph
Historical email records sync to your private knowledge graph. Agents query relationships across all connected sources, not just Generic IMAP in isolation.
- 4Your agents take action
Your AI agent picks the right tool, runs it under your access policies, and answers in plain language — with a full audit trail of every Generic IMAP call.
Generic IMAP is email software you can connect to WorkAist in minutes. Through the open MCP standard, your AI agents triage messages, draft replies and route conversations to the right person — autonomously, under explicit permissions, with no manual hand-offs. Generic IMAP authenticates via username and password, and because WorkAist is self-hosted under AGPL-3.0, your data never leaves your own infrastructure.
Authentication & setup
The Generic IMAP connector authenticates via HTTP Basic auth.
For self-hosted or legacy services. Use an app password when the provider supports them.
Frequently paired with Generic IMAP
FAQ
Can a WorkAist AI agent really automate Generic IMAP end-to-end?▼
Yes. The connector exposes read and write tools through Model Context Protocol. AI agents call them through plain-language instructions in a CLAUDE.md file — no glue code.
How does this differ from using the Generic IMAP API directly?▼
The connector adds permission isolation, audit logging, cost tracking per agent, and reversible PII redaction at the LLM boundary. It also presents Generic IMAP as part of a unified Knowledge Graph alongside your other tools.
What does it cost?▼
WorkAist is open-source under AGPL-3.0 and self-hosted, so the connector itself is free. You pay only for Generic IMAP's own API costs (if any) and the LLM tokens your agent consumes.
Is my Generic IMAP data sent to a third party?▼
No. WorkAist runs in your own infrastructure. Data flows from Generic IMAP → your WorkAist instance → the LLM you choose. Sensitive fields can be tokenized before reaching the LLM.
What if Generic IMAP changes its API?▼
The connector is versioned and published openly. When Generic IMAP ships breaking changes, we bump the connector version and the marketplace UI surfaces the upgrade as a one-click apply.