Can AI summarize my email without sending it to the cloud?

Yes. LMCP connects Claude, ChatGPT or any MCP-capable assistant to Mail.app on your Mac, so the AI reads messages locally. Your mailbox is never uploaded or stored on a server, and no email-provider API keys or OAuth are involved.

Does it work with Gmail, iCloud and Outlook at the same time?

Yes. Any account configured in Mail.app is included — iCloud, Gmail, Outlook/Exchange and plain IMAP — and one prompt summarizes across all of them together.

Can it run automatically every morning?

Yes, two ways: ask for the built-in daily brief (email + calendar + reminders in one call), or schedule the summary prompt with your assistant’s scheduled-tasks feature so it is ready at the same time each morning.

Can the AI also reply for me?

It drafts replies and shows you each one before anything is sent — sending always requires your confirmation.

Get an AI Summary of Your Inbox Every Morning on Mac (Free, Private)

You can have Claude, ChatGPT or any AI assistant summarize your inbox every morning by installing LMCP, a free app that connects the AI to Mail.app on your Mac. Every account you already have set up — iCloud, Gmail, Outlook, Exchange, IMAP — is covered in one summary: what arrived overnight, what actually needs you, and suggested one-line replies. It runs locally, needs no API keys or OAuth, and your email never leaves the machine.

What the morning summary looks like

Instead of opening Mail to 40 unread messages, you ask once and get back something like: three messages that need a decision from you, two that just need a “yes, works for me”, one invoice to forward, and 34 newsletters and notifications safely ignored. The AI reads the real messages through Mail.app, so it quotes actual senders and actual asks — not guesses.

What you need

macOS 12+ with Mail.app configured (any accounts)
An AI assistant — Claude Desktop, ChatGPT (paid plan for connectors), Claude.ai on the web, Cursor, or any MCP client
LMCP installed — free, one download, get it here; it configures your AI clients automatically

The morning prompt

Open your AI, and paste:

Prompt — paste into your AI

Summarize everything that arrived in my email since yesterday evening, across all my accounts. Group it into: needs a decision or reply from me, FYI worth reading, and safe to ignore. For anything that needs a reply, suggest a one-line answer.

Follow-ups that work well once the summary is on screen:

Prompt — paste into your AI

Draft the replies you suggested, one by one, and show me each before sending.

Prompt — paste into your AI

Which of these threads have been waiting on me for more than two days?

Make it automatic

LMCP also ships a daily_brief tool that builds the morning rundown — email plus today’s calendar and reminders — in one call: just ask for “my daily brief”. If your assistant supports scheduled tasks (ChatGPT’s scheduled prompts, Claude’s scheduled runs), schedule the prompt above for 8am and the summary is waiting for you with your coffee.

Private by architecture

The AI reads your mail through Mail.app on your machine — LMCP does not upload your mailbox anywhere, store it on any server, or need your email provider’s password or API. That’s the difference from cloud email-AI products: there is no copy of your inbox to leak. See how private AI email works.

Get an AI Summary of Your Inbox Every Morning on Mac

What the morning summary looks like

What you need

The morning prompt

Make it automatic

Private by architecture

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