
Give Your AI Coding Agent Email, Calendar & Contacts — One CLI Command
Claude Code can't read your email. Cursor can't check your calendar. GitHub Copilot can't search your contacts. Until you give them access. The Nylas CLI connects AI assistants to your email, calendar, and contacts through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). One command. No API code. Your agent can then send emails, create events, search contacts, and manage your inbox on your behalf. Why MCP Matters for AI Agents MCP is an open standard that lets AI assistants call external tools. Instead of copy-pasting email content into Claude, the agent reads your inbox directly. Instead of describing a meeting, the agent creates it on your calendar. The Nylas CLI ships a built-in MCP server that exposes 50+ email, calendar, and contact operations as tools your agent can call. Step 1: Install and Authenticate brew install nylas/nylas-cli/nylas nylas init nylas init handles account setup. For headless environments, use nylas auth config with an API key directly. Step 2: Connect Your AI Assistant nyla
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