@lengelhard/imap-email-mcp 1.4.1 → 1.5.0

package/index.js

@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ server.setRequestHandler(ListToolsRequestSchema, async () => {
       },
       {
         name: 'download_attachment',
-        description: 'Download an email attachment. By default the file is decoded and saved to disk (ATTACHMENT_DIR, default ~/Downloads/email-attachments) and the local file path is returned. Set return_base64=true to get the content inline instead (only allowed for attachments under 700KB).',
+        description: 'Download an email attachment. Mode is automatic: attachments up to 700KB are returned inline as base64; larger ones are decoded and saved to disk (ATTACHMENT_DIR, default ~/Downloads/email-attachments) with the file path returned. Every response includes a "mode" field ("base64" or "file"). Set return_base64 explicitly to force a mode; forcing base64 on an oversized attachment falls back to disk with a note instead of erroring.',
         inputSchema: {
           type: 'object',
           properties: {
@@ -420,8 +420,7 @@ server.setRequestHandler(ListToolsRequestSchema, async () => {
             },
             return_base64: {
               type: 'boolean',
-              description: 'Return content inline as base64 instead of saving to disk. Fails for attachments over 700KB; prefer the default file mode.',
-              default: false
+              description: 'Optional. Omit for automatic mode: attachments up to 700KB return inline base64, larger ones are saved to disk. Set true/false to force a mode; true on an oversized attachment falls back to disk with a note.'
             }
           },
           required: ['uid']
@@ -1081,23 +1080,19 @@ server.setRequestHandler(CallToolRequestSchema, async (request) => {
           const filename = sanitizeFilename(attachmentInfo?.filename || args.filename);
           const contentType = attachmentInfo?.contentType || 'application/octet-stream';
 
-          // Inline mode: opt-in only, and only when it safely fits in a tool result
-          if (args.return_base64) {
-            if (buffer.length > MAX_INLINE_BYTES) {
-              return {
-                content: [{
-                  type: 'text',
-                  text: JSON.stringify({
-                    error: `Attachment is ${buffer.length} bytes; inline base64 is limited to ${MAX_INLINE_BYTES} bytes because the encoded result would exceed the MCP tool-result size cap. Call again without return_base64 to save it to disk and get the file path.`,
-                    uid: args.uid,
-                    partID,
-                    filename,
-                    size_bytes: buffer.length
-                  }, null, 2)
-                }],
-                isError: true
-              };
-            }
+          // Resolve mode:
+          // - return_base64 omitted -> auto: inline when it fits, disk otherwise
+          // - return_base64: true   -> inline, but fall back to disk (with a note)
+          //                            if oversized instead of erroring
+          // - return_base64: false  -> disk
+          const fitsInline = buffer.length <= MAX_INLINE_BYTES;
+          const wantInline = args.return_base64 === true
+            ? true
+            : args.return_base64 === false
+              ? false
+              : fitsInline;
+
+          if (wantInline && fitsInline) {
             return {
               content: [{
                 type: 'text',
@@ -1107,6 +1102,7 @@ server.setRequestHandler(CallToolRequestSchema, async (request) => {
                   filename,
                   contentType,
                   size_bytes: buffer.length,
+                  mode: 'base64',
                   encoding: 'base64',
                   data: buffer.toString('base64')
                 }, null, 2)
@@ -1114,7 +1110,12 @@ server.setRequestHandler(CallToolRequestSchema, async (request) => {
             };
           }
 
-          // Default mode: save to disk and return the path
+          // Note attached to the result when inline was requested but not possible
+          const fallbackNote = (wantInline && !fitsInline)
+            ? `Attachment is ${buffer.length} bytes, over the ${MAX_INLINE_BYTES}-byte inline limit; saved to disk instead.`
+            : undefined;
+
+          // Disk mode: save and return the path
           let target = args.save_path || ATTACHMENT_DIR;
           let filePath;
           if (args.save_path && path.extname(args.save_path)) {
@@ -1142,7 +1143,9 @@ server.setRequestHandler(CallToolRequestSchema, async (request) => {
                 filename,
                 contentType,
                 size_bytes: buffer.length,
-                saved_to: filePath
+                mode: 'file',
+                saved_to: filePath,
+                ...(fallbackNote ? { note: fallbackNote } : {})
               }, null, 2)
             }]
           };

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lengelhard/imap-email-mcp",
-  "version": "1.4.1",
+  "version": "1.5.0",
   "description": "MCP server for Claude Code that provides email capabilities through IMAP/SMTP. Read, search, compose, and manage emails from any IMAP provider.",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "index.js",