# mailpal [Health: Active]

**Category:** 💻 Developer Tools  
**Repository:** https://github.com/michaelyousrie/mailpal  
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**Directory Page:** https://allmcps.com/mcp/mailpal

## Description
List, inspect, and run saved HTTP requests from MailPal collections; write tools on Pro

## Claude Desktop Quick Installation
Install path detected from listing signals. Uses `npx` (confidence: high):

```json
"mcpServers": {
  "mailpal": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["-y","mailpal-mcp"]
  }
}
```

## Documentation & README

<p align="center">
  <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/michaelyousrie/mailpal/HEAD/media/icon.png" width="96" alt="MailPal icon" />
</p>

<h1 align="center">MailPal</h1>

<p align="center"><strong>The honest API client for VS Code.</strong><br>
Collections, variables, unlimited history, an MCP server for AI agents, and a free tier that stays free.</p>

<p align="center">
  <a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MichaelYousrie.mailpal"><strong>Install from the VS Code Marketplace</strong></a>
</p>

![MailPal request panel](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/michaelyousrie/mailpal/HEAD/media/hero.png)

## Why MailPal exists

The most popular REST client for VS Code has 7.4 million installs and a 2.5 star rating, because its free tier slowly moved everything, including your own request history, behind a paywall.

MailPal makes the opposite promise, and treats it like a contract:

- The free tier is fully usable for a single user, forever.
- Unlimited requests, unlimited collections, unlimited local history.
- Pro adds new value only. It never gates access to your own data.
- If a license lapses, Pro features stop. Everything else keeps working.

## Highlights

- Full request builder with a Postman-style editor: auto-growing key/value rows, header autocomplete, color-coded JSON editing with format and validation
- Auto headers surfaced, so you see and control everything sent on the wire
- Syntax-highlighted responses (JSON and XML), HTML raw/preview toggle, resizable request/response split
- Per-collection variables with `{{VAR}}` placeholders; secret values live in your OS keychain, never in files
- Unlimited local history with one-click re-send
- Import Postman v2.1, Thunder Client, OpenAPI 3.x, and curl; export Postman and curl
- Assertions per request with pass/fail on every send
- A bundled MCP server, registered with VS Code agent mode automatically, so AI agents can list, run, and (with Pro) create requests

## For AI agents (MCP)

The MCP server also ships standalone on npm as [mailpal-mcp](https://www.npmjs.com/package/mailpal-mcp):

```bash
claude mcp add mailpal -- npx -y mailpal-mcp
```

Works with any MCP client (Cursor, Claude Desktop, and friends) via `npx -y mailpal-mcp`.

## Support

Questions, bugs, and feature requests: [open an issue](https://github.com/michaelyousrie/mailpal/issues).

This repository hosts the project's public home, issues, and media. The extension itself ships through the [VS Code Marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MichaelYousrie.mailpal).