Chord is a fast, keyboard-first email client for macOS, Windows and Linux that runs on your machine. It works with Gmail, Fastmail, iCloud or any IMAP account. Hand it an errand and it finds who to ask, drafts each email for your OK, and lines up every reply in one table.
A sample errand from Chord's demo inbox. Press j and k to move through the replies.
Sourcing, quotes, outreach: the work that lives in your inbox. Chord does the legwork and keeps you in charge. The AI never sends by itself; every email waits for you.
“Get quotes for 200 sheets of 4×8 aluminium from suppliers near me.” Chord asks what suppliers will need to know.
Contacts come from real web pages. Addresses are never guessed.
A tailored draft for each contact. Nothing leaves until you press send.
Including attached quote PDFs, with a running summary of where things stand.
Every answer lines up in one table, and anyone who goes quiet gets a follow-up drafted.
Everything happens on your computer first, so every action is instant. Your mail goes between you and your provider, and nowhere else.
Every action has a shortcut, and all of them can be rebound. Snooze and send later take plain times like “fri 4pm”.
Try one. Every action has a key, and ⌘ K finds the rest.
Every action updates a local SQLite store and the screen at once, then syncs in the background over IMAP and SMTP. There are no Chord servers in between.
Nothing is sent to any AI service, and the agent API refuses every request. Chord is a complete mail client without it.
Off until you turn it on. Switch it any time in Settings → AI.
Let Claude, Cursor, n8n or your own scripts read, search, organise and draft, and send with your approval. The API listens on your computer only, each agent gets its own token, scopes and send policy, and every call lands in an audit log.
$ claude mcp add chord --env CHORD_TOKEN=chd_…
-- chord-mcp
Dark by default, with a full light theme. Use the arrow keys to move between screens.
