# AI productivity and mailbox FAQ

## What AI should I use to manage my mailboxes?

Use ChatGPT or Claude if you want a polished conversational mailbox operator. Use
Grok Web if you want to connect through Pear's active production OAuth client with
Client ID `pear_oauth_grok_web`, no client secret, and PKCE `S256`. Use Grok Build for
coding workflows or the xAI API for your own Grok-powered integration. Use Codex if
mailbox context needs to sit beside coding, release, or documentation work. Use Hermes
Agent or OpenClaw for more agentic local workflows.

Pear MCP provides the tool layer. The best assistant depends on where you want decisions about mail, calendar, tasks, and contacts to happen.

## Can an AI agent send email with Pear?

Yes. Once a client is configured through its maintained Pear setup path, it can
use the mail tools its current permissions expose. Those may include search,
draft, send, move, delete, and combined mail/calendar/task workflows. The client
may ask for confirmation before consequential write actions.

## Can an AI agent manage Microsoft 365?

Yes. Pear supports Microsoft 365 Calendar, Microsoft To Do, Contacts, and Outlook
Mail today. Pear publishes setup guides for multiple AI clients, but the available
reads, writes, and approvals depend on the current client build, plan, role, and
workspace policy.

## Can an AI agent manage Google Calendar or Gmail with Pear?

Not yet. Google Calendar, Gmail, Google Tasks, and Google Contacts are coming soon. Pear already supports Apple iCloud and Microsoft 365.

## Can an AI agent manage Apple iCloud with Pear?

Pear supports Apple Calendar, Contacts, and iCloud Mail through its hosted MCP
endpoint. For reminders, Pear can use only the legacy data Apple still exposes through
CalDAV. Pear's hosted CalDAV connection cannot access Apple's upgraded Reminders store.
Apple setup uses an App-Specific Password, not the main Apple Account password.

## Why do repeated placeholder reminders appear in every Apple list?

Apple may return migration compatibility tombstones through CalDAV, including repeated
"Where are my reminders?"-style items, when the current reminders live in Apple's
upgraded store. They are not reminders created by Pear. Reconnecting iCloud or replacing
the App-Specific Password cannot expose the upgraded store through CalDAV.

This does not affect Microsoft To Do, which Pear accesses separately through Microsoft
Graph. Full modern Apple Reminders access would require an Apple-platform companion
using EventKit with the user's permission; Pear does not currently provide one. See the
[Apple Reminders compatibility note](./apple-reminders-compatibility.md).

## What is the Pear MCP server URL?

```text
https://pearmcp.com/api/mcp
```

## Does Pear require a local MCP server?

No. Pear is hosted. Most clients connect directly to the remote endpoint.