Overview

The Resend MCP Server provides AI assistants with full access to the Resend email API — the modern email platform used by developers for transactional and marketing email delivery. From sending single emails to managing domain configurations and tracking delivery status, this server exposes all Resend capabilities through the Model Context Protocol.

Official Server:

Published by the Resend team. Available via npx resend-mcp. Also on Smithery.

Key Features

✉️

Email Sending

Send transactional emails with HTML, React, or plain text templates

🌐

Domain Management

📊

Email Analytics

Track opens, clicks, bounces, and delivery status for every email

👥

Contact Management

Manage audience contacts and subscription lists

📢

Broadcasts

Create and send email broadcasts to audience segments

⚛️

React Email Support

Send emails built with React Email components for type-safe templates

Available Tools

Quick Reference

Tool	Purpose	Category
`send_email`	Send a transactional email with full control	Sending
`get_email`	Retrieve email delivery status and analytics	Tracking
`create_domain`	Register a new sending domain	Domain
`verify_domain`	Verify DNS records for a domain	Domain
`list_contacts`	List audience contacts	Contacts
`create_contact`	Add a contact to an audience	Contacts
`create_broadcast`	Create and schedule a broadcast	Broadcasts

Detailed Usage

send_email▶

Send a transactional email with full control over from, to, subject, and body.

{
  "from": "[email protected]",
  "to": ["[email protected]"],
  "subject": "Your account has been created",
  "html": "<h1>Welcome!</h1><p>Thanks for creating an account.</p>"
}

get_email▶

Retrieve the delivery status and analytics for a previously sent email.

{
  "email_id": "email_abc123def456"
}

create_domain▶

{
  "name": "mail.example.com",
  "region": "us-east-1"
}

create_contact▶

Add a new contact to an audience with subscription status and metadata.

{
  "audience_id": "audience_xyz",
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "first_name": "Jane",
  "unsubscribed": false
}

Installation

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "resend": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "resend-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RESEND_API_KEY": "re_your_api_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

API Key Required:

Get a free Resend API key from resend.com/api-keys. Free tier includes 100 emails/day with 1 domain.

Example Use Cases

Transactional Emails: Send welcome emails, password resets, and order confirmations
Notification Systems: Deliver real-time alerts from monitoring and analytics systems
Marketing Automation: Create and send email broadcasts to audience segments
Developer Workflows: Automate email sending from CI/CD pipelines and deployment systems
AI Agent Communication: Enable agents to send formatted emails to users directly

Security

API key authentication — never commit keys to version control
Domain verification required before sending — prevents spoofing
All email delivery uses TLS encryption
Free tier has sending limits to prevent abuse
Audience management with unsubscribe compliance built-in

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