Give your AI assistant its own email.
AI assistants can plan, write and research, but they get stuck the moment a task needs email. Mail for Bots gives yours a safe address of its own, so it can sign up, ask, follow up and get answers, without ever touching your personal inbox.
Pick the AI app you use to see its one-step setup.
claude mcp add --transport http mailforbots https://mailforbots.com/mcp \
--header "Authorization: Bearer bm_YOUR_KEY"Claude Desktop: add the same URL and header under Settings, Connectors.
The problem
AI agents need their own email, not yours
So much of everyday life runs through email. Without an address of its own, your assistant has to stop and hand the task back to you.
“Check your email for a code.”
Most websites send a code or link before you can sign up, log in or confirm a booking. Without its own inbox, your assistant stops and waits for you.
It receives the email itself, reads the code and finishes the job.
Sharing your inbox is risky.
Handing an AI your email password exposes years of private messages, and lets it send email as you.
It gets its own address. Your personal inbox stays private.
Back-and-forth takes days.
Getting quotes, rescheduling or chasing a refund means waiting for replies and following up. An assistant without email can't keep that going.
It waits for each reply and picks up where it left off.
What you get
- Tasks get finishedYour assistant completes errands from start to finish instead of handing them back half done.
- Time backNo more copying codes between apps or chasing replies yourself.
- You stay in controlEvery email is visible to you, important ones can wait for your approval, and limits stop mistakes from spreading.
Who it's for
- Small businessesRequest quotes from suppliers, answer customer questions and handle bookings.
- Busy peopleSign up for services, manage subscriptions and keep appointments on track.
- Product teamsTest that sign-up, password reset and welcome emails really arrive and work.
How it works
Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and Cursor in one command
No servers, no passwords to hand over. Three steps and your assistant has its own email.
- 01
Create a free account
Sign up with Google, GitHub or your email address. No credit card needed.
- 02
Connect your AI assistant
Pick the app you use at the top of this page, like Claude or ChatGPT, and paste one line of setup. We show you exactly what to copy.
- 03
Ask it to do things
"Find a supplier and get me quotes." Your assistant creates an email address for the job and handles the replies.
Setting this up for someone else? The setup guide walks through every step.
Features
What an email API for AI agents can do
Everything it needs to handle email on its own, while you keep an eye on it.
A fresh address for every job
Your assistant can create a new email address for each task, customer or sign-up, and remove it when the job is done.
Waits for replies
It waits for the answer to arrive and picks up where it left off, so you don't have to keep checking your inbox.
Reads codes and links
Verification codes and confirmation links are picked out automatically, so sign-ups just work.
One address, many sign-ups
Variations like you+shop@ all arrive in the same inbox, so one address can sign up for many services.
Keeps your other tools informed
Your own apps can be told the moment a new email arrives or one is sent.
A familiar inbox for you
See every email your assistant sends and receives in a normal inbox, and step in whenever you like.
Human in the loop
Your assistant writes. You decide what gets sent.
For anything important, your assistant can write the email and leave it for you to check first.
- Your assistant saves its reply as a draft instead of sending it.
- The draft appears in your inbox, marked as written by your assistant, right in the conversation.
- Read it, change anything you like, and press Send. Or let it send on its own once you trust it.
- To
- dana@customer.example
- Subject
- Re: Refund for order 1042
Hi Dana, I've issued the refund of $38.00. It should appear on your card within 3 to 5 business days. Anything else I can help with?
For product teams
Test sign-up and password-reset emails with real inboxes
Welcome emails, password resets and sign-in links often break without anyone noticing. Your assistant can go through each one like a real customer and tell you what's wrong.
- Test like a real customerEvery test gets a brand-new address, so results never get mixed up.
- Sign-in codes and linksCodes and links are read automatically, so the test can finish the whole sign-up.
- Check what you sendSpot broken links, wrong names or missing attachments in the emails your app sends.
- Every time you releaseYour developers can run the same checks automatically with every new version.
- Created a test address: test-4821@mailforbots.com
- Signed up on your website with it
- The confirmation email arrived after 3 seconds
- Found the code 482913 and the confirmation link
- Opened the link, and the new account works
Sign-up and email confirmation work.
Safe by default
Safe email for AI agents: separate inboxes, your own stays private
Giving an AI assistant the password to your personal email is risky. Mail for Bots gives it separate addresses with limits you set.
- Separate inboxes. Your assistant only sees the addresses you give it.
- Sending limits. Daily limits stop one mistake from turning into hundreds of emails.
- Safe to open. Incoming emails are cleaned of anything harmful, and senders can't track when they're read.
- Nothing hidden. Every email is in your inbox, so you can always see what your assistant did.
For developers
An email API and MCP server for AI agents
Mail for Bots works through MCP, the standard way AI apps connect to tools, with 25 email tools. There's also a REST API and webhooks for your own code. Read the docs.
Guides
Guides and comparisons for AI agent email
- Email for AI agents: what it is and why agents need it
- The hosted MCP email server for Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor
- Let an AI agent sign up and read the verification email
- Test password-reset emails in CI
- Require human approval before an agent sends email
- What is an agent inbox?
- Give a LangChain agent an email inbox
- Mail for Bots vs AgentMail
- A Mailosaur alternative for AI-era testing
Pricing
Free email inboxes for AI agents, Pro for custom domains
Free gives your assistant 3 email addresses and 50 emails a day. Pro is $20 a month for 100 addresses, 5,000 emails a day and your own domain.
FAQ
Email for AI agents: common questions
What is an MCP email server?
It is a server that lets AI apps such as Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and Cursor use email through MCP, the common standard for connecting AI apps to tools. Mail for Bots hosts one with 25 email tools, so there is nothing for you to run. See the MCP email server.
What is Mail for Bots?
It gives your AI assistant its own email addresses, separate from yours. Your assistant can sign up for services, receive confirmation codes, and email people back and forth. You see everything in a regular inbox. Read about email for AI agents.
How is Mail for Bots different from Gmail for my agent?
Mail for Bots gives your agent separate addresses with sending limits you set, so it never gets into your own inbox. Everything it sends and receives is visible to you, and drafts can wait for your approval. Compare Gmail MCP with a dedicated agent inbox.
Which AI apps does it work with?
Claude, ChatGPT (through Codex), Gemini, Grok, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Hermes, OpenClaw and other apps that support MCP. Setup is one copy and paste. Follow the quickstart.
Can my assistant sign up for websites?
Yes. It signs up with one of its addresses, waits for the confirmation email, and reads the code or link from it automatically. What is an agent inbox?.
Is it free?
Yes, there is a free plan with 3 email addresses and 50 emails a day, and it does not need a credit card. Pro is $20 a month for 100 addresses, 5000 emails a day and your own domain. See pricing.
Give your assistant an inbox.
It takes about a minute to set up, and the free plan doesn't need a credit card.