Give Your Claude an Email Mailbox

<p>Claude can operate a real mailbox with three tool definitions and about forty lines of glue code.<br /> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight

<p>If your app needs to send a welcome email, a password reset link, or an order confirmation, you don't need to stand up a mail server. You need one HTTP call.</p> <p>This

<p>Most teams test email by <em>not</em> testing it. The send path gets a mock — <code>expect(transport.send).toHaveBeenCalledWith(...)</code> — and everyone agrees that's "good

<p>Most "AI email agent" demos end with a triumphant <code>send</code>. The model writes a reply, the code POSTs it, and a real message lands in a real stranger's inbox. That's a

<p>Most "AI for property management" pitches start with a model that reads a leasing manager's inbox and "helps them keep up." That's fine until you realize the bottleneck isn't

<p>Most "AI email" demos point a model at a human's inbox over OAuth. That's fine until you want the agent to <em>be</em> a participant — to have its own address that people reply