Resend MCP Server for Claude

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Resend MCP Server is Resend's official Model Context Protocol server for connecting AI clients to Resend email infrastructure. It lets Claude and other MCP-capable tools send email, inspect received messages, manage contacts, create and schedule broadcasts, configure domains, manage segments and topics, handle contact properties, work with API keys, and manage webhooks through a single MCP integration.

The Resend docs describe two supported transport modes:

• Stdio transport, launched locally with npx -y resend-mcp.
• Streamable HTTP transport, started locally with npx -y resend-mcp --http and exposed at /mcp.

Start with stdio transport and a narrow Resend API key for local assistant workflows. Use HTTP mode only when you have reviewed how clients will pass Bearer tokens, where the local server listens, and who can reach it.

Source Review

• https://resend.com/docs/mcp-server
• https://resend.com/changelog/mcp
• https://github.com/resend/resend-mcp
• https://www.npmjs.com/package/resend-mcp

These sources were reviewed on 2026-06-04. Prefer the live Resend docs and official repository over model memory for supported clients, transport modes, tool coverage, package commands, environment variables, HTTP headers, and local development instructions.

Features

• Official Resend MCP server published by Resend.
• Local stdio transport using npx -y resend-mcp.
• Streamable HTTP mode using npx -y resend-mcp --http --port 3000.
• Streamable HTTP endpoint exposed at /mcp on the configured local port in documented HTTP mode.
• Stdio support for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Claude Desktop, Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Windsurf, Devin, and other MCP clients.
• Email tools for sending, listing, retrieving, cancelling, updating, and batch sending messages.
• Email support for HTML, plain text, attachments, CC, BCC, reply-to, scheduling, tags, and topic-based sending.
• Received email tools for listing and reading inbound email and downloading received email attachments.
• Contact, segment, topic, and contact-property tools for audience management.
• Broadcast tools for creating, sending, scheduling, listing, updating, and removing campaigns.
• Domain tools for creating, listing, verifying, updating, and removing sender domains, plus tracking and TLS configuration.
• API-key and webhook tools for managing integration credentials and event notifications when the configured Resend key allows it.

Use Cases

• Draft and send transactional emails from a controlled sender after a human approves recipients, subject, body, and attachments.
• Ask Claude to inspect delivery state or retrieve a known sent email by ID during support triage.
• Process inbound support or notification emails in a limited mailbox workflow.
• Create a draft broadcast campaign from approved copy and wait for human review before sending or scheduling.
• Update contacts, segments, or topics for a tightly scoped audience operation.
• Verify a domain or review sending-domain configuration before a launch.
• Create or update Resend webhooks after a human confirms the target endpoint, events, and signing/verification plan.

Installation

Claude Code

Create a Resend API key with the minimum permissions needed, then add the MCP server with stdio transport:

claude mcp add resend -e RESEND_API_KEY=re_xxxxxxxxx -- npx -y resend-mcp

Optionally provide a default sender from a verified domain:

claude mcp add resend -e RESEND_API_KEY=re_xxxxxxxxx -e SENDER_EMAIL_ADDRESS=updates@example.com -- npx -y resend-mcp

Confirm the server is available before asking Claude to send anything:

claude mcp list

Codex

Add the stdio server with an environment variable:

codex mcp add resend \
  --env RESEND_API_KEY=re_xxxxxxxxx \
  -- npx -y resend-mcp

Claude Desktop or Cursor

Use the documented local stdio shape:

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

Streamable HTTP

Start the local HTTP server:

npx -y resend-mcp --http --port 3000

Connect a supported client to the local /mcp endpoint with a Bearer token using that client's configuration UI. Only expose this local HTTP endpoint to trusted clients. Do not bind it to a public interface or tunnel it without a security review.

Configuration

Basic stdio config:

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

With default sender and reply-to values:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "resend": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "resend-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "RESEND_API_KEY": "re_xxxxxxxxx",
        "SENDER_EMAIL_ADDRESS": "updates@example.com",
        "REPLY_TO_EMAIL_ADDRESSES": "support@example.com"
      }
    }
  }
}

The docs also list command-line options:

• --key for stdio API key configuration.
• --sender for a default sender address.
• --reply-to for default reply-to addresses.
• --http to use Streamable HTTP transport.
• --port for the HTTP port.

Security And Privacy Review

• Start with a narrowly scoped Resend API key and rotate it if it appears in a prompt, shell history, screenshot, transcript, or repository file.
• Prefer a verified subdomain for agent-driven workflows so deliverability and reputation are isolated from primary mail domains.
• Require draft-first workflows for real recipients. The assistant should show recipients, subject, body, sender, reply-to, tags, schedule, and attachments before any send call.
• Treat broadcasts, contact updates, segment changes, topic changes, domain changes, API-key changes, and webhook changes as production configuration writes.
• Never let the assistant attach arbitrary local files. Review attachment paths, URLs, sizes, MIME types, and customer data before sending.
• Keep unsubscribe, topic, audience, and suppression data consistent with the product's email policy and consent records.
• Do not combine Resend MCP with broad Slack, database, filesystem, browser, or ticketing MCP access unless the data flow from source system to outbound email has been reviewed.

Troubleshooting

• Authentication fails: confirm the API key is valid, not revoked, and available to the launched process as RESEND_API_KEY or to HTTP clients as a Bearer token.
• Sender is rejected: verify the sending domain or subdomain in Resend and confirm the from address matches that domain.
• Email reaches the wrong recipient: stop the workflow, rotate any exposed test data, and require explicit recipient review before retrying.
• HTTP client cannot connect: verify resend-mcp --http is running, listening on the expected port, and that the client URL ends in /mcp.
• Attachment sends unexpected data: disable attachment use for the workflow, review the file path or URL, and re-run with synthetic files first.
• Broadcast or contact tools are too broad: use a narrower API key, remove unnecessary tools from the workflow, and require human approval for audience mutations.

Duplicate Check

• No existing upstream content file uses the resend-mcp-server slug, resend-mcp package name, Resend MCP documentation URL, Resend MCP changelog URL, or resend/resend-mcp repository URL.
• Existing Resend mentions are incidental references in broader Supabase, zero-budget SaaS, and Authsome content. They remain distinct because this entry covers Resend's official MCP server, transports, package, tool groups, setup commands, and email-specific safety/privacy review.

Editorial Disclosure

Resend is a commercial email platform, but this listing is not sponsored, paid, affiliate-backed, or submitted by Resend. Use Resend's current docs, package metadata, account permissions, API-key scopes, deliverability rules, and email policy as the source of truth before connecting real email workflows to any AI client.

• Source repositorygithub.com 2026-07-19T11:20:19-07:00
• Documentationresend.com
• Websiteresend.com
• Submitted by oktofeesh12026-06-04