Resend Features
- •Send emails directly from Cursor or Claude Desktop
- •Support for HTML email content
- •Configurable sender email address
- •Multiple reply-to addresses support
- •Direct integration with Resend API
- •Natural language interface for email composition
Resend Setup & Configuration
Requirements
- •Node.js
- •Resend API key
- •Authorized sender domain or email in Resend
- •Cursor IDE or Claude Desktop
Installation Instructions
# Local Build
git clone https://github.com/resend/mcp-send-email.git
cd mcp-send-email
npm install
npm run build
# Configure Sender Email
Edit index.ts and replace the default email with your authorized sender emailConfiguration
# Cursor Settings (MCP Server Configuration)
Name = resend
Type = command
Command: node ABSOLUTE_PATH_TO_MCP_SERVER/build/index.js --key=YOUR_RESEND_API_KEY --sender=OPTIONAL_SENDER_EMAIL_ADDRESS --reply-to=OPTIONAL_REPLY_TO_EMAIL_ADDRESS
# Claude Desktop Configuration
{
"mcpServers": {
"resend": {
"command": "node",
"args": ["ABSOLUTE_PATH_TO_MCP_SERVER/build/index.js"],
"env": {
"RESEND_API_KEY": "your_api_key",
"SENDER_EMAIL_ADDRESS": "optional_sender_email",
"REPLY_TO_EMAIL_ADDRESSES": "optional_reply_to_emails_comma_delimited"
}
}
}
}Resend Available Tools
- •
send_email
Resend Required Inputs
RESEND_API_KEY
- Type
- string
- Description
- Your Resend API key for authentication
- Required
- Yes
SENDER_EMAIL_ADDRESS
- Type
- string
- Description
- Authorized sender email address
- Required
- No
REPLY_TO_EMAIL_ADDRESSES
- Type
- string
- Description
- Comma-separated list of reply-to email addresses
- Required
- No
to
- Type
- string
- Description
- Recipient email address
- Required
- Yes
subject
- Type
- string
- Description
- Email subject line
- Required
- Yes
html
- Type
- string
- Description
- HTML content of the email
- Required
- Yes
Resend Use Cases
- •Automated email sending from AI conversations
- •Quick email composition and sending without context switching
- •Sending formatted HTML emails
- •Business communication automation
- •Email workflow integration
- •Newsletter distribution
- •Automated notifications and alerts
Frequently Asked Questions
This is a simple MCP server that sends emails using Resend's API. Why? Now you can let Cursor or Claude Desktop compose emails for you and send it right away without having to copy and paste the email content.
Node.js, Resend API key, Authorized sender domain or email in Resend, Cursor IDE or Claude DesktopView detailed requirements
Follow the installation instructions in the setup section above.View installation guide
Resend MCP provides the following tools:
- •
send_email
