{ "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-10", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.4", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run" }, "tool": { "slug": "omnisend", "name": "Omnisend", "vendor": "Omnisend, UAB", "vendorUrl": "https://www.omnisend.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "lifecycle-marketing", "summary": "Omnisend is an email, SMS and push marketing platform for online shops. Agents reach contacts, events, segments, campaigns, automations and forms through a REST API with dated versions and an official hosted MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/omnisend", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/omnisend.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/omnisend.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/omnisend.json", "license": "Proprietary service under Omnisend's Terms of Use", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.omnisend.com/api", "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Access is self-serve with an API key. A user creates a named key in the app under API keys, copies it once, and sends it as `Authorization: Omnisend-API-Key \u003ckey\u003e` with `Omnisend-Version: 2026-03-15`. OAuth 2.0 with the authorisation code grant and per-resource scopes is for apps, and credentials are issued through a request form in one to three business days. The hosted MCP server takes OAuth with dynamic client registration, needs the Owner, Admin, Manager or Partner role, and asks for an access level on the consent screen. Whether an API key can be limited to scopes was not found in the pages read.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free plan with 250 contacts and 500 emails a month, no credit card required, so an agent's owner can start without a contract. Paid plans scale with contacts through a slider. At the page's defaults Standard (500 contacts, 6,000 emails a month) shows $11.20 a month for the first three months against a three-month total of $48.00, and Pro (2,500 contacts, unlimited emails) $41.30 against $177.00. SMS starts at $0.007 a message. API calls aren't metered, and the page lists Omnisend MCP under every plan (https://www.omnisend.com/pricing/, checked 2026-10-09).", "priceSummary": "$16 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API documentation or the pricing page. The 402 response on the send campaign endpoint is an ordinary plan payment error (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 4, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://api-docs.omnisend.com/", "llmsTxt": "https://api-docs.omnisend.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "marketing.profiles", "marketing.events", "marketing.segments", "marketing.campaigns", "marketing.journeys", "email.templates", "forms.create" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "mcp", "closed-source", "oauth", "llms-txt", "free-tier", "no-card", "status-page", "bug-bounty" ], "lastRelease": "2026-07-10", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 64.9, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 334, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 4, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 79, "maintenance": 29, "payments": 30, "reliability": 81, "schema": 79, "security": 57, "transparency": 77 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "breakdown": [ { "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16, "effectiveWeight": 20, "score": 81, "points": 16.2, "reason": "Graded on the REST API at api.omnisend.com, with the hosted MCP server where a line names MCP. Statuspage at status.omnisend.com with an API component and incident history (20). The history feed's newest incident is 26 May 2026, so the 90 days to 9 October 2026 are clean (30). Rate limits published per endpoint, 400 requests a minute per brand by default and down to 10 a minute and 55 a day for analytics reports (15). A 429 returns a problem document, and some endpoints add `retryAfter` in seconds. No `Retry-After` header, backoff guidance or idempotency keys were found. `POST /contacts` upserts on the email identifier and only a draft campaign can be sent, so a repeated send returns 409 (8). No SLA found, and the terms say scheduled or unscheduled downtime may occur (0). Version 2026-03-15 is the current version, but the Campaigns API definition is labelled `2026-preview` and the changelog announced the Forms API as beta on 24 April 2026, so 8 of 10." }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "weight": 10, "effectiveWeight": 0, "pending": true, "points": 0, "reason": "Pending. Latency is measured per call by our probes, which haven't run yet, so this run doesn't score it. Its weight is shared across the assessed categories until the first probe window closes." }, { "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13, "effectiveWeight": 16.25, "score": 79, "points": 12.84, "reason": "Every operation page is served as Markdown with its OpenAPI 3.0.0 definition, security schemes and scopes. No single downloadable OpenAPI file was linked from the pages read, and a Postman collection is linked instead, so 22 of 25. api-docs.omnisend.com/llms.txt indexes the guides and all 104 operation pages as Markdown (10). Descriptions state the purpose, scopes, rate limit and state rules, such as that only a draft campaign can be sent and a sent one must be copied. Few say when not to use an endpoint (15). The two definitions read in full use required fields, enums and typed parameters. The rest were read only as index lines (11). Each operation lists its own 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 409, 410, 429 and 500 responses with schemas and examples (13). Dated versions in a header and migration guides from versions 3 and 5, but no API changelog. API changes appear only now and then in the product changelog (8)." }, { "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13, "effectiveWeight": 16.25, "score": 79, "points": 12.84, "reason": "The MCP server lists four tools in front of the 105 operations its docs table names, with `search`, `tool_schema` and `tool_documentation` loaded on demand. We couldn't read the tool definitions without an account, and no field selection was found on the REST API (22 of 25). Cursor pagination with `limit` up to 250, `sort`, `direction` and filters on list endpoints (20). RFC 9457 errors with field-level codes, every validation failure returned at once and a trace ID (20). No idempotency keys. Contact creation upserts on email, a campaign can be sent only from draft, and the MCP docs mark 47 of 105 operations read-only in a table, while the v2 server splits read, create, update and delete into separate tools. Tool annotations were not read (10). List defaults are sensible and two headers are required on every call. No official SDK was found (7)." }, { "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14, "effectiveWeight": 17.5, "score": 57, "points": 9.98, "reason": "API keys are named, shown once and sent in a header. OAuth uses the authorisation code grant with per-resource read and write scopes, but credentials need a request form, no PKCE is documented and the token in the docs never expires unless revoked. The MCP server uses OAuth with dynamic client registration. Whether an API key can be scoped or rotated was not found (22). The MCP consent screen sets an access level with a read-only preset, and scopes split read from write. No approval or confirmation step before a campaign send was found, and the terms put approval of each agent action on the customer (13). The MCP docs warn against enabling two brand connectors in one chat and advise read-only access. No guidance on untrusted content in contact or form data was found (4). The app records API errors under API Issues. No log of successful calls or audit log endpoint was found (6). security.txt names a contact and a bug bounty policy whose scope includes api.omnisend.com, and the DPA states annual third-party penetration tests. No SOC 2 or ISO 27001 statement was found on the pages read (12)." }, { "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10, "effectiveWeight": 12.5, "score": 30, "points": 3.75, "reason": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API documentation or the pricing page. The 402 on the send campaign endpoint is a plan payment error (0). Plan prices are public and scale with contacts through a slider, with Standard at 500 contacts and Pro at 2,500 contacts shown at a three-month discount. Nothing is priced per API call (10). The Free plan has 250 contacts and 500 emails a month, and the page says no credit card is required (20). A person has to sign up in a browser and create a key or approve OAuth (0)." }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "weight": 10, "effectiveWeight": 0, "pending": true, "points": 0, "reason": "Pending. Task success needs the category task suites run through each tool, which haven't run yet, so this run doesn't score it. Its weight is shared across the assessed categories until then. A data provider's data-quality score is published on its listing now and becomes half of this category when it's scored." }, { "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7, "effectiveWeight": 8.75, "score": 29, "points": 2.54, "reason": "The newest dated change to the agent surface is the 1 September 2026 revision stamp on the two MCP reference pages, 38 days before this check. The newest product changelog entry that names the API or MCP is 10 July 2026 (20 of 30). The product changelog has about 20 dated entries since 11 July 2026, none naming the API or MCP, and docs pages were revised on 5 August, 26 August and 1 September, which does not meet the line of three dated entries for the API or MCP (0 of 20). A public changelog with a roadmap tab, a support address in the docs and live chat and email support on every plan per the pricing page. No developer forum was found and we saw no reply times (9 of 15). No official SDK was found, and a search of the official MCP registry for Omnisend returned no server (0 of 15). No package to assess (0 of 10)." }, { "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7, "effectiveWeight": 8.75, "score": 77, "points": 6.74, "note": "editorial 58, provenance 95", "reason": "Closed service with published Terms of Use, updated 30 April 2026, that include a section on AI agents, MCP and the API (15). The DPA of 22 September 2025 commits to deleting or returning customer personal data at the end of the service at the customer's choice, with no fixed period, and bars selling it. The privacy policy keeps account data while the account exists and transactional records for at least seven years. The terms mention third-party AI providers without naming them, and no statement on model training with customer data was found (20). The docs give migration guides from versions 3 and 5 and a 410 response for a retired version, but no retirement dates or written deprecation policy. The terms promise 30 days' notice of material changes and also allow an agent connection to be ended at any time (8). DPA Annex III names 17 sub-processors with country and purpose and gives 10 days' notice of changes. Hosting is on Google Cloud Platform, with no data region stated (15)." } ], "assessment": { "date": "2026-10-09", "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "notes": { "ergonomics": "The MCP server lists four tools in front of the 105 operations its docs table names, with `search`, `tool_schema` and `tool_documentation` loaded on demand. We couldn't read the tool definitions without an account, and no field selection was found on the REST API (22 of 25). Cursor pagination with `limit` up to 250, `sort`, `direction` and filters on list endpoints (20). RFC 9457 errors with field-level codes, every validation failure returned at once and a trace ID (20). No idempotency keys. Contact creation upserts on email, a campaign can be sent only from draft, and the MCP docs mark 47 of 105 operations read-only in a table, while the v2 server splits read, create, update and delete into separate tools. Tool annotations were not read (10). List defaults are sensible and two headers are required on every call. No official SDK was found (7).", "maintenance": "The newest dated change to the agent surface is the 1 September 2026 revision stamp on the two MCP reference pages, 38 days before this check. The newest product changelog entry that names the API or MCP is 10 July 2026 (20 of 30). The product changelog has about 20 dated entries since 11 July 2026, none naming the API or MCP, and docs pages were revised on 5 August, 26 August and 1 September, which does not meet the line of three dated entries for the API or MCP (0 of 20). A public changelog with a roadmap tab, a support address in the docs and live chat and email support on every plan per the pricing page. No developer forum was found and we saw no reply times (9 of 15). No official SDK was found, and a search of the official MCP registry for Omnisend returned no server (0 of 15). No package to assess (0 of 10).", "payments": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API documentation or the pricing page. The 402 on the send campaign endpoint is a plan payment error (0). Plan prices are public and scale with contacts through a slider, with Standard at 500 contacts and Pro at 2,500 contacts shown at a three-month discount. Nothing is priced per API call (10). The Free plan has 250 contacts and 500 emails a month, and the page says no credit card is required (20). A person has to sign up in a browser and create a key or approve OAuth (0).", "reliability": "Graded on the REST API at api.omnisend.com, with the hosted MCP server where a line names MCP. Statuspage at status.omnisend.com with an API component and incident history (20). The history feed's newest incident is 26 May 2026, so the 90 days to 9 October 2026 are clean (30). Rate limits published per endpoint, 400 requests a minute per brand by default and down to 10 a minute and 55 a day for analytics reports (15). A 429 returns a problem document, and some endpoints add `retryAfter` in seconds. No `Retry-After` header, backoff guidance or idempotency keys were found. `POST /contacts` upserts on the email identifier and only a draft campaign can be sent, so a repeated send returns 409 (8). No SLA found, and the terms say scheduled or unscheduled downtime may occur (0). Version 2026-03-15 is the current version, but the Campaigns API definition is labelled `2026-preview` and the changelog announced the Forms API as beta on 24 April 2026, so 8 of 10.", "schema": "Every operation page is served as Markdown with its OpenAPI 3.0.0 definition, security schemes and scopes. No single downloadable OpenAPI file was linked from the pages read, and a Postman collection is linked instead, so 22 of 25. api-docs.omnisend.com/llms.txt indexes the guides and all 104 operation pages as Markdown (10). Descriptions state the purpose, scopes, rate limit and state rules, such as that only a draft campaign can be sent and a sent one must be copied. Few say when not to use an endpoint (15). The two definitions read in full use required fields, enums and typed parameters. The rest were read only as index lines (11). Each operation lists its own 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 409, 410, 429 and 500 responses with schemas and examples (13). Dated versions in a header and migration guides from versions 3 and 5, but no API changelog. API changes appear only now and then in the product changelog (8).", "security": "API keys are named, shown once and sent in a header. OAuth uses the authorisation code grant with per-resource read and write scopes, but credentials need a request form, no PKCE is documented and the token in the docs never expires unless revoked. The MCP server uses OAuth with dynamic client registration. Whether an API key can be scoped or rotated was not found (22). The MCP consent screen sets an access level with a read-only preset, and scopes split read from write. No approval or confirmation step before a campaign send was found, and the terms put approval of each agent action on the customer (13). The MCP docs warn against enabling two brand connectors in one chat and advise read-only access. No guidance on untrusted content in contact or form data was found (4). The app records API errors under API Issues. No log of successful calls or audit log endpoint was found (6). security.txt names a contact and a bug bounty policy whose scope includes api.omnisend.com, and the DPA states annual third-party penetration tests. No SOC 2 or ISO 27001 statement was found on the pages read (12).", "transparency": "Closed service with published Terms of Use, updated 30 April 2026, that include a section on AI agents, MCP and the API (15). The DPA of 22 September 2025 commits to deleting or returning customer personal data at the end of the service at the customer's choice, with no fixed period, and bars selling it. The privacy policy keeps account data while the account exists and transactional records for at least seven years. The terms mention third-party AI providers without naming them, and no statement on model training with customer data was found (20). The docs give migration guides from versions 3 and 5 and a 410 response for a retired version, but no retirement dates or written deprecation policy. The terms promise 30 days' notice of material changes and also allow an agent connection to be ended at any time (8). DPA Annex III names 17 sub-processors with country and purpose and gives 10 days' notice of changes. Hosting is on Google Cloud Platform, with no data region stated (15)." }, "sources": [ { "what": "API docs index (llms.txt)", "url": "https://api-docs.omnisend.com/llms.txt", "seen": "2026-10-09" }, { "what": "API overview, version 2026-03-15", "url": "https://api-docs.omnisend.com/reference/overview", "seen": "2026-10-09" }, { "what": "getting started", "url": "https://api-docs.omnisend.com/reference/getting-started", "seen": "2026-10-09" }, { "what": "authentication", "url": "https://api-docs.omnisend.com/reference/authentication", "seen": "2026-10-09" }, { "what": "OAuth", "url": "https://api-docs.omnisend.com/reference/oauth", "seen": "2026-10-09" }, { "what": "rate limits, timeouts and errors", "url": "https://api-docs.omnisend.com/reference/rate-limit-timeouts-errors", "seen": "2026-10-09" }, { "what": "pagination", "url": "https://api-docs.omnisend.com/reference/pagination", "seen": "2026-10-09" }, { "what": "responses and error format", "url": "https://api-docs.omnisend.com/reference/responses", "seen": "2026-10-09" }, { "what": "MCP server", "url": "https://api-docs.omnisend.com/reference/mcp-server", "seen": "2026-10-09" }, { "what": "MCP server v2", "url": "https://api-docs.omnisend.com/reference/mcp-server-v2", "seen": "2026-10-09" }, { "what": "send campaign operation, read as the Markdown page with its OpenAPI definition", "url": "https://api-docs.omnisend.com/reference/post_campaigns-id-send.md", "seen": "2026-10-09" }, { "what": "send customer event operation, read as the Markdown page with its OpenAPI definition", "url": "https://api-docs.omnisend.com/reference/post_events.md", "seen": "2026-10-09" }, { "what": "migration guide from version 5", "url": "https://api-docs.omnisend.com/docs/migrate-from-v5-to-v2026-03-15", "seen": "2026-10-09" }, { "what": "MCP endpoint, one unauthenticated initialize request (401)", "url": "https://mcp.omnisend.com/mcp", "seen": "2026-10-09" }, { "what": "pricing", "url": "https://www.omnisend.com/pricing/", "seen": "2026-10-09" }, { "what": "Terms of Use", "url": "https://www.omnisend.com/terms/", "seen": "2026-10-09" }, { "what": "Privacy Policy", "url": "https://www.omnisend.com/privacy/", "seen": "2026-10-09" }, { "what": "Data Processing Agreement with security annex and sub-processors", "url": "https://www.omnisend.com/data-processing-agreement/", "seen": "2026-10-09" }, { "what": "product changelog", "url": "https://www.omnisend.com/changelog/", "seen": "2026-10-09" }, { "what": "MCP product page", "url": "https://www.omnisend.com/ai/mcp/", "seen": "2026-10-09" }, { "what": "bug bounty programme", "url": "https://www.omnisend.com/bug-bounty/", "seen": "2026-10-09" }, { "what": "security.txt", "url": "https://www.omnisend.com/.well-known/security.txt", "seen": "2026-10-09" }, { "what": "status page", "url": "https://status.omnisend.com/", "seen": "2026-10-09" }, { "what": "status history feed", "url": "https://status.omnisend.com/history.atom", "seen": "2026-10-09" }, { "what": "official MCP registry search (no result)", "url": "https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?search=omnisend", "seen": "2026-10-09" }, { "what": "RDAP for omnisend.com", "url": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/omnisend.com", "seen": "2026-10-09" } ], "openQuestions": [ "unchecked: the MCP tool definitions, input schemas and readOnlyHint or destructiveHint annotations. One unauthenticated `initialize` answered 401 and nothing further was sent", "unchecked: whether an API key can be limited to scopes, rotated or deleted. The help centre article on API keys isn't linked directly from the pages read", "unchecked: all but two of the 104 operation pages beyond their index lines, the guides, the version 3 migration guides and the app development guide. We kept to about fifteen pages on the docs host", "unchecked: whether the Free plan includes API access. The pricing page lists Omnisend MCP under every plan and doesn't mention the API by plan", "unchecked: paid prices at other contact counts, which sit behind a slider. The $16 and $59 monthly figures are derived from the three-month totals shown at the page's defaults", "unchecked: the Acceptable Use Policy, the Partner Terms and the legal archive page, which were not read", "unchecked: any SOC 2 or ISO 27001 report. None is named on the terms, privacy policy, DPA or bug bounty pages, and no trust centre is linked from them", "unchecked: security incidents reported outside Omnisend's own status page in the last 12 months", "Maintenance recency rests on the 1 September 2026 revision stamp of the MCP reference pages. A strict reading of the product changelog, whose last entry naming the API or MCP is 10 July 2026 (91 days), gives 10 of 30 on that line", "The Terms of Use (section 8) bar introducing automated agents or scripts that generate automated requests without written permission, and bar performing or publishing benchmark tests. Section 11.6 separately allows AI agent connections through MCP and the API. No deduction, and it matters before any probe is run", "The lead was right on the vendor, docs host and current version. It did not mention the hosted MCP server, which the docs and pricing page describe", "lastRelease is the last product changelog entry that names the MCP server (10 July 2026). The product changelog's newest entry of any kind is 24 September 2026", "robots.txt answers on the day. www.omnisend.com, api-docs.omnisend.com, status.omnisend.com and mcp.omnisend.com answered 200 (the status host disallows `/api/`, so the Atom feed was read instead). rdap.verisign.com answered 400 and registry.modelcontextprotocol.io 404" ] }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "The API documents 104 operations with per-operation OpenAPI definitions, cursor pagination, RFC 9457 errors and published rate limits, and the hosted MCP server fronts them with four tools and a read-only consent preset. No approval hold before a campaign send, no idempotency keys, no SLA and no official SDK were found in the reviewed documentation.", "bestFor": "Online shops already on Omnisend that want an agent to read campaign results, manage contacts and segments, and draft campaigns or automations.", "strengths": [ "Each of the 104 documented operations has a Markdown page with its OpenAPI 3.0 definition, required scopes and rate limit, indexed in `llms.txt`", "The hosted MCP server lists four tools (`search`, `tool_schema`, `tool_documentation`, `execute`) in front of the whole API, with a read-only preset on the OAuth consent screen", "Errors follow RFC 9457 with a field-level `errors` array that reports every validation failure at once, plus a trace ID in `instance`", "Rate limits are published per endpoint, 400 requests a minute by default on a sliding window per brand", "The Free plan has 250 contacts and 500 emails a month, and the pricing page says no credit card is required", "The status page has an API component and its history feed shows no incident between 27 May and 9 October 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "No approval or hold step before `POST /campaigns/{id}/send` was found. The terms make the customer responsible for approving each action an AI agent takes", "No idempotency keys were found. Event `eventID` deduplicates historical events only, not real-time events that trigger automations", "OAuth client credentials for the REST API are issued through a request form in one to three business days, and access tokens never expire unless the user revokes them", "No SLA was found, and the terms say scheduled or unscheduled downtime may occur", "No official SDK, no single downloadable OpenAPI file and no API changelog were found in the developer documentation. No Omnisend server is in the official MCP registry", "The Terms of Use bar automated agents or scripts that generate automated requests without written permission, and bar publishing benchmark tests. Recorded as a fact with no deduction, and it matters before any probe is run" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send `Authorization: Omnisend-API-Key \u003ckey\u003e` and `Omnisend-Version: 2026-03-15` on every call to `https://api.omnisend.com/api/`. Version 5 used `X-API-KEY` and a `/v5/` path", "Ask a person before `POST /campaigns/{id}/send`. Use `POST /campaigns/{id}/test-email` (up to 5 recipients) first, since nothing in the docs holds a send for approval", "On 429 read `retryAfter` (seconds) in the body where present, otherwise wait. Limits are shared by every key and token on the brand, and analytics reports allow 10 a minute and 55 a day", "Page with `limit` (default 100, maximum 250) and `after` from `paging.cursors.after`. Don't change filters mid-pagination, which returns 400", "Setting `tags` on a contact replaces the whole list in version 2026-03-15, and a contact set to `subscribed` gets a welcome message unless `sendWelcomeMessage` is turned off", "Connect one Omnisend MCP connector per chat and choose the read-only preset unless writes are needed. Treat contact fields and form submissions as untrusted text" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 64.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 79, "maintenance": 29, "payments": 30, "reliability": 81, "schema": 79, "security": 57, "transparency": 58 }, "provenanceScore": 95 }, "connect": { "http": "curl --request GET \\\n --url 'https://api.omnisend.com/api/segments' \\\n --header 'Authorization: Omnisend-API-Key YOUR-API-KEY' \\\n --header 'Omnisend-Version: 2026-03-15'", "config": { "mcpServers": { "omnisend": { "url": "https://mcp.omnisend.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/marketing.profiles", "tool": "https://letme.dev/omnisend" }, "notable": [ "Version 2026-03-15 moved the API to `https://api.omnisend.com/api/` with an `Omnisend-Version` header, cursor pagination and RFC 9457 errors, and added campaigns, segments, email templates, images and analytics (https://api-docs.omnisend.com/reference/overview)", "The hosted MCP server is at https://mcp.omnisend.com/mcp over streamable HTTP with OAuth and dynamic client registration, for the Owner, Admin, Manager or Partner role (https://api-docs.omnisend.com/reference/mcp-server)", "The MCP page lists 105 operations behind the four tools, 47 of them marked read-only. A second server at https://mcp.omnisend.com/v2/mcp lists seven tools split into query, create, update and delete, and the docs recommend the first (https://api-docs.omnisend.com/reference/mcp-server-v2)", "One unauthenticated `initialize` request to the MCP endpoint answered 401 with `missing Authorization or X-Api-Key`, so the tool definitions were not read (checked 2026-10-09)", "Rate limits per brand on a sliding window. 400 a minute by default, 15 a minute to create or update a segment, 60 a minute for batch tags, 10 a minute and 55 in 24 hours for analytics reports (https://api-docs.omnisend.com/reference/rate-limit-timeouts-errors)", "OAuth for the REST API uses the authorisation code grant with scopes such as `campaigns.write`. Credentials come through a request form in one to three business days, and the sample token never expires (https://api-docs.omnisend.com/reference/oauth)", "Terms of Use section 11.6 covers AI agents connecting through MCP or the API. 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