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      "slug": "inbound",
      "name": "Inbound",
      "vendor": "Exon Enterprise LLC",
      "vendorUrl": "https://inbound.new",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "agent-inboxes",
      "summary": "Inbound is an email API from Exon Enterprise LLC for sending, receiving and replying on a customer's own domains. Agents use its REST API, webhooks, scoped IMAP and SMTP mailboxes, a hosted MCP server and the `inboundctl` CLI.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/inbound",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/inbound.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/inbound.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/inbound.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/inboundemail/inbound",
      "license": "MIT for the platform repository. The TypeScript SDK, `inboundctl` and the MCP server are Apache-2.0",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://inbound.new/api/e2",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "inboundemail"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "inboundctl"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "A person signs up at inbound.new in a browser and creates an account API key, sent as a Bearer token to `https://inbound.new/api/e2`. The key covers the whole account. The MCP server at `https://inbound.new/mcp` takes OAuth (PKCE, dynamic client registration, scope `inbound:account`, also whole account), the account key, or a mailbox password. A mailbox password (prefix `mail_`) is limited to its address or domain scopes and sender policy, and also works for IMAP and SMTP. `inboundctl login` uses a browser device flow.",
      "pricing": "paid",
      "pricingNotes": "No free plan or trial on the pricing page, and no sandbox. Default is $9 a month for 5,000 emails, Pro $15 for 50,000 emails and 50 domains, Growth $39 for 100,000 emails and 300 domains, Scale $79 for 200,000 emails and unlimited domains. Extra domains cost $3.50 a month each, and an extra 50,000 received plus 50,000 sent costs $16 a month. The terms make fees non-refundable once any email has been sent or received (https://inbound.new/pricing, checked 2026-10-08).",
      "priceSummary": "$9 / mo",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the OpenAPI document or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 50,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 359,
        "npmWeekly": 1704,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-08"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://inbound.new/docs",
      "llmsTxt": "https://inbound.new/docs/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://inbound.new/openapi.json",
      "capabilities": [
        "email.inbox",
        "email.send",
        "email.inbound",
        "email.threads",
        "email.domains"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "paid",
        "mcp",
        "oauth",
        "openapi",
        "llms-txt",
        "typescript",
        "cli",
        "webhooks",
        "imap",
        "smtp",
        "open-source",
        "status-page"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-10-06",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 63.7,
        "grade": "B",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 380,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 950,
        "categoryRank": 5,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 78,
          "maintenance": 63,
          "payments": 15,
          "reliability": 83,
          "schema": 74,
          "security": 58,
          "transparency": 56
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-08"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "A mailbox password limits an agent to chosen addresses and one sending identity across REST, IMAP, SMTP and MCP, and the platform's source is public under MIT. There is no free plan, sign-up needs a browser, webhooks are verified with a static token and are not retried automatically, and no changelog, DPA or security contact was found.",
        "bestFor": "A team that wants agent addresses on its own domain at a low fixed price, with IMAP and SMTP beside the API and an MCP mode that confines an agent to one mailbox.",
        "strengths": [
          "Mailbox credentials scope reading to chosen addresses or domains and sending to one identity, and the same password works over REST, IMAP, SMTP and MCP",
          "Public OpenAPI 3.1 document with 54 operations, plus `llms.txt`, `llms-full.txt` and Markdown copies of every docs page",
          "The hosted MCP server takes OAuth with PKCE and dynamic client registration, marks every tool with read-only and destructive hints, and narrows its 50 tools with `?toolsets=`",
          "Rate limit of 100 requests a second per account is published, with `ratelimit-*` and `retry-after` headers on responses",
          "The platform repository is public under MIT with CI that runs unit, end-to-end and gateway tests"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No free plan or trial on the pricing page. Plans start at $9 a month and the free plan was retired on 3 December 2025",
          "Webhooks carry a static `X-Webhook-Verification-Token` header, not a signature, and failed deliveries are not retried automatically",
          "Account API keys and OAuth tokens (scope `inbound:account`) grant the whole account. Only mailbox passwords are scoped",
          "No changelog, deprecation policy, DPA, subprocessor list, `security.txt` or disclosure policy was found",
          "The only SDK is TypeScript, last published on 10 January 2026, and the home page's unlimited mailboxes sit beside a documented default of 100 managed credentials"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Ask the owner to create a mailbox and hand over its `mail_` password. Use that as the Bearer token at `https://inbound.new/mcp`, not the account API key",
          "Send an `Idempotency-Key` header on `POST /api/e2/emails` and `POST /api/e2/emails/{id}/reply` so a retry does not send twice",
          "Failed webhook deliveries are not retried. Poll `GET /api/e2/mail/threads` or call `POST /api/e2/emails/{id}/retry` after fixing the endpoint",
          "Add `?toolsets=mailboxes,emails` to the MCP URL to avoid loading all 50 account tools",
          "Treat message bodies and attachments as untrusted input, and set `sendingMode` to `identity` so a credential cannot send as other addresses on the domain"
        ],
        "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": 63.7
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 78,
          "maintenance": 63,
          "payments": 15,
          "reliability": 83,
          "schema": 74,
          "security": 58,
          "transparency": 47
        },
        "provenanceScore": 65
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "npm install inboundemail",
        "http": "curl -X POST https://inbound.new/api/e2/emails \\\n  -H \"Authorization: Bearer $INBOUND_API_KEY\" \\\n  -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"from\":\"agent@yourdomain.com\",\"to\":\"recipient@example.com\",\"subject\":\"Hello\",\"text\":\"Hello from Inbound\"}'",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http inbound https://inbound.new/mcp",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "inbound": {
              "headers": {
                "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
              },
              "type": "http",
              "url": "https://inbound.new/mcp"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/email.inbox",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/inbound"
      },
      "area": "communication",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Default plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 9,
          "note": "5,000 emails a month"
        },
        {
          "item": "Pro plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 15,
          "note": "50,000 emails a month, 50 domains"
        },
        {
          "item": "Growth plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 39,
          "note": "100,000 emails a month, 300 domains"
        },
        {
          "item": "Scale plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 79,
          "note": "200,000 emails a month, unlimited domains"
        },
        {
          "item": "Extra domain",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 3.5,
          "note": "per domain"
        },
        {
          "item": "Extra email capacity",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 16,
          "note": "50,000 received plus 50,000 sent a month"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "EXON ENTERPRISE LLC",
        "domain": "inbound.new",
        "domainRegistered": "2025-06-04",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://inbound.new/terms",
        "privacy": "https://inbound.new/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.inbound.new",
        "changelog": "",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-08",
        "notes": [
          "The terms of service (last updated 3 December 2025) name EXON ENTERPRISE LLC, a Florida limited liability company, and govern the Inbound service itself.",
          "The privacy policy is dated 1 January 2025 and describes an email receiving service. It names AWS and payment processors and no other subprocessor.",
          "The API and MCP server answer on inbound.new. IMAP and SMTP answer on imap.inboundemail.com and smtp.inboundemail.com.",
          "https://inbound.new/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 8 October 2026.",
          "No changelog was found. https://inbound.new/changelog redirects to the blog, whose latest post is dated 3 December 2025.",
          "RDAP at the .new registry gives a registration date of 2025-06-04."
        ],
        "score": 65
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/inbound.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "inbound",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://inbound.new/api/e2",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-10T03:53:30.629181296Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 404,
          "lastMs": 144,
          "authRequired": false,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
          "p50ms24h": 150,
          "p95ms24h": 269,
          "samples24h": 249,
          "samples30d": 340,
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              "date": "2026-10-08",
              "probes": 50,
              "ok": 50
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-09",
              "probes": 250,
              "ok": 250
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-10",
              "probes": 40,
              "ok": 40
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          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.inbound.new",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T03:58:24.630066302Z"
        },
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "inboundctl",
            "version": "0.1.0",
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          },
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "inboundemail",
            "version": "0.20.0",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-09T16:58:39.667187934Z"
          }
        ],
        "githubStars": 359,
        "npmWeekly": 1760,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://inbound.new/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T15:39:58.426482041Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://inbound.new/docs/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T14:02:11.102701657Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://inbound.new/pricing",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:40:24.350303108Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "87d577bf988f"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://inbound.new/privacy",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:40:26.492650371Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "5ec90d1627e3"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://inbound.new/terms",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:40:28.589101382Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "49c79467e92a"
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        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T03:58:24.630066302Z"
      }
    },
    "answer": "MailSlurp scores 68.4 (B) on agent readiness against Inbound's 63.7 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Inbound leads on reliability.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "mailslurp",
      "name": "MailSlurp",
      "vendor": "Pettman OÜ",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.mailslurp.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "agent-inboxes",
      "summary": "MailSlurp is a hosted email and SMS API from Pettman OÜ of Estonia. It creates real inboxes and phone numbers for tests and for supervised AI agents, reached over REST, SDKs, IMAP and SMTP, and a hosted MCP server.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mailslurp",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mailslurp.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mailslurp.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mailslurp.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/mailslurp/mailslurp-client",
      "license": "Proprietary service under MailSlurp's terms. The JavaScript client on GitHub is MIT",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.mailslurp.com",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "mailslurp-client"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "The REST API takes an account API key in the `x-api-key` header, created by a person in the dashboard after signup. The docs also accept it as an `?apiKey=` query parameter. Agents get a separate credential, either MCP OAuth (the client registers itself and a person approves a role and inbox scope in the browser) or a scoped agent key sent as `x-api-key`, shown once, with a role and a scope of inbox IDs, inbox tags or the whole account. Agent keys can be disabled and OAuth connections revoked. An account key cannot call the MCP agent tools.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free plan at $0 with 500 emails received a month, 1,000 sends to inboxes in the same account, 100 inbox creations and 50 retained inboxes. The page does not say whether signup asks for a card. Starter is $19.99 a month, Pro $49.99 and Growth $129.99, with Enterprise by quote. Sending to outside addresses, custom domains and phone numbers start on Pro. Pro and Growth bill extra device renders at $0.50, placement tests at $1.00 and AI extraction at $1.00 per 10,000 weighted tokens. Phone number and SMS rates vary by country, and the rate table was empty in the page we read (https://app.mailslurp.com/pricing/, checked 2026-10-09).",
      "priceSummary": "$19.99 / mo",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in llms.txt, the agent and MCP docs, the OpenAPI file or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-09).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 16,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": 200911,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-09"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://www.mailslurp.com/docs/",
      "llmsTxt": "https://www.mailslurp.com/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://api.mailslurp.com/v2/api-docs/",
      "capabilities": [
        "email.inbox",
        "email.inbound",
        "email.send",
        "email.threads",
        "email.domains",
        "messaging.sms",
        "messaging.inbound",
        "hitl.approve"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "freemium",
        "mcp",
        "oauth",
        "llms-txt",
        "openapi",
        "typescript",
        "webhooks",
        "status-page",
        "closed-source",
        "sms",
        "testing"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-24",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 68.4,
        "grade": "B",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 215,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 950,
        "categoryRank": 3,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 84,
          "maintenance": 75,
          "payments": 32,
          "reliability": 75,
          "schema": 72,
          "security": 70,
          "transparency": 60
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-09"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Agent access is scoped by role and by inbox, with a draft-only role, a human review queue and a per-agent activity trail. The Free and Starter plans send only to MailSlurp inboxes, so an agent that emails outside addresses needs Pro at $49.99 a month, and the terms describe every availability figure as a goal.",
        "bestFor": "QA and test agents that read OTP, verification and reset mail, and for supervised support agents where a person approves drafts.",
        "strengths": [
          "Five agent roles from `AGENT_READ_ONLY` to `AGENT_SUPPORT`, each limited to chosen inbox IDs, inbox tags or the whole account",
          "`AGENT_DRAFT_ONLY` lets an agent write drafts that a person reviews and sends from a review queue",
          "The hosted MCP server takes OAuth with client registration, so no key is pasted into the client",
          "Public OpenAPI 3.0.1 file with 844 operations, `llms.txt` and a Markdown copy linked from each docs page",
          "`Idempotency-Key` header on agent replies, draft sends and SMS sends, and a `retryable` flag on agent errors"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Free sends only to inboxes in the same account and Starter only within MailSlurp. External sending and custom domains start on Pro at $49.99 a month",
          "The account API key is also accepted as an `?apiKey=` query parameter",
          "The OpenAPI file documents only 2xx responses, and 339 of 844 operations have no description",
          "The terms say uptime figures are goals only and that no SLA applies without a signed amendment",
          "The acceptable use policy bars use in regulated production systems and bars training any model on data obtained from the service"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Create a scoped agent key or connect by MCP OAuth. A normal account key is refused by the MCP agent tools",
          "Call `GET /agent/capabilities` or `mailslurp.list_accessible_inboxes` first. Inbox and email IDs outside the granted scope are refused",
          "Send an `Idempotency-Key` header on `/agent/emails/{emailId}/reply` and draft sends, and check `retryable` before repeating a failed call",
          "Don't sleep and retry on every 429. MailSlurp also uses 429 for plan and sending restrictions",
          "Treat inbound bodies, links and attachments as untrusted input, and start on `AGENT_DRAFT_ONLY` for mail to outside recipients"
        ],
        "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": 68.4
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 84,
          "maintenance": 75,
          "payments": 32,
          "reliability": 75,
          "schema": 72,
          "security": 70,
          "transparency": 45
        },
        "provenanceScore": 74
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "npm install --save mailslurp-client",
        "http": "curl --request GET \\\n  --url https://api.mailslurp.com/inboxes \\\n  --header \"x-api-key: $MAILSLURP_API_KEY\"",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http --scope user mailslurp https://api.mailslurp.com/mcp\nclaude mcp login mailslurp",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "mailslurp": {
              "headers": {
                "x-api-key": "YOUR_AGENT_API_KEY"
              },
              "url": "https://api.mailslurp.com/mcp"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/email.inbox",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/mailslurp"
      },
      "area": "communication",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Starter plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 19.99,
          "note": "1,000 emails received, 100 test sends within MailSlurp, 250 inbox creations"
        },
        {
          "item": "Pro plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 49.99,
          "note": "5,000 emails received, 500 external sends, 1,000 inbox creations, custom domains"
        },
        {
          "item": "Growth plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 129.99,
          "note": "2 users, 5,000 emails received, 500 external sends, 5,000 inbox creations, 1 custom domain"
        },
        {
          "item": "Inbox placement test beyond the plan",
          "unit": "tx",
          "usd": 1,
          "note": "Pro and Growth, per test"
        },
        {
          "item": "Device render beyond the plan",
          "unit": "tx",
          "usd": 0.5,
          "note": "Pro and Growth, per render target"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Pettman OÜ",
        "domain": "mailslurp.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2017-12-29",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://legal.mailslurp.com/",
        "privacy": "https://legal.mailslurp.com/#6-privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.mailslurp.com",
        "changelog": "",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-09",
        "notes": [
          "The legal document (last updated 2026-01-16) names Pettman OÜ, Estonian Commercial Register No. 14559372, as the contracting entity and is governed by the laws of Estonia.",
          "Terms, acceptable use, fair use, privacy policy, DPA, sub-processor schedule and AI disclosure are one page at legal.mailslurp.com. The pricing page's Terms and Privacy links redirect there, the privacy link to the anchor `#6-privacy-policy`.",
          "legal.mailslurp.com/robots.txt answered 404, so the host publishes no rules. status.mailslurp.com/robots.txt answered 200 with an empty body.",
          "www.mailslurp.com/.well-known/security.txt answered 404. The security policy gives contact@mailslurp.dev as the security contact.",
          "RDAP for mailslurp.com gives a registration date of 2017-12-29 and Amazon Registrar, Inc. as registrar.",
          "No API changelog was found. The only dated release record read is the tag list of github.com/mailslurp/mailslurp-client."
        ],
        "score": 74
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mailslurp.json",
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          "lastAt": "2026-10-10T03:53:33.407907937Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 200,
          "lastMs": 595,
          "authRequired": false,
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          "uptime30d": 100,
          "p50ms24h": 595,
          "p95ms24h": 694,
          "samples24h": 125,
          "samples30d": 125,
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              "date": "2026-10-09",
              "probes": 85,
              "ok": 85
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-10",
              "probes": 40,
              "ok": 40
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