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      "vendor": "Mails.ai",
      "vendorUrl": "https://mails.ai",
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      "category": "agent-inboxes",
      "summary": "Hosted email API that gives each AI agent its own address to send, receive and thread mail, with a prompt-injection scan on every inbound message. Reached over REST, TypeScript and Python SDKs, and an MCP server.",
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      "repo": "https://github.com/mailsai/mailsai",
      "license": "Proprietary hosted API under the mails.ai terms of service. The MCP server, the TypeScript SDK and the Python SDK in mailsai/mailsai are MIT",
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        "http",
        "streamable-http",
        "stdio"
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          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@mailsai/mcp-server"
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          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@mailsai/sdk"
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          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "mailsai"
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      "authNotes": "Bearer API keys only (`mk_live_` or `mk_test_` plus 32 hex characters), with no query-string or `x-api-key` option. Each key carries any of three scopes (send, read, manage), can be bound to one agent with `agent_id`, can take an `expires_at`, and is created and revoked by API or in the dashboard. Test keys run the whole API without sending mail or billing. The hosted MCP endpoint at https://api.mails.ai/mcp takes the same key as a Bearer header (https://mails.ai/docs/authentication).",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free plan with 3,000 events a month and one agent, no card, magic-link signup. Pro $20 a month for 5 agents, 50,000 sends and 50,000 inbound messages and custom domains. Scale $99 a month for unlimited agents, 250,000 sends and 500,000 inbound. Yearly billing is $200 and $990. A dedicated IP is on request on Scale. The terms also describe a metered tier ($0.001 a send, $0.002 an inbound) that the pricing page doesn't list (https://mails.ai/pricing, https://mails.ai/terms, checked 2026-10-05).",
      "priceSummary": "$20 / mo",
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        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the OpenAPI spec, the pricing page or llms.txt. Billing runs through Stripe subscriptions (checked 2026-10-05).",
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        "pypiWeekly": 116,
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        "email.send",
        "email.inbound",
        "email.threads",
        "email.domains",
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        "no-card",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
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        "typescript",
        "python",
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        "status-page",
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          "schema": 81,
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          "transparency": 64
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          "confidence": "medium",
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        "bestFor": "Agents that send transactional mail and read replies, such as support, notification and verification agents, where an injection score on inbound mail is wanted out of the box.",
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          "API keys scoped to send, read or manage, bindable to one agent, with expiry and immediate revocation",
          "Every inbound message carries an injection score and a quarantined flag",
          "OpenAPI 3.1 spec with 57 operations, llms.txt, an errors page and documented rate limits",
          "Free plan with 3,000 events a month, no card, and test keys that send nothing",
          "Idempotency-Key on sends, and 429s with Retry-After"
        ],
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          "No company or person named; legal entity details only on request",
          "98.490 per cent API uptime over 90 days on status.mails.ai, with no incident reports",
          "MCP tools carry no readOnly or destructive hints, and MCP errors drop the error code",
          "No SOC 2, no bug bounty, and a disclosure policy that doesn't commit to replying",
          "Docs disagree on details such as the MCP tool count (five or 20) and a metered tier"
        ],
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          "Use an `mk_test_` key until the flow works. Test keys run validation, the scanner, threading and webhooks without sending mail",
          "Skip inbound events where `quarantined` is true, and treat every other body as untrusted input",
          "Send an `Idempotency-Key` header on POST /v1/messages so a retried send doesn't go out twice",
          "Mint a key with only the scopes the task needs, bound to one agent with `agent_id`",
          "Expect 422 cold_email_prohibited for unsolicited outreach. Read the error code rather than retrying"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
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            "grade": "B",
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              "tasks"
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          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 60,
          "schema": 81,
          "security": 76,
          "transparency": 57
        },
        "provenanceScore": 70
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "npm install @mailsai/sdk",
        "http": "curl -X POST https://api.mails.ai/v1/messages \\\n  -H \"Authorization: Bearer mk_live_...\" \\\n  -d '{\"from\":\"hello\",\"to\":\"lead@example.com\",\n       \"subject\":\"Demo confirmation\",\n       \"body_text\":\"Confirmed for Tuesday at 2pm ET.\"}'",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http mails https://api.mails.ai/mcp --header \"Authorization: Bearer mk_...\"",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "mails": {
              "args": [
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                "-p",
                "@mailsai/mcp-server",
                "mails-mcp"
              ],
              "command": "npx",
              "env": {
                "MAILS_API_KEY": "mk_test_xxx"
              }
            }
          }
        }
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      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/email.inbox",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/mails-ai"
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          "unit": "month",
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        },
        {
          "item": "Scale plan",
          "unit": "month",
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        }
      ],
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        "terms": "https://mails.ai/terms",
        "privacy": "https://mails.ai/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.mails.ai",
        "changelog": "https://mails.ai/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
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          "The terms (effective 14 May 2026) and the privacy policy call the operator Mails.ai and say legal entity details are available on request. The terms are governed by the law of England and Wales. Companies House shows no company named Mails.ai.",
          "RDAP for mails.ai gives a registration date of 2022-08-02, Namecheap as registrar and a privacy-masked registrant.",
          "The status page says support runs in business hours at UTC+8. Blog posts carry the byline 'Deepak' with no surname.",
          "mails.ai/.well-known/security.txt points to support@mails.ai and expires 2027-07-01.",
          "The API answers at api.mails.ai/v1 and the hosted MCP endpoint at api.mails.ai/mcp, both on the vendor's domain. The npm and PyPI packages and the GitHub org list mails.ai addresses."
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          "page": "https://status.mails.ai",
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    "answer": "MailSlurp scores 68.4 (B) on agent readiness against mails.ai Agent Email's 66.7 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. mails.ai Agent Email leads on schema \u0026 documentation, security \u0026 auth and maintenance \u0026 community.",
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      "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"
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      "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",
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      "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": []
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        "npmWeekly": 200911,
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      "llmsTxt": "https://www.mailslurp.com/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://api.mailslurp.com/v2/api-docs/",
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        "email.inbox",
        "email.inbound",
        "email.send",
        "email.threads",
        "email.domains",
        "messaging.sms",
        "messaging.inbound",
        "hitl.approve"
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        "freemium",
        "mcp",
        "oauth",
        "llms-txt",
        "openapi",
        "typescript",
        "webhooks",
        "status-page",
        "closed-source",
        "sms",
        "testing"
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      "graded": true,
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        "ranked": true,
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          "payments": 32,
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          "schema": 72,
          "security": 70,
          "transparency": 60
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          "tasks"
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          "confidence": "medium",
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        "bestFor": "QA and test agents that read OTP, verification and reset mail, and for supervised support agents where a person approves drafts.",
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          "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",
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          "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"
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        "metrics": {
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          "measured": false
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        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
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            "confidence": "medium",
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              "tasks"
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        ],
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          "maintenance": 75,
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          "reliability": 75,
          "schema": 72,
          "security": 70,
          "transparency": 45
        },
        "provenanceScore": 74
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      "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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        "probe": {
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The operator is unnamed, the vendor calls itself pre-launch, and the status page shows 98.49 per cent API uptime over 90 days with no incident reports.\n\n**MailSlurp.** 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.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### mails.ai Agent Email\n\n1. Use an `mk_test_` key until the flow works. Test keys run validation, the scanner, threading and webhooks without sending mail\n2. Skip inbound events where `quarantined` is true, and treat every other body as untrusted input\n3. Send an `Idempotency-Key` header on POST /v1/messages so a retried send doesn't go out twice\n4. Mint a key with only the scopes the task needs, bound to one agent with `agent_id`\n5. 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