The Instantly MCP Server is a streamlined interface for AI assistants to interact with Instantly.ai's v2 API, enabling management of email campaigns, accounts, leads, and analytics through a natural language interface.
Add the following to your MCP settings configuration:
{
"mcpServers": {
"instantly": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["instantly-mcp", "--api-key", "YOUR_INSTANTLY_API_KEY"]
}
}
}
npm install
npm run build
{
"mcpServers": {
"instantly": {
"command": "node",
"args": ["/path/to/instantly-mcp/dist/index.js", "--api-key", "YOUR_INSTANTLY_API_KEY"]
}
}
}
list_campaigns
- List all campaigns with optional filters and paginationget_campaign
- Get details of a specific campaigncreate_campaign
- Create new email campaignsupdate_campaign
- Update an existing campaignactivate_campaign
- Activate a campaignget_campaign_analytics
- Get analytics for campaignsget_campaign_analytics_overview
- Get analytics overview for all campaignslist_accounts
- List sending accountscreate_account
- Create a new sending accountupdate_account
- Update a sending accountget_warmup_analytics
- Get warmup analytics for an accountlist_leads
- List leads with filters and paginationcreate_lead
- Create a new leadupdate_lead
- Update a leadmove_leads
- Move leads between campaigns or listslist_lead_lists
- List all lead lists with paginationcreate_lead_list
- Create a new lead listsend_email
- Send a single emaillist_emails
- List emails with filters and paginationverify_email
- Verify if an email address is validlist_api_keys
- List all API keyscreate_api_key
- Create a new API keyOnce configured, you can use natural language to interact with Instantly. Here are some example prompts:
# Build the project first
npm run build
# Test with MCP Inspector
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector dist/index.js -- --api-key YOUR_API_KEY
Add to your Claude Desktop configuration:
{
"mcpServers": {
"instantly": {
"command": "node",
"args": ["/absolute/path/to/dist/index.js", "--api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY"]
}
}
}
For full API documentation, visit: https://developer.instantly.ai/
To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:
claude mcp add-json "instantly" '{"command":"npx","args":["instantly-mcp","--api-key","YOUR_INSTANTLY_API_KEY"]}'
See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.
There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json
file so that it is available in all of your projects.
If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json
file.
To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".
When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json
file will be opened and you can add your server like this:
{
"mcpServers": {
"instantly": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"instantly-mcp",
"--api-key",
"YOUR_INSTANTLY_API_KEY"
]
}
}
}
To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json
file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.
Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.
The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.
You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.
To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:
1. Find your configuration file:
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
2. Add this to your configuration file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"instantly": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"instantly-mcp",
"--api-key",
"YOUR_INSTANTLY_API_KEY"
]
}
}
}
3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect