Emailchaser
Run cold email outbound from an AI agent: campaigns, leads, replies, deliverability, autopilot.
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MCP for cold email
The cold email MCP server for AI agents
Give Claude Code, Cursor or any compatible MCP client direct, secure access to your Emailchaser workspace. Your AI agent can launch campaigns, add leads, watch replies and manage webhooks, using scoped API keys you can revoke at any time.
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Emailchaser MCPconnected
Add 40 leads to my “SaaS founders” campaign and launch it.
add_leads → 40 leads added
launch_campaign → running
Done. 40 leads added and “SaaS founders” is now sending.
67AI tools (as of September 2026)
10areas covered
0installs, fully hosted
1API key to connect
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is the open standard that lets AI assistants use real tools instead of just answering questions. The Emailchaser MCP server exposes your cold email software as 67 tools an AI agent can call (as of September 2026), covering campaigns, leads, replies, sender email accounts, ICPs, autopilot runs, credits, done-for-you infrastructure, blocklist, webhooks. It's hosted, so there's nothing to install. Connect your client to the endpoint below with an API key from Settings → Integrations & API.
https://app.emailchaser.com/api/mcp
Under the hood, every tool call goes through the Emailchaser API with your key, so the same authentication, scopes and rate limits apply. An AI agent can never do more than the key you gave it allows.
How the MCP server connects
Your AI agent speaks MCP to the hosted server with your API key. The server maps each request to a tool, calls the REST API, and acts on your workspace. Nothing runs on your machine.
Why connect an AI agent
Natural-language control
Ask in plain English (“pause my two worst campaigns”) instead of writing HTTP calls or clicking through a dashboard.
Hosted, zero setup
Nothing to install or run locally. Point your client at one URL with your API key and the tools appear automatically.
Scoped and revocable
Every action uses an API key you control. Use a read-only key for analysis, and revoke access instantly whenever you want.
Reads your live data
Tools return live campaign stats, so your agent can read reply rates, decide what to change, then act: read, reason, then do.
Connect your AI assistant in one step
Create an API key in Settings → Integrations & API, then point your client at the server. That's it. All 67 tools appear automatically.
Claude Code
Terminal
claude mcp add --transport http emailchaser https://app.emailchaser.com/api/mcp \
--header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
Cursor and other MCP clients
Add the server to your client's MCP configuration (for Cursor, that's ~/.cursor/mcp.json):
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"emailchaser": {
"url": "https://app.emailchaser.com/api/mcp",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
}
}
}
}
Any MCP client that supports remote servers over Streamable HTTP with custom headers works the same way: server URL plus your API key as a Bearer token in the Authorization header.
67 tools for running outbound with AI
The four groups below show 16 of the 67 tools, the ones most agents reach for first. Your MCP client lists the full set, including the ICP, autopilot, credits, done-for-you, blocklist and reply tools, the moment you connect.
Campaigns
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list_campaigns
List campaigns with status and reply stats
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get_campaign
Get a campaign's settings, schedule and stats
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update_campaign
Change name, limits and deliverability settings
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launch_campaign
Launch a new campaign or resume a paused one
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pause_campaign
Pause a running campaign
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update_campaign_schedule
Change timezone, days and time windows
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delete_campaign
Permanently delete a campaign
Leads
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add_leads
Create or update up to 1,000 leads, straight into a campaign
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get_lead
Get a lead's contact and company details
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update_lead
Update a lead's details
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delete_lead
Permanently delete a lead
Sender emails
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list_sender_emails
List connected sending accounts and their status
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get_sender_email
Get one sending account
Webhooks
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list_webhooks
List registered webhook endpoints
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create_webhook
Subscribe a URL to replies, bounces and more
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delete_webhook
Remove a webhook endpoint
What you can ask your AI agent to do
- “Onboard acme.com on Autopilot with a $500/month budget, and tell me when it's ready for my approval.”
- “Which of my campaigns got the most replies? Pause the two worst performers.”
- “Add these 40 leads from the attached CSV to my "SaaS founders" campaign and launch it.”
- “Check if any of my sender email accounts are disconnected and list them.”
- “Set every running campaign to send Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm New York time.”
- “Register a webhook so my CRM gets notified whenever a lead replies.”
Because the tools return live campaign stats, your agent can combine them: read reply rates with list_campaigns, decide what to change, then act with pause_campaign or update_campaign_schedule.
An agent can also drive Autopilot: hand it a company domain and a monthly budget, and Autopilot derives the ICP, sets up and ramps the sending infrastructure, finds verified prospects and drafts the sequence, then parks the whole run at a single human approval. Nothing sends until a person approves it, no matter which agent asked.
Agents can chain servers, too. Our sister product exposes 1Lookup's MCP server for email and phone validation, so an agent can check a list there first and push only the contacts that verify into an Emailchaser campaign.
Secure by design
Giving an agent access should never mean giving up control. Every connection is scoped to a key you own and can pull back instantly.
Your key, your scope
Every key carries a read or read_write scope, enforced by the backend, not by the MCP layer. A read-only key can use the read tools plus the free audience size call and gets HTTP 403 on any write tool.
Revoke any time
Delete a key in Settings → Integrations & API and the agent loses access immediately. Every call is authenticated with that key.
Annotated tools, money flagged
Read-only tools are marked safe and delete tools destructive, so MCP clients can run reads freely and prompt you before actions that change your data. The tools that spend real money (purchase_credits, create_dfy_order, approve_autopilot_run) say so in their own descriptions.
Same limits as the API
Every call runs through the REST API with the same authentication and rate limits, so an agent can never exceed them.
API or MCP: same power, two front doors
Both surfaces do the same things with the same keys. Pick the one that matches how you work, or use both.
REST API
Built forYour product, scripts and no-code tools
InterfaceHTTP requests and JSON
Best whenYou're writing code or wiring automations
MCP server
Built forAI agents like Claude Code and Cursor
InterfaceNatural language, mapped to tools
Best whenYou want an assistant to run outbound
You're on the MCP page
Same keys · same scopes · same rate limits
How it works
Draft-first, spend-last
Autopilot and the AI reply drafts prepare everything for a human to approve; nothing is sent by Autopilot until you approve it, and the API can edit an AI draft but can never send one.
As of September 2026, from the product's own settings and API text.
What customers reported
“I’ve been managing cold email campaigns for quite some time, mostly for clients using Instantly and Smartlead. Recently, I started managing campaigns for two clients on Emailchaser, and honestly, it feels much smoother and more reliable than the other platforms. I’ve also seen higher reply rates here, which has been a great result.”
Muhammad Faizan
Slack communitySee the screenshot
“Btw thanks for your continuous help, best support ever! It means a lot as when I understand how the tool works, esp. In problematic situations, and And what it can do and cannot so from the start, I have more trust. There’s nothing worse for a user than what Smartlead does: lots of great features that don’t really work, including crucial ones for a sequencer like auto fallback to connected accounts when account gets disconnected (doesn’t have to get back to the original one after reconnection, no one expects miracles, just a solid infra delivering on its specs - not promises), plus their low quality support when the issues are revealed.”
Marek Makosiej, CEO & Founder, ATL
LinkedIn messageSee the screenshot
MCP server FAQ
What is an MCP server?
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard that lets AI assistants like Claude securely use external tools. An MCP server exposes a set of tools (in Emailchaser's case, tools for managing cold email campaigns, leads, sender accounts and webhooks) that an AI agent can call on your behalf, with your permission.
What can an AI agent do with the Emailchaser MCP server?
Anything the tools allow: list and analyze campaigns, launch or pause sending, update schedules and settings, add up to 1,000 leads at a time, inspect sender email accounts, and manage webhooks. You stay in control. Read-only tools are marked safe and the delete tools are marked destructive, so MCP clients can run reads freely and prompt you before anything that changes your data.
Which AI tools can connect to it?
Any MCP client that supports remote servers over Streamable HTTP with custom headers, including Claude Code, Claude's developer platform and Cursor. You add the server URL and pass your Emailchaser API key in the Authorization header.
Is it safe to give an AI access to my cold email account?
The MCP server only works with an API key you create, scoped to one workspace. Create a read-only key if you just want analysis and reporting, and revoke any key instantly from Settings → Integrations & API. Every call is subject to the same authentication and rate limits as the regular API, and destructive tools are flagged so MCP clients can prompt before using them. The three tools that spend real money say so in their descriptions, and Autopilot never sends until you approve.
Do read-only keys really block changes?
Yes. Connect with a read-only key and the agent can call the list and get tools but not the create, update, launch, pause or delete tools. The backend rejects any write attempt, so the agent simply gets an error instead of modifying your data.
Is my data sent to an AI provider?
The MCP server returns tool results to whichever MCP client you connect, for example Claude Code. Whatever model that client uses will see those results, exactly as it would see any other context you give it. Connect only clients you trust, and use a read-only key when you just need analysis.
Do I need to install anything to use it?
No. The Emailchaser MCP server is hosted. There is no npm package to install or process to run locally. Point your MCP client at the server URL with your API key and the tools appear automatically.
How do I revoke access?
Delete the API key in Settings → Integrations & API. Because every MCP call is authenticated with that key, the connection stops working the moment the key is removed.
How is the MCP server different from the API?
They expose the same capabilities. The REST API is for code: your product, scripts or no-code tools making HTTP calls. The MCP server wraps that same API so AI agents can use it through natural language. Same keys, same scopes, same rate limits.
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P.s. these are actually real reviews (not fake G2 reviews) 🙂
“Btw thanks for your continuous help, best support ever! It means a lot as when I understand how the tool works, esp. In problematic situations, and And what it can do and cannot so from the start, I have more trust. There’s nothing worse for a user than what Smartlead does: lots of great features that don’t really work, including crucial ones for a sequencer like auto fallback to connected accounts when account gets disconnected (doesn’t have to get back to the original one after reconnection, no one expects miracles, just a solid infra delivering on its specs - not promises), plus their low quality support when the issues are revealed.”
Marek Makosiej, CEO & Founder, ATL
LinkedIn messageSee the screenshot
“Got my first reply with Emailchaser :)”
Harry Whelchel
EmailSee the screenshot
“We've recently upgraded to the premium plan to increase our sending volume. Just wanted to say thanks for such an awesome platform and the support you've already given in getting us started.”
John Thomson
EmailFeb 5See the screenshot
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