Export MERMAIL_API_KEY
Create a project key in Settings → API Keys. The plugin expands ${MERMAIL_API_KEY} into x-api-key — export before launching Claude.
export MERMAIL_API_KEY="sk-proj-YOUR_KEY"CLAUDE
Install the Mermail plugin so Claude can provision an inbox, read verification mail, and finish paid workflows without leaving the terminal.
Why Claude
Mermail gives Claude a dedicated inbox and payment layer so verification, checkout, and receipts stay in the same loop.
Create a project key in Settings → API Keys. The plugin expands ${MERMAIL_API_KEY} into x-api-key — export before launching Claude.
export MERMAIL_API_KEY="sk-proj-YOUR_KEY"Run inside Claude. The plugin ships 11 skills and wires MCP to console.mermail.app/mcp. Run /reload-plugins after install or update.
/plugin marketplace add Nudgen-Marketing/mermail-skills
/plugin install mermail@mermail
/reload-pluginsConfirm Mermail tools, then invoke a focused skill workflow such as mermail-manage-inbox.
/mcp
Ask: "List my Mermail mailboxes" (tool: list_mailboxes)
Ask: "Use mermail-manage-inbox to summarize unread mail"Auth, transports, and how to confirm the connection before you trust the agent.
Open console Settings → API Keys, create a project key (sk-proj-…), and export MERMAIL_API_KEY in the environment your agent uses.
The Claude plugin uses your exported MERMAIL_API_KEY for MCP. Create the key in Settings → API Keys before installing the plugin. Claude.ai custom connectors can use OAuth; that is a different host.
Ask the agent to list your Mermail mailboxes. A healthy connection exposes the hosted MCP tools, including list_mailboxes.
Yes. Install mermail-cli (Node.js 22+) for scripted Sold API calls: mermail doctor, mermail auth check, mermail workspaces list, mermail mailboxes list. Prefer CLI for batch work and MCP for interactive inbox tools. Destructive CLI commands need --yes when non-interactive.
Add Mermail as a custom ChatGPT connector. Streamable HTTP plus OAuth — no API key in the connector. Then ChatGPT can list mailboxes, read mail, and finish paid workflows.
CodexInstall the Mermail plugin so Codex maps MERMAIL_API_KEY into MCP, loads 11 skills, and can list mailboxes, draft replies, and complete checkout.
CursorInstall the hosted MCP server with OAuth. Cursor discovers Protected Resource Metadata after a 401, then your agent can read mail and act on payments inside the IDE.
OpenClawPoint OpenClaw at hosted MCP with Streamable HTTP and x-api-key. Probe the connection, then let the agent manage inboxes and payment receipts.
HermesAdd Mermail as a Streamable HTTP MCP server in Hermes Agent. OAuth opens a browser, then the agent can list mailboxes, read mail, and finish paid workflows in chat.