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How to Connect Lemlist to Cursor — via MCP

Drive Lemlist (cold email + multichannel outreach) from any AI agent: campaigns, leads (in-campaign prospects), team members, hooks. 11 tools, API-key Basic auth.

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MCP connector

Lemlist

Drive Lemlist (cold email + multichannel outreach) from any AI agent: campaigns, leads (in-campaign prospects), team members, hooks. 11 tools, API-key Basic auth.

Tools

11

Region

INTL

Category

crm

Authentication

Basic Auth

Required env vars

LEMLIST_API_KEY
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  • Open-source on GitHub
    Source-available BSL-1.1
  • Works with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini
    Any MCP-compatible client

No install? Use cloud.anythingmcp.com directly.

Sign in, install the Lemlist in one click, paste the credentials, mint an MCP API key — done. No Docker, no git clone, no local server to run.

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TL;DR

Drive Lemlist (cold email + multichannel outreach) from any AI agent: campaigns, leads (in-campaign prospects), team members, hooks. 11 tools, API-key Basic auth.

💡 No install? Use cloud.anythingmcp.com directly. Sign in, click Connectors → Lemlist, paste your credentials, mint an MCP API key — done. No Docker, no git clone, no local server.

Lemlist + Cursor

Drive Lemlist (cold email + multichannel outreach) from any AI agent: campaigns, leads (in-campaign prospects), team members, hooks. 11 tools, API-key Basic auth.

Prerequisites

See the full setup instructions baked into the connector (visible in the in-app store when you select the connector). The required environment variables for this connector are:

LEMLIST_API_KEY

Step 1 — Get credentials

lemlist.com).

Setup:

  1. Sign in to Lemlist → top-right avatar → Settings → Integrations → API → Get my API key.
  2. Copy the key. Set LEMLIST_API_KEY.

Authentication: HTTP Basic Auth — Authorization: Basic base64('':${LEMLIST_API_KEY}) — username is empty, password is the API key. (Yes, swapped from the usual: empty username, key as password.) The adapter handles this via BASIC_AUTH with username='' and password=key.

Campaign model: Lemlist's central unit. A campaign has a sequence of steps (email + waits + LinkedIn touches). You add leads (prospects) to a campaign — the campaign then drips touchpoints to each lead.

…(continued in the in-app connector instructions)

Step 2 — Install the adapter

git clone https://github.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp.git
cd anythingmcp && docker compose up -d

Step 3 — Add the connector in Cursor

Cursor reads MCP servers from ~/.cursor/mcp.json. Add this entry:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "anythingmcp": {
      "url": "https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_MCP_API_KEY" }
    }
  }
}
  1. Get your MCP API key from AnythingMCP → Profile → MCP API Keys → New Key.
  2. Save the file and restart Cursor.
  3. Open Cursor → Settings → MCP to verify Lemlist is listed and "Connected".
  4. Start chatting — all Lemlist tools are now invokable.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
lemlist_get_teamReturn the team the API key belongs to (id, name, plan, members)
lemlist_list_campaignsList campaigns
lemlist_get_campaign_statsGet aggregated stats for a campaign: leads counts by status, emails sent/opened/clicked/replied/bounced, deliverability score
lemlist_list_campaign_leadsList leads (prospects) in a campaign
lemlist_add_lead_to_campaignAdd a new prospect to a campaign
lemlist_pause_leadPause a lead in a campaign (stops further touches without unsubscribing them)
lemlist_resume_leadResume a previously-paused lead
lemlist_delete_lead_from_campaignRemove a lead from a campaign
lemlist_unsubscribe_leadMark a lead as unsubscribed globally — they will no longer receive any Lemlist email from your team across all campaigns
lemlist_list_unsubscribesList all unsubscribed emails on the team (compliance reporting)
lemlist_list_hooksList webhook subscriptions configured on the team (event delivery to your hosted endpoint)

FAQ

Does Cursor support custom MCP servers on the free tier? Yes — MCP is available on Hobby, Pro and Business plans.

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