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How to Connect Mailshake to Claude — via MCP

Drive Mailshake (cold email / sales engagement) from any AI agent: campaigns, recipients, leads, replies. 8 tools, Basic auth (API key as user).

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Mailshake

Drive Mailshake (cold email / sales engagement) from any AI agent: campaigns, recipients, leads, replies. 8 tools, Basic auth (API key as user).

Tools

8

Region

INTL

Category

CRM

Authentication

Basic Auth

Required env vars

MAILSHAKE_API_KEY
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Summary

Drive Mailshake (cold email / sales engagement) from any AI agent: campaigns, recipients, leads, replies. 8 tools, Basic auth (API key as user).

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Example prompts for Mailshake

Click any prompt to copy it. Paste into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Gemini, Copilot or OpenClaw to run it against this connector.

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Mailshake + Claude

Drive Mailshake (cold email / sales engagement) from any AI agent: campaigns, recipients, leads, replies. 8 tools, Basic auth (API key as user).

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:

MAILSHAKE_API_KEY

Step 1 — Get credentials

com/api/v1).

Setup:

  1. Sign in to https://mailshake.com → top-right avatar → API Keys → Create API Key.
  2. Set MAILSHAKE_API_KEY.

Authentication: HTTP Basic with username=API_KEY, password=empty.

Campaign: a sequence of email steps. Add recipients to a campaign → they start receiving emails on schedule.

Recipient state: each recipient has a status (pending, sending, paused, finished, replied, bounced, unsubscribed).

Pagination: ?perPage=N&cursor=....

Out of scope here: campaign content editor (UI), team management, AI features, copy-A/B-testing config.

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 Claude

Recommended path — works on claude.ai web without editing any config file.

  1. Open claude.ai/customize/connectors.
  2. Click "Add custom connector".
  3. Fill in:
    • Name: Mailshake
    • URL: https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp
    • Authentication: Bearer token → paste your MCP API key (from AnythingMCP → Profile → MCP API Keys → New Key)
  4. Click Connect to authorize.

All tools below appear in your chat — start typing prompts.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
mailshake_meReturn the team the API key belongs to
mailshake_list_campaignsList campaigns
mailshake_get_campaignGet a campaign by ID
mailshake_pause_campaignPause a campaign (stops all future sends until resumed)
mailshake_unpause_campaignResume a paused campaign
mailshake_add_recipients_to_campaignAdd recipients to a campaign
mailshake_list_recipientsList recipients in a campaign with filters
mailshake_pause_recipientPause a recipient by emailAddress + campaignID (stops further emails to them without unsubscribing)

FAQ

Does it work with Claude Code as well as Claude Desktop? Yes — point both at https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp.

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