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Summary
Drive Instantly (cold-email outreach platform) from any AI agent: leads, campaigns, lead lists, accounts (sending mailboxes). 8 tools, Bearer auth.
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Example prompts for Instantly
Click any prompt to copy it. Paste into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Gemini, Copilot or OpenClaw to run it against this connector.
Claude is AI and can make mistakes. Please double-check responses.
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Instantly
Drive Instantly (cold-email outreach platform) from any AI agent: leads, campaigns, lead lists, accounts (sending mailboxes). 8 tools, Bearer auth.
Setup
instantly.ai).
Setup:
- Sign in to https://app.instantly.ai → bottom-left avatar → Settings → Integrations → API → Generate New API Key.
- Set
INSTANTLY_API_KEY.
Authentication: Authorization: Bearer ${INSTANTLY_API_KEY}.
Lead state: leads have status (Active, Paused, Completed, Unsubscribed, Bounced, Skipped, Replied). Adding a lead with skip_if_in_workspace=true deduplicates.
Campaigns: sequence of email steps. Adding a lead to a campaign enrolls it in the sequence.
Accounts (sending mailboxes): each campaign sends from one or more connected mailboxes — managed in UI.
Pagination: ?starting_after=lead_id cursor.
…(continued in the in-app connector instructions)
Prerequisites: INSTANTLY_API_KEY
Install the connector locally
git clone https://github.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp.git
cd anythingmcp && docker compose up -d
Open http://localhost:3000/connectors/store, pick Instantly and paste in the env vars listed under Prerequisites.
Available tools
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
instantly_list_campaigns | List campaigns |
instantly_get_campaign | Get a campaign by ID with full settings |
instantly_get_campaign_analytics | Get campaign aggregated stats (sent, opened, replied, bounced, unsubscribed) |
instantly_list_leads | List leads |
instantly_add_lead | Add a lead to a campaign (or to a lead list if no campaign) |
instantly_update_lead_interest_status | Update a lead's interest_status (a hot/warm/cold flag set during replies) |
instantly_list_lead_lists | List lead lists (standalone, not yet in a campaign) |
instantly_list_accounts | List sending accounts (mailboxes) |
Next steps
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