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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
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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).
Setup
Setup:
- Sign in to https://mailshake.com → top-right avatar → API Keys → Create API Key.
- 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.
Prerequisites: MAILSHAKE_API_KEY
Install the connector locally
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp/main/docker-compose.quickstart.yml -o docker-compose.yml
printf 'JWT_SECRET=%s\nENCRYPTION_KEY=%s\n' "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" > .env
docker compose up -d
Open http://localhost:3000/connectors/store, pick Mailshake and paste in the env vars listed under Prerequisites.
Available tools
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
mailshake_me | Return the team the API key belongs to |
mailshake_list_campaigns | List campaigns |
mailshake_get_campaign | Get a campaign by ID |
mailshake_pause_campaign | Pause a campaign (stops all future sends until resumed) |
mailshake_unpause_campaign | Resume a paused campaign |
mailshake_add_recipients_to_campaign | Add recipients to a campaign |
mailshake_list_recipients | List recipients in a campaign with filters |
mailshake_pause_recipient | Pause a recipient by emailAddress + campaignID (stops further emails to them without unsubscribing) |
Next steps
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