How to Send Emails for MCP Workflows—And Make Your Life Easier
by
Ryan ODonnell
Last updated:
June 03, 2025
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the smart way to integrate email services with AI assistants. That means businesses and developers can finally optimize their workflows, reduce those tedious manual tasks, and simplify communications. With MCP email automations, you can simplify your daily tasks and gain a powerful tool to manage emails directly through conversational AI.
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What is an MCP email?
MCP is the protocol that lets you integrate various capabilities into AI assistants. When you connect it to email services, you can use conversational interactions within your AI assistant interface to send, retrieve, and manage emails. That transforms email management from a chore into an intuitive experience.
With MCP email integration, you can tell your virtual assistant to handle email actions without switching to dedicated email applications. No more typing out messages in an email client. For example, a merchant can quickly email a customer order update or respond directly to a supplier’s query from a chat session with their AI assistant.
For developers, this opens up possibilities for simplifying the amount of work within AI assistants. Integrating MCP email into your existing AI task assistant, like MESA, lets you create even more innovative automation processes. That means you can automate routine email tasks and effortlessly connect email with other MCP-enabled skills.
Email your AI assistant directly by setting up a streamlined MCP workflow in MESA.
Configure the MCP skill trigger
Confirm that all three fields (email, subject, and body) are marked as required and that all parameters are properly formatted as strings.
Configure email action
Add the recipient address to {{ask.email}}, the subject line to {{ask.subject}}, and the message body to {{ask.body}}. Click the variable selector button for each field and locate the right variable to add to the field.
Write a unique title and detailed description
A clear workflow name and description are essential for effectively using the AI assistant tool.
Turn the workflow “On”
Turn the workflow on by enabling it if it isn’t already active.
Paste the MCP snippet into your AI assistant
Copy the MCP JSON from the trigger step and paste it into your AI assistant. This only needs to be done once when you first start using MESA.
Use this template:
MESA Template ID
mcp-email-send
Why use email with MCP?
Connecting email to MCP makes it easy to automate everyday messaging tasks, so you don’t have to send the same emails over and over again. You can even use natural language commands to send messages. Just type something like, “Email the warehouse team about today’s inventory shipment,” and it gets done for you.
Here are a few more examples:
“Send a thank-you email to customers who placed an order today.”
“Let the support team know about any failed orders.”
“Email me a daily summary of new sales.”
Whether it’s notifying your team or keeping customers in the loop, email within MCP takes care of the messaging.
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From managing customer interactions to enhancing internal communications, everyday scenarios benefit from MCP-powered email automation.
Streamlining internal information sharing
MCP-supported AI assists businesses by automatically capturing relevant details from ongoing conversations and sending precise summaries via email to team members. No more manual compilation and distribution. Your team can focus on higher-value activities.
For example, after a Slack conversation about a last-minute product update, MCP can automatically send a summary to the marketing and fulfillment teams so everyone stays aligned without extra back-and-forth.
Chaining workflows across MCP-enabled skills
MCP’s advanced automation framework lets you create complex, interconnected workflows. Email integrations can seamlessly link with other MCP-compatible tools and processes. That means customer-facing processes like ecommerce customer returns can automatically trigger inventory updates and initiate refund processing through MCP-linked accounting systems.
Frequently asked questions
What email providers and clients are compatible with MCP Email?
With MESA, you can use the built-in Email tool or connect with other email providers like Gmail, Klaviyo, Mailchimp or others.
Can I use MCP Email for automated email marketing campaigns?
Yes, MCP Email can be integrated with email marketing platforms and CRM systems to automate personalized email campaigns and nurture customer relationships.
What you should do now
Whenever you’re ready…here are 4 ways MESA can help you get more done:
Sign up for MESA. The best way to get started is sign up for MESA today. Every plan includes the first 7-days free so you can be assured your workflow is running properly.
Browse pre-made templates. Our customizable workflow templates are a great way to get started more quickly.
Talk to our automation experts. If you need help personalizing any workflow template, guidance how to make any automation or, simply want us to make your workflow, we can help.
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