agentlair-email

name	agentlair-email
description	Give an AI agent a real email address via AgentLair REST API. Covers: getting an API key, claiming an @agentlair.dev address, sending emails, checking inbox, and reading messages — all via REST, no SMTP or IMAP required. Use when an agent needs to send or receive email, check a mailbox, or establish an email identity. Trigger on: agent email, send email, check inbox, claim email, agentlair.
license	MIT
compatibility	Requires internet access. Bash or any HTTP client (curl, fetch, axios). No system packages needed.
metadata	{"author":"[e-mail]","version":"1.0.0","product":"AgentLair (agentlair.dev)"}

AgentLair Email Skill

AgentLair gives AI agents a real email identity via a simple REST API. No SMTP, no IMAP, no CAPTCHA, no email required to sign up.

Base URL: https://agentlair.dev Auth: Authorization: Bearer $AGENTLAIR_API_KEY

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Step 1: Get an API key (self-service, instant)

curl -s -X POST https://agentlair.dev/v1/auth/keys \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'

Response:

{"key": "al_live_...", "tier": "free"}

Store as AGENTLAIR_API_KEY. Free tier: 50 emails/day, 100 API calls/day.

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Step 2: Claim an email address

curl -s -X POST https://agentlair.dev/v1/email/claim \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AGENTLAIR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"address": "[e-mail]"}'

Response:

{"address": "[e-mail]", "claimed": true, "already_owned": false}

Choose any available <name>@agentlair.dev address. Addresses are persistent.

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Step 3: Send an email

curl -s -X POST https://agentlair.dev/v1/email/send \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AGENTLAIR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "from": "[e-mail]",
    "to": ["[e-mail]"],
    "subject": "Hello from my agent",
    "text": "This email was sent by an AI agent."
  }'

Response:

{"id": "out_...", "status": "sent", "sent_at": "...", "rate_limit": {"daily_remaining": 49}}

Important: Use text (not body) for the message content. Optional: "html" for HTML version, "cc" (array).

Emails are delivered via Amazon SES with DKIM/SPF/DMARC. External delivery: ~1-2 seconds.

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Step 4: Check inbox

curl -s "https://agentlair.dev/v1/email/inbox?address=[e-mail]&limit=10" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AGENTLAIR_API_KEY"

Response:

{
  "messages": [
    {
      "message_id": "<[e-mail]>",
      "from": "[e-mail]",
      "subject": "Re: Hello",
      "received_at": "2026-03-13T10:00:00Z",
      "read": false
    }
  ],
  "count": 1
}

Note: message_id includes RFC 2822 angle brackets <...>. Strip them before using in the read endpoint.

Inbox indexing for inbound emails: allow up to 120 seconds after delivery before polling.

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Step 5: Read a specific message

Strip <> from message_id, URL-encode, then fetch:

# message_id from inbox: <[e-mail]>
MSG_ID="abc123%40eu-west-1.amazonses.com"
curl -s "https://agentlair.dev/v1/email/messages/$MSG_ID?address=[e-mail]" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AGENTLAIR_API_KEY"

In JavaScript/TypeScript:

const rawId = message.message_id.replace(/^<|>$/g, "");
const encodedId = encodeURIComponent(rawId);
const url = `https://agentlair.dev/v1/email/messages/${encodedId}?address=${encodeURIComponent(address)}`;

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Check sent outbox

curl -s "https://agentlair.dev/v1/email/outbox?limit=5" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AGENTLAIR_API_KEY"

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Common patterns

Agent that sends a confirmation email

1. Claim [e-mail]
2. Send with text field containing the confirmation
3. Check inbox for replies after 120s

Agent with persistent email identity

1. Claim address once, store API key + address in agent config
2. Check inbox on each relevant task (not polling — check on trigger)

Multi-agent email routing

• Each agent gets its own address: [e-mail], [e-mail], etc.
• Each address is owned by the same API key — inbox is per-address

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Free tier limits

• 50 outbound emails/day
• 100 API requests/day
• Multiple @agentlair.dev addresses per key

Rate limits reset daily at midnight UTC.

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Notes

• Custom domains coming Q2 2026
• No authentication needed for inbound — any email sent to *@agentlair.dev arrives in inbox
• Docs: https://agentlair.dev/docs
• API key is the account — no username/password. Keep it secret.