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How to send email with Resend with Claude Code

Resend scores 5/5 on our Claude Code fit scale: official Anthropic-marketplace plugin with MCP server + 5 skills. These steps use only Resend’s and Anthropic’s official instructions; each step links its source.

  1. 1

    Have Claude Code and a Resend account ready

    You need Claude Code installed and an account with Resend (resend.com). Some tools only need the account when the agent first calls a live tool.

    Source: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/mcp

  2. 2

    Install the official Resend plugin

    Run this in Claude Code (or your terminal, as the source shows):

    /plugin install resend@claude-plugins-official

    Source: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/discover-plugins

  3. 3

    No marketplace setup needed

    This plugin is in Anthropic’s official marketplace (claude-plugins-official), which Claude Code adds automatically the first time you start an interactive session.

    Source: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/plugins/anthropic-marketplaces

  4. 4

    Connect and verify

    Run /mcp inside a Claude Code session to see connected servers, check status and complete sign-in where the server uses OAuth.

    Source: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/mcp

  5. 5

    Let the skills do the SDK work

    The plugin bundles 5 skills that Claude loads when relevant, or you can call one directly with /skill-name.

    agent-email-inboxemail-best-practicesreact-emailresendresend-cli

    Source: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/skills

Then just ask

Example prompt (our suggestion, not from vendor docs):

“Help me send email with Resend in this project. Follow the Resend skills, keep secrets in environment variables, and show me the plan before changing files.”

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