How to Install Resend MCP in Gemini CLI

Official Resend integration — send transactional emails, manage domains, and track delivery from your AI

What Resend MCP does

The official Resend MCP server lets AI agents send emails, manage audiences, and monitor deliverability through natural language. Perfect for automating transactional email workflows. Features: - Send emails with HTML or plain text content - Manage email templates and variables - Track email delivery, open, and click events - Manage sending domains and DNS verification - Handle bounces and complaints - Create and manage audience segments - Schedule email campaigns - Access email analytics and reporting Use cases: - "Send a welcome email to new users who signed up today" - "Check the delivery rate for yesterday's newsletter" - "Create a password reset email template with our branding" - "Add these 50 email addresses to the beta-users audience" Resend is the developer-focused email API trusted by Vercel, Clerk, and thousands of startups.

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Installation steps

1Copy the config below
2Open ~/.gemini/settings.json
3Paste inside "mcpServers": {}
4Restart Gemini CLI

Configuration

File location: ~/.gemini/settings.json

settings.jsonjson

{
  "resendMcp": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": [
      "-y",
      "@resend/mcp"
    ],
    "env": {
      "RESEND_API_KEY": "re_..."
    }
  }
}

Full server details GitHub Open Config Editor

Install in other clients

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For maintainers

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