Claude Desktop + Nitrosend MCP

Nitrosend is an official connector in the Claude directory. Enable it once under Settings → Connectors, sign in, and Claude can run your email marketing through natural conversation. No coding, no config files, no URL to paste.

What is MCP?

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard that lets Claude connect directly to external services. When Nitrosend is connected as an MCP server, Claude gets native access to your email marketing — campaigns, flows, contacts, templates, analytics — all through conversation.

Setup: Enable the Nitrosend connector

What's my Nitrosend account status?

What Claude can do with Nitrosend connected

Once connected via MCP, Claude has access to a full suite of specialized tools and live resources about your account. Here's what that means in practice:

Draft and test campaigns

You: Draft a welcome campaign for my Newsletter list

Claude: I'll compose a welcome campaign using your brand theme. Here's a preview — want me to send a test before approval?

Build automation flows

You: Create a 3-email welcome series that triggers when someone joins my newsletter list

Claude: Done. I've created a flow with: (1) Welcome email sent immediately, (2) Product highlights after 3 days, (3) Special offer after 7 days. Want me to activate it?

Check analytics

You: How did my last campaign perform?

Claude: Your "Spring Reading List" campaign had a 42% open rate and 8.3% click rate — both above industry benchmarks. The top-clicked link was...

Manage contacts

You: Import these contacts to my VIP list: jane@example.com, bob@example.com

Claude: I've added both contacts to your VIP list with email subscription enabled.

MCP resources Claude can access

Beyond tools, Claude can read live resources for deeper context:

Tips for best results

• Set up your Brand Kit first. Go to Brand Kit (app.nitrosend.com/my/brand) and configure your brand colors, fonts, and logo. Claude uses this automatically when composing emails.
• Use AI Memory. Go to AI Memory (app.nitrosend.com/my/settings/memory) to tell Nitrosend about your business goals, target audience, and email strategy. Claude reads this to make smarter decisions.
• Be specific about your audience. Say "send to the newsletter list" rather than just "send an email."
• Ask for previews. Say "send me a test first" before going live with any campaign.

Fallback: custom connector

If your Claude organisation restricts directory connectors, ask an organisation owner to enable Nitrosend, or to add it as a custom connector: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, name Nitrosend, remote MCP URL https://api.nitrosend.com/mcp. Same tools, same sign-in flow.

Legacy fallback: Manual MCP configuration

If neither the directory listing nor custom connectors are available in your version of Claude Desktop, update Claude Desktop first. Only use this local stdio fallback when you cannot use connectors at all and you understand that it stores an API key in your local Claude config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nitro": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@nitrosend/mcp"],
      "env": {
        "NITROSEND_API_KEY": "nskey_live_your_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}