How to Give Your AI Agent Its Own Email Address [2026]

Why Your Agent Needs Its Own Email

When AI agents need to register for services, verify accounts, or communicate via email, sharing your personal inbox creates security risks and doesn’t scale. Your agent needs its own disposable, programmable email address.

Step 1: Get Your API Key

Visit agentsbase.net/login and create an account. You’ll receive an API key that looks like ak_xxx.... This key manages all your mailboxes.

Step 2: Create a Mailbox

curl -X POST https://agentsbase.net/api/register \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AGENTSBASE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{}'

This creates a random address like swift-fox-1234@agentsbase.net and returns a mailbox token for sending and receiving.

Step 3: Send Your First Email

curl -X POST https://agentsbase.net/api/send \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MAILBOX_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"from":"swift-fox-1234@agentsbase.net","to":["user@example.com"],"subject":"Hello from my agent","text":"This email was sent by an AI agent."}'

Step 4: Check the Inbox

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $MAILBOX_TOKEN" \
  "https://agentsbase.net/api/inbox?to=swift-fox-1234@agentsbase.net"

For Claude Code Users

The fastest integration is via MCP. Run this one command:

claude mcp add agentsbase-mcp -e AGENTSBASE_API_KEY=ak_xxx -- npx -y agentsbase-mcp

Now your Claude Code agent can create mailboxes, send emails, and extract verification codes natively.