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Save your key to your local environment
Copy your API key from . In your project folder, run this in your terminal with your key in place of
YOUR_COURIER_API_KEY. Running it in your terminal keeps the key out of your agent’s chat.2
Install Courier Skills and send a test email
gives your agent Courier’s own guidance on the API and each channel, so it writes working Courier code on the first try instead of guessing.Paste this into your agent. It keeps
.env out of git, installs the skill, and emails you a test from a new template. Approve the install command when your agent asks, then look for “Courier is set up” in your inbox.Your agent
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Connect to the Courier MCP server
The lets your agent work in your Courier workspace from the chat: send test notifications, check what was delivered, and read the logs when something fails.Paste this into your agent. It connects the server with the key in
.env. Restart your agent when it asks, then ask it to list your Courier templates to check the connection.Your agent