# `io.usefulapi/sendgrid` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.usefulapi/sendgrid
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.usefulapi/sendgrid
- Version: 1.16.3 (active)
- Publisher: io.usefulapi (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/m190/usefulapi-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T19:23:31.915Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
SendGrid MCP by usefulapi
Send email and read templates, marketing contacts, lists, stats, bounces and unsubscribes.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T16:27:31.375Z over streamable-http.

**11 tools: 2 can delete or cancel things and 9 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 2 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 0 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 9 | allow |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Deletes or cancels (2)

Removes, cancels or revokes something. Claude Code: deny.

### `sendgrid_add_or_update_contacts`

- The name "sendgrid_add_or_update_contacts" says "add": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
UPSERTS marketing contacts (creates new ones, updates existing ones by email) and optionally adds them to lists. This is an ASYNC job — returns { job_id } you can poll. SendGrid: PUT /v3/marketing/contacts.
```

### `sendgrid_send_mail`

- The name "sendgrid_send_mail" says "send": a word for sending, and what is sent cannot be taken back.
- The input addresses people (input.to): what it sends cannot be taken back.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
SENDS A REAL EMAIL immediately via SendGrid. Provide `from_email` and one or more `to` recipients, plus EITHER a subject + content OR a `template_id` (dynamic template ids start with "d-", pass values via dynamic_template_data). Returns { status: "accepted", message_id }. SendGrid: POST /v3/mail/send.
```

## Only reads (9)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `sendgrid_get_contact_count`

- The name "sendgrid_get_contact_count" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get the total number of Marketing Campaigns contacts on your account. Returns { contact_count, billable_count }. SendGrid: GET /v3/marketing/contacts/count.
```

### `sendgrid_get_stats`

- The name "sendgrid_get_stats" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get global email statistics over a date range (delivered, opens, clicks, bounces, spam reports, etc.). Returns an array of { date, stats: [{ metrics: {...} }] }. SendGrid: GET /v3/stats.
```

### `sendgrid_get_template`

- The name "sendgrid_get_template" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get a single transactional email template by id, including its versions (subject + content). SendGrid: GET /v3/templates/{template_id}.
```

### `sendgrid_list_bounces`

- The name "sendgrid_list_bounces" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List bounced email addresses (the bounce suppression list). Returns an array of { created, email, reason, status }. SendGrid: GET /v3/suppression/bounces.
```

### `sendgrid_list_global_unsubscribes`

- The name "sendgrid_list_global_unsubscribes" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List globally-unsubscribed email addresses (the global suppression list). Returns an array of { created, email }. SendGrid: GET /v3/suppression/unsubscribes.
```

### `sendgrid_list_marketing_lists`

- The name "sendgrid_list_marketing_lists" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List your Marketing Campaigns contact lists, each with its id, name, and contact_count. Returns { result: [...], _metadata }. SendGrid: GET /v3/marketing/lists.
```

### `sendgrid_list_templates`

- The name "sendgrid_list_templates" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List your transactional email templates (Dynamic and/or Legacy). Returns { result: [...], _metadata } — use _metadata.next / page_token to paginate. SendGrid: GET /v3/templates.
```

### `sendgrid_ping`

- The name "sendgrid_ping" says "ping": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Health check — verifies the API key works and returns the scopes (permissions) granted to it. SendGrid: GET /v3/scopes.
```

### `sendgrid_search_contacts_by_email`

- The name "sendgrid_search_contacts_by_email" says "search": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Look up marketing contacts by exact email address (a read-only lookup — mutates nothing). Returns { result: { "<email>": { contact: {...} } } }. SendGrid: POST /v3/marketing/contacts/search/emails.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `sendgrid`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__sendgrid__sendgrid_ping",
      "mcp__sendgrid__sendgrid_list_templates",
      "mcp__sendgrid__sendgrid_get_template",
      "mcp__sendgrid__sendgrid_list_marketing_lists",
      "mcp__sendgrid__sendgrid_get_contact_count",
      "mcp__sendgrid__sendgrid_search_contacts_by_email",
      "mcp__sendgrid__sendgrid_get_stats",
      "mcp__sendgrid__sendgrid_list_bounces",
      "mcp__sendgrid__sendgrid_list_global_unsubscribes"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__sendgrid__sendgrid_send_mail",
      "mcp__sendgrid__sendgrid_add_or_update_contacts"
    ]
  }
}
```