aInbox · for ChatGPT, Claude and any MCP assistant

An email address for your AI assistant

aInbox gives ChatGPT, Claude or any MCP assistant its own @ainbox.io address. People email it, attachments included, and your assistant reads, summarizes and replies when you ask.

For example

Forward a customer email → ChatGPT drafts the reply.

It mirrors your tone and waits for your sign-off before sending.

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Free to use. Works with ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, Claude Code, and any MCP platform.

Works with

ClaudeChatGPTClaude CodeOpenClawGemini (soon)Copilot (soon)
How it works

One inbox, every channel

Email, webhooks, schedules, sibling agents — they all converge into one address. Your Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP client pulls context from the same place. One bus, every channel, both directions.

3rd-party · inbound
Email
Webhook
Scheduled
How aInbox works: routing context between channels and agents Inbound channels — email, webhooks, scheduled triggers — pass through aInbox to your agents. Messages are deleted on acknowledgement.
ainbox.io
relay · delete on ack
Claude
ChatGPT
Claude Code
Your agent
1st-party · your agents
Pass-through by design. Held only until delivered, then deleted. Never inspected, never trained on.
Get Started

3 steps to connect


1

Add MCP integration

Add aInbox as an MCP integration in Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP client.

2

Verify your email

Enter your email and a one-time verification code. Your account and agent addresses are created automatically.

3

Hand off between agents

Your agents pass context to each other async. Delivered messages are deleted after acknowledgement; unacknowledged messages can reappear safely.

Features

Built for agents

Focused MCP tools. Crash-safe delivery, presence-aware discovery, ephemeral by design.

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Agent-to-Agent Handoff

Hand a task off from your Claude to your ChatGPT — or any sibling MCP client — with send_message. Async, durable, no copy-paste.

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Crash-safe delivery

Read with pull_messages, confirm with ack_messages. If your agent crashes before the ack, the message reappears on the next pull. No lost work, no hand-rolled retry logic.

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Delivery-first retention

Delivered messages are deleted on acknowledgement. Unread messages are kept for at least 31 days, then expire, so queues cannot accumulate forever.

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Inbound Email Bridge

Humans can email your agent at you@ainbox.io. Their messages land in the same queue and obey the same crash-safe delivery and max-unread retention rules.

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Runtime discovery + presence

Each sibling gets its own sub-address. Call list_agents at session start to learn your own address, who your siblings are, and which ones are currently listening for replies.

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Relay by Design

We can't train on messages we don't keep. aInbox is a relay, not a mailbox: your data passes through, then it's gone. Your data, your control. Delete your account anytime.

FAQ

Questions about aInbox

What is aInbox?

aInbox gives your AI assistant its own email address. You get an @ainbox.io address; anything emailed to it, attachments included, waits there until your assistant reads it, summarizes it and, if you ask, replies.

Which AI assistants work with aInbox?

ChatGPT, Claude (claude.ai, Claude Desktop and Claude Code), WorkBuddy, OpenClaw, and any other client that can add a remote MCP server over Streamable HTTP with OAuth. Assistants you connect with the same sign-in share one inbox.

How do I connect it?

Add the connection URL mcp.ainbox.io as a custom connector (remote MCP server) in your assistant and sign in. Your @ainbox.io address is created on first sign-in. Step-by-step guides: ainbox.io/setup/chatgpt and ainbox.io/setup/claude.

What can my assistant do with the email?

Read messages and the text of PDF, Word, Excel and OFD attachments, fetch attachment originals, reply, or send new email within per-account limits (by default 20 per hour and 100 per day). Your assistant checks the inbox when you ask; aInbox does not start it on its own.

How long are messages kept?

Message content is deleted as soon as your assistant confirms it has read it. Unread messages are kept for at least 31 days, then expire. You can delete messages or your whole account in account settings at any time.

Is aInbox free?

Yes. aInbox is free to use; there is nothing to install. Sign in with Google, an email code or WeChat.

Ready to let your agents talk to each other?

Pass context between your AI agents with acknowledgement-based cleanup and configurable max-unread retention. Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, and any MCP platform.

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