EmailOctopus MCP Server for OpenAI Agents SDKGive OpenAI Agents SDK instant access to 12 tools to Add Contact To List, Create Email List, Get Campaign Details, and more
The OpenAI Agents SDK enables production-grade agent workflows in Python. Connect EmailOctopus through Vinkius and your agents gain typed, auto-discovered tools with built-in guardrails. no manual schema definitions required.
Ask AI about this App Connector for OpenAI Agents SDK
The EmailOctopus app connector for OpenAI Agents SDK is a standout in the Productivity category — giving your AI agent 12 tools to work with, ready to go from day one.
Vinkius delivers Streamable HTTP and SSE to any MCP client
import asyncio
from agents import Agent, Runner
from agents.mcp import MCPServerStreamableHttp
async def main():
# Your Vinkius token. get it at cloud.vinkius.com
async with MCPServerStreamableHttp(
url="https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
) as mcp_server:
agent = Agent(
name="EmailOctopus Assistant",
instructions=(
"You help users interact with EmailOctopus. "
"You have access to 12 tools."
),
mcp_servers=[mcp_server],
)
result = await Runner.run(
agent, "List all available tools from EmailOctopus"
)
print(result.final_output)
asyncio.run(main())
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About EmailOctopus MCP Server
Connect your EmailOctopus (v2) account to any AI agent and take full control of your email marketing and subscriber engagement workflows through natural conversation.
The OpenAI Agents SDK auto-discovers all 12 tools from EmailOctopus through native MCP integration. Build agents with built-in guardrails, tracing, and handoff patterns. chain multiple agents where one queries EmailOctopus, another analyzes results, and a third generates reports, all orchestrated through Vinkius.
What you can do
- Audience Orchestration — List and manage your email marketing lists programmatically, including creating new lists and monitoring subscriber counts
- Subscriber Lifecycle — Programmatically add, update, or remove subscribers from lists and manage detailed profiles, tags, and custom fields
- Campaign Management — Monitor sent and draft campaigns and retrieve high-fidelity performance reports including open and click rates
- Workflow Automation — Programmatically trigger automated sequences (workflows) for specific contacts to coordinate complex customer journeys
- Operational Visibility — Retrieve complete list metadata and individual contact details directly through your agent for instant marketing reporting
The EmailOctopus MCP Server exposes 12 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to OpenAI Agents SDK in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.
All 12 EmailOctopus tools available for OpenAI Agents SDK
When OpenAI Agents SDK connects to EmailOctopus through Vinkius, your AI agent gets direct access to every tool listed below — spanning emailoctopus, email-marketing, automation-api, and more. Every call is secured with network, filesystem, subprocess, and code evaluation entitlements inside a sandboxed runtime. Beyond a simple connection, you get a full AI Gateway with real-time visibility into agent activity, enterprise governance, and optimized token usage.
Add a new contact to a list
Create a new subscriber list
Get details for a campaign
Get performance metrics for a campaign
Get details for a contact
Get details for an email list
Can filter by status. List contacts in a specific list
List all sent and draft campaigns
List all subscriber lists
Delete a contact from a list
Requires API trigger to be enabled. Start an automation for a contact
Update an existing contact
Connect EmailOctopus to OpenAI Agents SDK via MCP
Follow these steps to wire EmailOctopus into OpenAI Agents SDK. The entire setup takes under two minutes — your credentials stay safe behind the Vinkius.
Install the SDK
pip install openai-agents in your Python environmentReplace the token
[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your Vinkius token from cloud.vinkius.comRun the script
python agent.pyExplore tools
Why Use OpenAI Agents SDK with the EmailOctopus MCP Server
OpenAI Agents SDK provides unique advantages when paired with EmailOctopus through the Model Context Protocol.
Native MCP integration via `MCPServerSse`, pass the URL and the SDK auto-discovers all tools with full type safety
Built-in guardrails, tracing, and handoff patterns let you build production-grade agents without reinventing safety infrastructure
Lightweight and composable: chain multiple agents and MCP servers in a single pipeline with minimal boilerplate
First-party OpenAI support ensures optimal compatibility with GPT models for tool calling and structured output
EmailOctopus + OpenAI Agents SDK Use Cases
Practical scenarios where OpenAI Agents SDK combined with the EmailOctopus MCP Server delivers measurable value.
Automated workflows: build agents that query EmailOctopus, process the data, and trigger follow-up actions autonomously
Multi-agent orchestration: create specialist agents. one queries EmailOctopus, another analyzes results, a third generates reports
Data enrichment pipelines: stream data through EmailOctopus tools and transform it with OpenAI models in a single async loop
Customer support bots: agents query EmailOctopus to resolve tickets, look up records, and update statuses without human intervention
Example Prompts for EmailOctopus in OpenAI Agents SDK
Ready-to-use prompts you can give your OpenAI Agents SDK agent to start working with EmailOctopus immediately.
"List all my email subscriber lists in EmailOctopus."
"Add subscriber 'john.doe@example.com' to list 'l_123' with tag 'Customer'."
"Show me the report summary for campaign ID 'c_987'."
Troubleshooting EmailOctopus MCP Server with OpenAI Agents SDK
Common issues when connecting EmailOctopus to OpenAI Agents SDK through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.
MCPServerStreamableHttp not found
pip install --upgrade openai-agentsAgent not calling tools
EmailOctopus + OpenAI Agents SDK FAQ
Common questions about integrating EmailOctopus MCP Server with OpenAI Agents SDK.
How does the OpenAI Agents SDK connect to MCP?
MCPServerSse(url=...) to create a server connection. The SDK auto-discovers all tools and makes them available to your agent with full type information.Can I use multiple MCP servers in one agent?
MCPServerSse instances to the agent constructor. The agent can use tools from all connected servers within a single run.