Give your agent a working inbox.
Create a mailbox, receive a message and keep the reply in context. Build an agent workflow with the existing Email API, CLI and MCP tools.
Create and connect
Choose your email integrationDecide between sending, inbound processing, hosted inboxes and connected accounts.First agent mailboxCreate an address and follow an incoming message through its thread.Mailbox integrationUse mailbox, thread and message operations.CLI and MCP setupConnect your coding agent to the same supported Bird operations.
Build the task
Node.js support inboxCreate a mailbox, record a case and reply in the original thread.Python support inboxFollow the same working conversation with the Python SDK.Events and attachmentsConnect incoming events to work and retrieve a message attachment.An email agent workflowTurn an incoming request into a reviewed reply and a recorded outcome.Receive emailChoose when an inbound webhook fits the application.Email eventsHandle incoming mail and send outcomes in your application.TroubleshootingResolve missing threads, reply failures and event handling issues.
Compare and choose
Compare mailbox providersChoose a dedicated inbox or connected-account model.Bird vs AgentMailCompare inbox operations, message events and reply recovery.Bird vs NylasSeparate hosted Agent Accounts from connected user mailboxes.Bird vs MailSlurpMap programmable inboxes and preserve your testing workflow.Bird vs AurinkoDecide which tasks need their own inbox or existing-account access.Bird vs ResendCompare inbound processing with a mailbox and thread workflow.
Build with Agent Mailboxes.
Start with a working example, or talk to our team about your integration and migration.