Introduction
Get started with Bird
Email, SMS, and WhatsApp on one platform — per-channel endpoints over shared infrastructure. Create a key, send your first message, then wire up the rest at your own pace.
Choose a path
Pick a use-case quickstart to go from zero to your first send. Every quickstart is one hand-held happy path — the canonical home that channel and product pages link to.
EmailFrom API key to delivered email in under 5 minutes.
AI onboardingPoint Cursor / VS Code at Bird — MCP, llms.txt, agent CLI.
Send an SMSSend free-form text or a template through the SMS API.
Verify a phone numberSend and check a one-time passcode in minutes.
Explore the docs
Beyond the quickstarts, the documentation is organized into five areas. The Guides explain how Bird works and go channel-deep; the Knowledge base is the operational, how-do-I side; the SDKs wrap the API in typed methods for your own code; the CLI puts it in your terminal and in agent loops; and the API reference documents every endpoint.
GuidesPlatform concepts and channel deep-dives — authentication, webhooks, and the Email and SMS guides.
Knowledge baseAccount setup, DNS and domains, deliverability, billing, and troubleshooting.
SDKsTyped clients for TypeScript, Python, and Go over one shared behavior model.
CLIOperate Bird from a shell, a script, or an agent loop. JSON output, semantic exit codes.
API referenceEvery public endpoint, generated from the same OpenAPI spec that drives the SDKs.
The Email guide
Email is the deepest section today. Start at the Email overview for the conceptual map, or jump straight to a topic:
- Sending: Sending email, Batch sending, Categories, Rate limits
- Domains & authentication: Sending domains, DKIM, SPF & DMARC, BIMI
- Reputation: Dedicated IPs & pools, IP warmup, Suppressions, Deliverability
- Visibility & testing: Metrics, Stats API, Open & click tracking, Events, Mail sandbox
- Migrating: from SendGrid, Mailgun, Amazon SES, or Resend
The SMS guide
Send free-form text or a built-in template; both are available to every workspace. Start at the SMS overview for the map, or jump to Sending SMS, the SMS log, SMS metrics, or Events.
Next steps
After your first send, wire up Webhooks & events to receive delivery events.