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Buttondown MCP by usefulapi

io.usefulapi/buttondown · v1.0.0

Read Buttondown subscribers, emails, analytics and automations; add subscribers; write email drafts.

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Last check

Reachable, 25 tools, protocol 2025-06-18 · checked 2026-10-17

Test & rating

B 87/100

What it does: 25 tools · 20 read, 5 write (incl. delete/pay) · Email, Analytics & marketing, Knowledge & docs

Test call buttondown_get_account: needs a key: HTTP 401 (1,046 ms)

How the rating is made
  • Answers without login: +30
  • Speed of first answer: +10
  • Lists tools: +10
  • Tool descriptions: +15
  • Parameter descriptions: +9
  • Read/write annotations: +5
  • Safe test call: +8
  • More than 80 tools: 0

Tested 2026-10-17. Fixed rules, no AI model. Grade A needs a successful real call.

Install

Remote URL
https://buttondown.usefulapi.io/mcp

Tools

25 tools listed at last check
  • buttondown_get_account The Buttondown account this API key belongs to: username and e-mail address. GET /accounts/me.
  • buttondown_list_newsletters List the newsletters on the account with name, username, domains, sender, locale and timezone. The newsletter's API key, custom CSS and e-mail templates are never returned. GET /newsletters.
  • buttondown_get_newsletter One newsletter by id (settings and identity only; no API key, CSS or templates). GET /newsletters/{id}.
  • buttondown_list_subscribers List or search subscribers (newest first by default) with e-mail, type (regular, unactivated, unsubscribed, premium, ...), tags, notes, metadata, source, open/click rates and dates. Filter by e-mail text, type, tag, signup date or domain. GET /subscribers.
  • buttondown_get_subscriber One subscriber by id or by e-mail address: type, tags, notes, metadata, source, engagement and lifecycle dates. GET /subscribers/{id_or_email}.
  • buttondown_add_subscriber WRITE: add ONE subscriber by e-mail address. No subscriber type is set, so Buttondown applies the newsletter's normal sign-up rules (double opt-in: the subscriber is typically created as unactivated and Buttondown e-mails THAT ONE address a confirmation message; opt-in is never bypassed, nor is the
  • buttondown_update_subscriber WRITE: change ONE subscriber's tags, private note or metadata. Tags are merged (add_tags / remove_tags change only those names; the others stay). A given note or metadata replaces the existing value (destructive for that field). The subscriber's type (unsubscribe, block, ...) and e-mail address cann
  • buttondown_list_emails List emails (drafts, scheduled and sent), newest first by default, with subject, status, publish date, slug, archive URL and analytics summary. The body is left out unless include_body is set. Filter by status, subject text or date. GET /emails.
  • buttondown_get_email One email by id with its full body, subject, status, publish date, slug, archive settings and analytics summary. GET /emails/{id}.
  • buttondown_get_email_analytics Delivery and engagement numbers for one sent email: recipients, deliveries, opens, clicks, failures, unsubscriptions, complaints, replies, page views. GET /emails/{id}/analytics.
  • buttondown_create_email_draft WRITE: create a DRAFT email (status always "draft"). Nothing is sent or scheduled and no subscriber is e-mailed; to send it, the user must open the draft in Buttondown and send it there. This server has no tool that sends or schedules email. Body is Markdown or HTML. POST /emails.
  • buttondown_update_email_draft WRITE: edit the subject, body, description, slug or preview image of an email that is still a DRAFT (replaces those fields; the previous text is lost unless Buttondown's email history is used). Refuses any email that is not a draft, and never changes status or publish date, so nothing is sent or sch
  • buttondown_list_tags List subscriber tags with name, color, descriptions and whether subscribers can edit them. GET /tags.
  • buttondown_get_tag_analytics Subscribers created, open rate and click rate for one tag. GET /tags/{id}/analytics.
  • buttondown_create_tag WRITE: create a subscriber tag (needs a Buttondown plan with tags). An existing tag with the same name is returned as an error and not changed. POST /tags.
  • buttondown_list_automations List automations (welcome sequences and other triggered e-mails) with name, status, trigger, actions and filters (webhook URLs in actions are shown by host only). Read-only: automations are not started or changed. GET /automations.
  • buttondown_get_automation One automation by id with its trigger, actions and filters. GET /automations/{id}.
  • buttondown_get_automation_analytics Performance numbers for one automation. GET /automations/{id}/analytics.
  • buttondown_list_surveys List surveys with question, answers, status and response count. GET /surveys.
  • buttondown_list_survey_responses List survey responses (who answered what), optionally for one survey, email or subscriber. GET /survey_responses.
  • buttondown_list_segments List saved subscriber segments with name, description and filters. GET /segments.
  • buttondown_list_forms List sign-up forms with title, slug, status, tags and subscriber counts. GET /forms.
  • buttondown_list_snippets List reusable content snippets with identifier, name, mode and how often each is referenced. GET /snippets.
  • buttondown_list_webhooks List configured webhooks with status and subscribed event types. The signing key is never returned and the URL is shown by host only. GET /webhooks.
  • buttondown_list_events List delivery events (delivered, opened, clicked, bounced, unsubscribed, ...), newest first, optionally for one email or subscriber. GET /events.

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