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Dotdigital MCP connector

The Dotdigital connector brings your email campaigns, sends, opens and clicks into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other AI clients, so your team can build, send and report on Dotdigital campaigns by asking in plain language.

  • How it connects. Connects with an API key. The credential goes into a vault nobody reads back.

  • One address. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, the same for every user.

  • Their own access. An agent never gets more than the person it acts for.

How to connect

How to connect Dotdigital to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Two steps, about a minute.

1

In Elaichi

Connect Dotdigital once

  1. Open Connections, choose Add connection, and pick Dotdigital.

  2. Optionally set Share with to give a team access, then press Connect.

  3. Paste a Dotdigital API key. One person generates a token in Dotdigital and pastes it once. Everyone else works through Share with, and never sees it.

The credential is vaulted. Nobody reads it back, not even the AI.

Add connection

Choose a connector.

dotdigital
Dotdigital
Beamer
Buffer
ClickSend
Dub
Extole
2

In your AI client

Point it at one endpoint

Everyone in the organization uses the same address, and each person only ever reaches what their own account allows.

Connect Dotdigital to Claude

  1. 1

    Open Customize, then Connectors.

  2. 2

    Press Add.

  3. 3

    Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  4. 4

    Sign in and approve.

On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.

Connect Dotdigital to ChatGPT

  1. 1

    Open Plugins, then press the + button.

  2. 2

    Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.

  4. 4

    Press Create, then sign in and approve.

Works on the web today. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

Connect Dotdigital to Cursor

  1. 1

    Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

  2. 2

    Add the endpoint under mcpServers.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.

Connect Dotdigital to any MCP client

  1. 1

    Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Sign in and approve.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.

Use cases

What teams do with Dotdigital through Elaichi

Every one of these runs inside the access the person already has, and lands in the same audit log.

  • Marketing

    Draft next week's campaign from a brief

    Turn a short brief into a new Dotdigital campaign with the subject line, sender details and content in place, ready for a final look before it goes to a list.

  • Marketing

    Copy last month's winner and refresh it

    Take the campaign that performed best, make a copy in Dotdigital, and update the subject, dates and offer without rebuilding it from scratch.

  • Email marketing

    Set up a split test on subject lines

    Create a split test in Dotdigital with two or three subject line variants, then read back which one earned more opens once the results are in.

  • Email marketing

    Schedule a send at the best time

    Queue a Dotdigital campaign send for a chosen address book, or let send time optimization pick the moment each contact is most likely to open.

  • Ecommerce

    See who clicked the promotion link

    Pull the clicks for a sale campaign in Dotdigital, grouped by link, to learn which products drew attention and which parts of the email were ignored.

  • Leadership

    Summarize campaign results before the Monday meeting

    Ask for a plain summary of every Dotdigital campaign sent since a date, with opens and clicks side by side, and get it as a paragraph rather than an export.

Try asking

  • “Show me campaigns sent to the EMEA list last week.”
  • “Draft a split test for the spring campaign.”
  • “Which campaigns still need an attachment added.”

See all 314 Dotdigital tools below

AI tools

Dotdigital tools for your AI agents

314 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Dotdigital, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.

See it in Elaichi

What connecting Dotdigital gets you

6 screens from the product, each doing one job for your Dotdigital account.

The agent

Ask about campaigns, get real answers.

Type a plain question and pull live campaign data from Dotdigital in seconds.

  • campaigns
  • sends
  • attachments
  • contacts

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

Show me campaigns sent to the EMEA list last week.

Draft a split test for the spring campaign.

Which campaigns still need an attachment added.

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

MCP clients

One Dotdigital endpoint, every client connects.

Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor reach Dotdigital through one governed org endpoint, no shared keys.

ElaichiMCP clients
Claude ChatGPT Cursor

Copy the endpoint

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Client Connected by Status Last used
Claude
E

Emma Laurent

• Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
S

Sofia Ricci

• Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
C

Clara Nowak

• Connected Yesterday

Tool catalog

314 Dotdigital tools, zero custom code.

The full Dotdigital catalog of campaigns, sends and attachments, ready to call.

  • List all Dotdigital campaigns
  • Create a Dotdigital campaign
  • Get single Dotdigital campaign by ID
  • Update a Dotdigital campaign by ID
ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
List all Dotdigital campaigns List List all dotdigital campaigns. Returns: id, name, subject, fromName, fromAddress, htmlContent, plainTextContent, replyAction, replyToAddress, isSplitTest, status. Max 1000 records per page.
Create a Dotdigital campaign Create Create a new dotdigital campaign. Returns: id, name, subject, fromName, fromAddress, htmlContent, plainTextContent, replyAction, replyToAddress, isSplitTest, status, type. Required: name, subject, fromName, htmlContent, plainTextContent.
Get single Dotdigital campaign by ID Get Get a single dotdigital campaign by id. Returns: id, examples, name. Required: id.
Update a Dotdigital campaign by ID Update Update a dotdigital campaign by id. Returns: id, subject, fromName, fromAddress, htmlContent, plainTextContent, replyAction, replyToAddress, isSplitTest, status, examples, name. Required: id.
Delete a Dotdigital campaign by ID Delete Delete a dotdigital campaign by id. Returns an empty 204 response on success. Required: id.

Toolboxes

Every team gets its own Dotdigital toolbox.

Marketing, lifecycle and support each work from a toolbox scoped to their job.

  • Marketing
  • Lifecycle
  • Support
  • Sales
ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

Marketing toolbox

Dotdigital · campaigns and segments

Dotdigital starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Lifecycle toolbox

Dotdigital · automation programs and journeys

9 Mar 2, 2026

Support toolbox

Dotdigital · transactional sends and attachments

24 Feb 27, 2026

Sales toolbox

Dotdigital · contact lists and campaign performance

Dotdigital starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Product toolbox

Dotdigital · onboarding and activation campaigns

31 Jan 30, 2026

Analytics toolbox

Dotdigital · campaign reporting and send data

12 Jan 22, 2026

Shared connections

Share Dotdigital access without sharing credentials.

See who connected each account and how many teams and members use it.

  • Marketing EMEA
  • Marketing US
  • Lifecycle Programs
  • Support Transactional
ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
DO

Dotdigital (Marketing EMEA)

Connected by Emma Laurent

Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
DO

Dotdigital (Marketing US)

Connected by James Whitfield

Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
DO

Dotdigital (Lifecycle Programs)

Connected by Sofia Ricci

Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
DO

Dotdigital (Support Transactional)

Connected by Daniel Ortega

Personal • Needs re-auth 1 team · 3 members
DO

Dotdigital (Sales Outreach)

Connected by Clara Nowak

Personal • Active Not shared
DO

Dotdigital (Product Onboarding)

Connected by Michael Brennan

Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Audit log

Every Dotdigital action, logged and traceable.

See who did what, when, and to which campaign or record.

  • When
  • Who
  • What happened
  • Type
ElaichiAudit log
When Who What happened Type

2 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM

E

Emma Laurent

[email protected]

Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM

J

James Whitfield

[email protected]

Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM

S

Sofia Ricci

[email protected]

Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM

D

Daniel Ortega

[email protected]

Dotdigital Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM

C

Clara Nowak

[email protected]

Dotdigital Campaigns Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM

M

Michael Brennan

[email protected]

Dotdigital Campaigns List Toolbox

Launching soon

From answering questions to doing the work

A person no longer has to ask. A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations and live dashboards are launching soon, on the Black plan.

Automations

Campaigns draft themselves, a person still approves.

A schedule fetches Dotdigital records, drafts a digest, and waits for sign off before posting.

Dotdigital digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emma Laurent

  1. Schedule

    Every weekday at 08:00

    0.2s
  2. Fetch campaigns

    Dotdigital

    1.4s
  3. Group by owner

    Transform

    0.1s
  4. Draft the digest

    Agent step

    Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary

    6.2s
  5. Approve the digest

    Needs approval

    Assigned to Michael Brennan

    Approve
  6. Post the digest

    Dotdigital

    Queued

Collections and dashboards

Dotdigital health, refreshed on a schedule.

Four metrics and a 14 day chart of records created, broken down by team.

Dotdigital health

Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the campaigns collection

Live

Campaigns

1,284 ↓ 12%

Sends

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Campaigns created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

Marketing EMEA 34%

Marketing US 27%

Lifecycle Programs 21%

Support Transactional 18%

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do I connect Dotdigital to Claude?

First connect Dotdigital in Elaichi, which asks for a Dotdigital API key rather than a full sign-in, and there is no client ID or secret to generate. Then in Claude open Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste the endpoint https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. Sign in with your Elaichi account when Claude asks, and Dotdigital campaigns, sends and reports are available in the chat.

Does Dotdigital work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

Yes. Once Dotdigital is connected in Elaichi, the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, any other MCP client and the Elaichi Agent. You connect Dotdigital once and every client picks it up.

What can an AI agent actually do with my Dotdigital data?

An agent can list your Dotdigital campaigns, create new ones, copy or update existing ones, add attachments, set up split tests and schedule sends, including send time optimization. It can also read the results: opens, clicks grouped by link, activity since a given date and per-campaign summaries. Because Dotdigital exposes a lot of actions, short concrete asks such as 'clicks for the spring sale campaign' work better than long sentences.

Does connecting Dotdigital give the AI everything in my account?

No. An agent working through Elaichi only reaches what the Dotdigital API key it was connected with can already reach, and it acts as the person who signed in. Elaichi can narrow that further, for example to reporting only, but it can never widen access beyond what Dotdigital itself allows.

Can my team share one Dotdigital connection?

Yes. One person connects Dotdigital in Elaichi and shares it with a team, and nobody else ever handles the API key. Each teammate still signs in to Elaichi as themselves, so every campaign created or send scheduled in Dotdigital is recorded against the person who did it.

Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in Dotdigital?

Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi work per action, so you can allow reading Dotdigital campaign reports while blocking deleting campaigns, removing attachments or scheduling sends. A blocked action is never shown to Claude, ChatGPT or any other client, so no prompt can reach it.

What happens to a Dotdigital connection when someone leaves?

Offboarding a person in Elaichi ends their access to Dotdigital through every AI client at once. A Dotdigital connection they shared keeps working for everyone else on the team. If you later want it gone entirely, disconnecting Dotdigital once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and every other client together.

Put Dotdigital in front of your team

Fourteen days on Gold, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.