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Smartlead MCP connector

The Smartlead connector brings your outreach campaigns, leads, email accounts and reply analytics to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and the Elaichi Agent, so your team can check, adjust and report on cold email from any AI client.

  • Connects with an API key
  • Free 14-day trial
  • No credit card
Claude Elaichi connected

Which Smartlead campaigns had the most replies last week?

Working in Smartlead with Elaichi

  • List all Smartlead campaigns
  • Get single Smartlead campaign by ID
  • Smartlead campaigns get all leads activities
Ask anything…
Governance / Audit log Last 24 hours
Smartlead Smartlead campaigns get all leads activities Emily Carter · Claude · 9:41 AM Done
Smartlead Get single Smartlead campaign by ID Emily Carter · Claude · 9:41 AM Done
Smartlead List all Smartlead campaigns Emily Carter · Claude · 9:41 AM Done
Smartlead Create a Smartlead campaign Megan Brooks · ChatGPT · 9:38 AM Done
Smartlead Update a Smartlead campaign by ID Ryan Hayes · Cursor · 9:35 AM Done

How to connect Smartlead to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot

Step by step, for each AI app

Smartlead MCP connector for 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.

Smartlead MCP connector for Claude Code

  1. 1

    In a terminal, run claude mcp add with the endpoint.

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

    Start Claude Code and run /mcp.

  3. 3

    Pick elaichi, then sign in and approve in the browser.

Terminal

$ claude mcp add --transport http elaichi --scope user https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp

Use --scope project instead to share it with the repository through .mcp.json.

Smartlead MCP connector for 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. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

Smartlead MCP connector for 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.

Smartlead MCP connector for Microsoft Copilot

  1. 1

    In Copilot Studio, open your agent, then Tools, Add a tool, New tool and Model Context Protocol.

  2. 2

    Paste the endpoint into Server URL, choose OAuth 2.0, then Dynamic discovery, and press Create.

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

    Create a new connection, sign in and approve, then press Add to agent.

  4. 4

    Under Channels, open Teams and Microsoft Copilot and make the agent available in Microsoft Copilot.

Server URL
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Type
Dynamic discovery

Microsoft Copilot was called Microsoft 365 Copilot. Keep the tool on end-user credentials, so each person signs in as themselves.

Connect Smartlead 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.

What teams do with Smartlead through Elaichi

Ask in plain English. Each person’s AI can do only what they’re allowed to, and every action it takes in Smartlead is logged.

  • Sales development

    Check how a campaign is doing before standup

    Ask for open, reply and bounce rates on a live Smartlead campaign, by day if you want, and get a plain answer instead of digging through dashboards.

  • Sales development

    Pause a campaign that has gone sideways

    When a sequence starts drawing complaints or bounces, pause it, change its sending schedule, or duplicate it as a fresh draft to rework the copy.

  • Sales

    Pull up a lead's full outreach history

    Before a call, see every email a prospect received and every reply they sent across Smartlead campaigns, so nobody walks in cold.

  • Revenue operations

    Keep sending mailboxes healthy

    List every email account, spot the ones that have disconnected or failed, and reconnect them before a campaign quietly stops sending.

  • Marketing

    Spin up and test a new sequence

    Create a campaign, add a follow-up subsequence for people who opened but did not reply, and send a test email to yourself before it goes live.

  • Sales leadership

    Export leads and report on the week

    Export a campaign's leads to a spreadsheet and summarize top-level results across all Smartlead campaigns for a Monday pipeline review.

Try asking

  • “Which Smartlead campaigns had the most replies last week?”
  • “Pause the Q2 outbound campaign and update its schedule.”
  • “Export leads from the enterprise Smartlead campaign as CSV.”

See all 135 Smartlead tools →

What connecting Smartlead gets you

6 screens from Elaichi, each doing one job for your Smartlead account.

Elaichi Agent

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

Which Smartlead campaigns had the most replies last week?

Pause the Q2 outbound campaign and update its schedule.

Export leads from the enterprise Smartlead campaign as CSV.

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot

The agent

Ask about campaigns, get real answers.

Plain language questions answered from live Smartlead campaigns, leads and reply activity.

ElaichiAI apps
Claude ChatGPT Cursor Microsoft Copilot

Copy the endpoint

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

Emily Carter

• Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
M

Megan Brooks

• Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
R

Ryan Hayes

• Connected Yesterday

AI apps

One Smartlead endpoint for every client.

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Microsoft Copilot connect over OAuth, no SDK and no shared key.

ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
List all Smartlead campaigns List List all SmartLead email campaigns ordered by newest first. Returns: id, created_at, updated_at, message. Optional client_id filter and include_tags flag.
Create a Smartlead campaign Create Create a new SmartLead email campaign in DRAFTED status with default settings. Returns: ok, id, name, created_at. Name defaults to 'Untitled Campaign' if omitted; other settings must be configured via separate update endpoints after creation.
Get single Smartlead campaign by ID Get Get a single SmartLead campaign by id with full configuration and lead statistics. Returns: success, data. Required: id.
Update a Smartlead campaign by ID Update Update SmartLead campaign settings including tracking, sending limits, stop conditions, AI matching, plain text mode, and out-of-office detection. Returns: success, data, message. Required: id.
Delete a Smartlead campaign by ID Delete Permanently delete a SmartLead campaign by id, removing all sequences, lead mappings, statistics, and history. Returns: success, message. Required: id. This action cannot be undone; active campaigns must be stopped first.

Tool catalog

All 135 Smartlead tools, ready to call.

Campaigns, subsequences, schedules, lead activities and analytics, with no custom code written.

ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

Outbound toolbox

Smartlead · campaigns and sequences

Smartlead starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

SDR team toolbox

Smartlead · leads and replies

— 9 Mar 2, 2026

RevOps toolbox

Smartlead · analytics and schedules

— 24 Feb 27, 2026

Marketing toolbox

Smartlead · campaign copy and subsequences

Smartlead starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Deliverability toolbox

Smartlead · email accounts and warmup

— 31 Jan 30, 2026

Leadership toolbox

Smartlead · top level analytics

— 12 Jan 22, 2026

Toolboxes

Each team gets its own toolbox.

Curate Smartlead toolboxes per team so outbound, RevOps and support see different scopes.

ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
SM

Smartlead (Outbound EMEA)

Connected by Emily Carter

Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
SM

Smartlead (Outbound AMER)

Connected by Jake Morgan

Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
SM

Smartlead (SDR team)

Connected by Megan Brooks

Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
SM

Smartlead (Marketing)

Connected by Tyler Reed

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

Smartlead (RevOps)

Connected by Ryan Hayes

Personal • Active Not shared
SM

Smartlead (Agency clients)

Connected by Ashley Parker

Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Shared connections

Teammates send campaigns without seeing keys.

Each Smartlead connection shows who connected it and which teams and members use it.

ElaichiAudit log
When Who What happened Type

2 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM

E

Emily Carter

[email protected]

Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM

J

Jake Morgan

[email protected]

Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM

M

Megan Brooks

[email protected]

Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM

T

Tyler Reed

[email protected]

Smartlead Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM

R

Ryan Hayes

[email protected]

Smartlead Campaigns Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM

A

Ashley Parker

[email protected]

Smartlead Campaigns List Toolbox

Audit log

Every campaign change has a name on it.

When, who, what happened, type and resource, appended for each Smartlead call.

From answering questions to doing the work

A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations, collections and live dashboards come with the Black plan.

Smartlead digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter

  1. ✓

    Schedule

    Every weekday at 8:00 AM

    0.2s
  2. ✓

    Fetch campaigns

    Smartlead

    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 Jake Morgan

    Approve
  6. Post the digest

    Smartlead

    Queued

Automations

A schedule runs the whole reply digest.

Fetch Smartlead lead activities, group them, draft a digest, approve, post back.

Smartlead health

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

Live

Campaigns

1,284 ↓ 12%

Leads

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Campaigns created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

Outbound EMEA 34%

Outbound AMER 27%

SDR team 21%

Marketing 18%

Collections and dashboards

Campaign health computed, not requested.

Four metrics, 14 days of leads added and a team breakdown, refreshed on schedule.

For IT and engineering

Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Smartlead

All three can connect Smartlead to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.

Elaichi compared with Zapier MCP and Composio for Smartlead, by what to check
What to check Elaichi Zapier MCP Composio
Where the AI connects One address for the whole organization. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp A server per member, created at sign-in. An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK.
Control over Smartlead tools Allow or restrict single Smartlead tools, per role or user. App and action restrictions on the account. Role permissions, down to the action.
Record of calls One audit entry per Smartlead call. A History tab of tool calls. A log of every tool call.
Single sign-on SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold. SAML on Enterprise. SAML and OIDC on Enterprise.
Price Free for one person; $15 per user per month on Gold. 2 tasks per successful call. Billed per tool call.

Sources: Zapier MCP docs, security, usage; Composio docs, gateway, enterprise, pricing. Checked September 2026.

Longer take: Zapier MCP alternative and when you don't need an MCP gateway.

Smartlead tools for your AI agents

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

Questions, answered

How do I connect Smartlead to Claude?

In Elaichi, choose Smartlead and paste the API key from your Smartlead account settings; there is no OAuth application to register and no client ID or secret to generate. Then open Claude, go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. Sign in as yourself and Smartlead is ready to use in Claude in a few minutes.

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

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

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

With Smartlead connected, an agent can list your campaigns, report open and reply rates by date, pull a lead's full email history, and export campaign leads to a spreadsheet. It can also create or duplicate a campaign, pause or resume one, change its schedule, add a follow-up subsequence, send a test email, and reconnect email accounts that have stopped sending. Because Smartlead exposes a lot of actions, short concrete asks such as "pause the Q3 SaaS campaign" work better than long paragraphs.

Does connecting Smartlead give the AI access to every campaign and mailbox in my workspace?

The AI only sees what the person who signed in can see in Smartlead. Elaichi can narrow that further, for example to reporting only or to a specific team, but it can never widen it beyond what that person's Smartlead access already allows.

Can my team share one Smartlead connection?

Yes. One person connects Smartlead 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 the audit log records exactly who paused a campaign or exported a lead list.

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

Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi apply to each Smartlead action separately, so you can allow reading campaign analytics while restricting campaign deletion or schedule changes. A restricted action still appears in Elaichi's tool search, flagged as restricted, but Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot cannot run it, whatever the prompt says.

What happens to a Smartlead connection when someone leaves?

When you offboard someone in Elaichi, their access to Smartlead through every AI client ends at once. A shared Smartlead connection keeps working for everyone else on the team. If you ever want to remove Smartlead entirely, disconnecting it once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and every other client together.

Does the Smartlead MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?

Yes. Smartlead is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.

Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for Smartlead?

Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Smartlead. Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every Smartlead call.

How is Elaichi different from Composio for Smartlead?

Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to Smartlead: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.

Put Smartlead in front of your team

14 days of Black, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.

When the trial ends, nothing is deleted. You move to the free Personal plan, and connections, roles and the audit log stay where they are.

Add one link to your AI app

The same link for everyone on your team.

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • Cursor
  • Microsoft Copilot