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MCP server for the Mailchimp Marketing API — access campaigns, audiences, reports, and more from Claude.

Project description

Mailchimp MCP Server

License: MIT Python 3.10+ MCP

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for the Mailchimp Marketing API. 74 tools to query and manage your Mailchimp account directly from Claude.

Uses the Mailchimp Marketing API via requests. Not based on the official mailchimp-marketing-python client. I hit too many issues with it so I went with raw HTTP calls instead.

Mailchimp MCP server

Features

Read

  • Campaigns - List, search, and inspect campaign details
  • Reports - Open/click rates, bounces, per-link clicks, domain performance, unsubscribe details
  • Email activity - Per-recipient open/click tracking, member activity history
  • Audiences - Browse audiences, members, segments, tags, and growth history
  • Merge fields - List custom fields for an audience
  • Interest categories & groups - Browse interest categories and options
  • Webhooks - List configured webhooks
  • Segments - Get segment details, conditions, and member lists
  • Automations - List workflows, inspect emails in a workflow, view queues
  • Templates - Browse available email templates
  • Landing pages - List and inspect landing pages
  • E-commerce - Stores, orders, products, customers (requires e-commerce integration)
  • Campaign folders - Browse folder organization
  • Batch operations - Monitor bulk operation status

Write

  • Members - Add, update, unsubscribe, delete, and tag contacts
  • Audiences - Batch subscribe members, update audience settings
  • Campaigns - Create drafts, set HTML content, schedule, unschedule, duplicate, delete, send, send test, cancel
  • Segments/Tags - Create, update, delete, add/remove members, dynamic conditions
  • Merge fields - Create, update, delete custom fields
  • Interest categories - Create and delete categories and interests
  • Webhooks - Create and delete webhooks
  • Automations - Pause and start automation workflows
  • Batch - Run bulk API operations in a single request

Prerequisites

Installation

Using uvx (recommended)

No installation needed — run directly:

uvx mailchimp-mcp

Using pip

pip install mailchimp-mcp

Then run:

mailchimp-mcp

From source

git clone https://github.com/damientilman/mailchimp-mcp-server.git
cd mailchimp-mcp-server
python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -e .

Configuration

Variable Required Description
MAILCHIMP_API_KEY Yes Your Mailchimp API key (format: <key>-<dc>, e.g. abc123-us8)
MAILCHIMP_READ_ONLY No Set to true to disable all write operations (default: false)
MAILCHIMP_DRY_RUN No Set to true to preview write operations without executing them (default: false)

The datacenter (us8, us21, etc.) is automatically extracted from the key.

Safety modes

Read-only mode — When MAILCHIMP_READ_ONLY=true, all write tools (create, update, delete, schedule, etc.) are blocked and return an error. Read tools work normally. This is the recommended default for shared or exploratory setups where you only need reporting and analytics.

Dry-run mode — When MAILCHIMP_DRY_RUN=true, write tools return a preview of the action they would perform (tool name, target resource, parameters) without making any API call. Useful for testing prompts before going live.

Claude Desktop

Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:

Windows (Microsoft Store): If Claude Desktop was installed via the Microsoft Store, the config file is located at C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Packages\Claude_<id>\LocalCache\Roaming\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json instead of the usual %APPDATA%\Claude\ path.

Using uvx (recommended)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mailchimp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mailchimp-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "MAILCHIMP_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}
Using pip install
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mailchimp": {
      "command": "mailchimp-mcp",
      "env": {
        "MAILCHIMP_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}
Read-only mode (recommended for exploration)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mailchimp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mailchimp-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "MAILCHIMP_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here",
        "MAILCHIMP_READ_ONLY": "true"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add mailchimp \
  -s user \
  -e MAILCHIMP_API_KEY=your-api-key-here \
  -- uvx mailchimp-mcp

For read-only mode:

claude mcp add mailchimp \
  -s user \
  -e MAILCHIMP_API_KEY=your-api-key-here \
  -e MAILCHIMP_READ_ONLY=true \
  -- uvx mailchimp-mcp

Available Tools

Account

Tool Description
get_account_info Get account name, email, and subscriber count

Campaigns (read)

Tool Description
list_campaigns List campaigns with optional filters (status, date)
get_campaign_details Get full details of a specific campaign
list_campaign_folders List campaign folders

Campaign Reports

Tool Description
get_campaign_report Get performance metrics (opens, clicks, bounces)
get_campaign_click_details Get per-link click data for a campaign
get_email_activity Per-recipient activity (opens, clicks, bounces)
get_open_details Who opened, when, how many times
get_campaign_recipients List of recipients with delivery status
get_campaign_unsubscribes Who unsubscribed after a campaign
get_domain_performance Performance by email domain (gmail, outlook, etc.)
get_ecommerce_product_activity Revenue per product for a campaign
get_campaign_sub_reports Sub-reports (A/B tests, RSS, etc.)

Campaigns (write)

Tool Description
create_campaign Create a new campaign draft (with optional segment targeting)
update_campaign Update settings or segment targeting of a campaign
set_campaign_content Set the HTML content of a campaign draft
schedule_campaign Schedule a campaign for a specific date/time
unschedule_campaign Unschedule a campaign (back to draft)
replicate_campaign Duplicate an existing campaign
delete_campaign Delete an unsent campaign
send_campaign Send a campaign immediately
send_test_email Send a test email for a campaign
cancel_send Cancel a campaign that is currently sending

Audiences (read)

Tool Description
list_audiences List all audiences with stats
get_audience_details Get detailed info for a specific audience
list_audience_members List members with optional status filter
search_members Search members by email or name
get_audience_growth_history Monthly growth data (subscribes, unsubscribes)

Members (read)

Tool Description
get_member_activity Activity history of a specific contact
get_member_tags All tags assigned to a contact
get_member_events Custom events for a contact

Members (write)

Tool Description
add_member Add a new contact to an audience
update_member Update a contact's name or status
unsubscribe_member Unsubscribe a contact
delete_member Permanently delete a contact
tag_member Add or remove tags from a contact

Audiences (write)

Tool Description
batch_subscribe Batch add/update multiple members in an audience
update_audience Update audience settings (name, defaults, permission reminder)

Segments & Tags

Tool Description
list_segments List segments and tags for an audience
get_segment Get segment details including conditions
list_segment_members List members in a segment
create_segment Create a new segment or tag (static or dynamic with conditions)
update_segment Update a segment's name or conditions
delete_segment Delete a segment or tag
add_members_to_segment Add contacts to a segment/tag
remove_members_from_segment Remove contacts from a segment/tag

Merge Fields

Tool Description
list_merge_fields List custom fields for an audience
create_merge_field Create a new custom field (text, number, dropdown, etc.)
update_merge_field Update a custom field
delete_merge_field Delete a custom field

Interest Categories & Groups

Tool Description
list_interest_categories List interest categories for an audience
create_interest_category Create a new interest category
list_interests List interests within a category
create_interest Create a new interest option
delete_interest_category Delete an interest category
delete_interest Delete an interest option

Webhooks

Tool Description
list_webhooks List webhooks for an audience
create_webhook Create a new webhook
delete_webhook Delete a webhook

Automations

Tool Description
list_automations List automated email workflows
get_automation_emails List emails in a workflow
get_automation_email_queue View the send queue for an automation email
pause_automation Pause all emails in a workflow
start_automation Start/resume all emails in a workflow

Templates

Tool Description
list_templates List available email templates

Landing Pages

Tool Description
list_landing_pages List all landing pages
get_landing_page Get details of a landing page

E-commerce

Tool Description
list_ecommerce_stores List connected e-commerce stores
list_store_orders List orders from a store
list_store_products List products from a store
list_store_customers List customers from a store

Batch Operations

Tool Description
create_batch Run multiple API operations in bulk
get_batch_status Check status of a batch operation
list_batches List recent batch operations

Example Prompts

Once connected, you can ask Claude things like:

  • "Show me all my sent campaigns from the last 3 months"
  • "What was the open rate and click rate for my last newsletter?"
  • "How many subscribers did I gain this year?"
  • "Which links got the most clicks in campaign X?"
  • "Search for subscriber john@example.com"
  • "Add tag 'VIP' to all members who opened my last campaign"
  • "Create a draft campaign for my main audience with subject 'March Update'"
  • "Create a campaign targeting only my VIP segment"
  • "Send a test email of my draft campaign to test@example.com"
  • "List all merge fields for my main audience"
  • "Create a dropdown merge field called 'Industry' with options Tech, Finance, Healthcare"
  • "Create a dynamic segment of members where FNAME is John"
  • "Batch subscribe 50 members from this CSV data"
  • "Set up a webhook to notify my app when new subscribers join"
  • "Unsubscribe user@example.com from my list"
  • "Show me the domain performance breakdown for my last campaign"
  • "Pause my welcome automation"
  • "List all orders from my Shopify store this month"

Author

Built by Damien Tilmandamien@tilman.marketing

License

MIT — see LICENSE for details.

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