Buttondown MCP Server
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUTTONDOWN_API_KEY | Yes | Your Buttondown API key. Get it from https://buttondown.com/settings/api |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": true
} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| list_emailsA | List emails from your Buttondown newsletter. Filter by status (draft, scheduled, sent, etc.) |
| get_emailC | Get detailed information about a specific email |
| create_draftB | Create a new draft email with markdown content |
| update_draftB | Update an existing draft email |
| send_draftA | Send a draft email immediately to subscribers |
| schedule_draftA | Schedule a draft email to be sent at a specific time |
| get_analyticsA | Get analytics for a sent email (open rates, click rates, etc.) |
| list_subscribersB | List subscribers from your Buttondown newsletter. Filter by subscriber type. |
| get_subscriber_statsA | Get aggregate subscriber statistics with counts broken down by type (regular, premium, churned, etc.). Much more efficient than listing all subscribers. |
| list_tagsB | List all tags in your Buttondown newsletter |
| get_subscriberA | Get detailed information about a specific subscriber by ID or email address |
| get_tagA | Get detailed information about a specific tag |
| create_tagA | Create a new tag to organize subscribers |
| update_tagA | Update an existing tag |
| delete_tagA | Delete a tag (subscribers with this tag will not be deleted) |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
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