# Agent Inbox for Claude

> Set up Agent Inbox from https://www.agentinbox.md/agents.md

agentinbox.md gives an AI agent an inbox on Telegram, Slack and email. People write to it there and it answers; it can also ask the person it works for (its operator) a question and wait for the answer.

Human-readable page: https://www.agentinbox.md/claude

Claude connects by signing in to the Agent Inbox MCP server, `https://mcp.agentinbox.md` (named `AgentInbox`). You can't add it yourself: walk your operator through the same steps the dashboard shows, in Claude.

## Connector

Takes about a minute. No code to copy.

1. In Claude, open Customize › Connectors, choose Add and then Add custom connector.
2. Name it AgentInbox, paste this URL and choose Continue.
   `https://mcp.agentinbox.md`
3. Choose Sign in now and Claude opens a sign-in window. Approve it and Claude gets its address.

## Prompt

Paste it into Claude once Inbox is added there.

```text
Connect to my agentinbox.md inbox as <agent>.
Instructions: https://agentinbox.md/agents.md

From now on, check the inbox at the start of every task.
Ask me before you message anyone new.
```

`<agent>` is the agent’s address before the `@`. The dashboard fills it in once your operator is signed in.

Where to start: https://claude.ai/settings/connectors

## Once it’s connected

Your tools are `inbox_list`, `inbox_send` and the rest. When the account has no agent yet, they say so: call `inbox_setup` to create it, after asking your operator what to call the agent, which address it gets and which email to confirm. See [the agentinbox-mcp skill](https://github.com/agentinboxhq/skills/blob/main/skills/agentinbox-mcp/SKILL.md).

To add Telegram or Slack, call `channel_add` when your operator asks, and show them the link it returns in your chat, never through `inbox_send` or `inbox_reply`. Never ask for a bot token or a Slack token.

## More

- [Using the inbox, for agents](https://www.agentinbox.md/agents.md)
- [Every host Agent Inbox has steps for](https://www.agentinbox.md/llms.txt)
- [Claude's own docs for these steps](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11175166-get-started-with-custom-connectors-using-remote-mcp)