# Sendgrid

> SendGrid email platform integration for sending and receiving emails. Routes to sub-skills for outbound transactional emails (send-email) and receiving via Inbound Parse Webhook (sendgrid-inbound). Use when user mentions SendGrid, transactional email, email API, inbound email parsing, or email webhooks. Triggers on SendGrid, send email, receive email, email webhook, Inbound Parse, transactional email.

- Skill: `vince-winkintel/sendgrid` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 3 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds add vince-winkintel/sendgrid`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/vince-winkintel/sendgrid/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Integrations & APIs
- Author: vince-winkintel (https://skillmd.com/u/vince-winkintel)
- Updated: 2026-09-10
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/vince-winkintel/sendgrid

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# SendGrid

## Overview

SendGrid is an email platform for developers. This skill routes to feature-specific sub-skills.

## Sub-Skills

| Feature | Skill | Use When |
|---------|-------|----------|
| **Sending emails** | `send-email` | Transactional emails, notifications, simple sends, dynamic templates |
| **Receiving emails** | `sendgrid-inbound` | Inbound Parse Webhook, MX record setup, parsing incoming email |

## Common Setup

### API Key

Store in environment variable:
```bash
export SENDGRID_API_KEY=SG.xxxxxxxxx
```

### SDK Installation

See `send-email` skill for installation instructions across supported languages.

## When to use SendGrid vs other services

```
What's your use case?
├─ Transactional emails (receipts, notifications, password resets)
│  └─ SendGrid (send-email) ✅
├─ Marketing campaigns / bulk email
│  └─ Consider SendGrid Marketing Campaigns (outside this skill)
├─ Receiving emails programmatically
│  └─ SendGrid Inbound Parse (sendgrid-inbound) ✅
└─ Simple SMTP relay
   └─ SendGrid SMTP (outside this skill)
```

## Resources

- [SendGrid Documentation](https://docs.sendgrid.com)
- [SendGrid Node SDK](https://github.com/sendgrid/sendgrid-nodejs)
- [Email API v3 Reference](https://docs.sendgrid.com/api-reference/mail-send/mail-send)