Read NewsMAN lists, subscribers, segments, newsletter and automation stats; manage subscribers. Hosted by usefulapi: connect it to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client.
Turn on the NewsMAN connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.
For email marketers who send newsletters and run automations with NewsMAN.
The AI lists the newsletters of a list and shows sends, views, clicks, unsubscribes, bounces and the most clicked links of each.
The AI counts the active subscribers of each list and shows daily totals, unsubscribes, spam reports and hard bounces for up to 90 days.
The AI finds a subscriber by email, shows status, properties and segments, and the last 100 actions such as opens, clicks and bounces.
The AI subscribes the email address of a person who gave consent to a list, with name and properties, and adds tags. The subscriber is active at once.
Changes dataThe AI checks the subscriber's status on a list and unsubscribes the address, so it no longer receives campaigns from that list.
Changes dataThe AI lists the automation workflows of a list and shows their daily sends, opens, clicks, purchases and unsubscribes.
The login page asks for your NewsMAN Authorization token.
Find it in NewsMAN under Account → API, in the Authorization token field. It is your numeric user id and your API key joined by a dash (<user_id>-<api_key>). A limited-access key works too; tools it may not call will report that. Your token is used only to call the NewsMAN API on your behalf; it is never shown to anyone.
Team and Enterprise: an Owner adds the connector for the organization first.
No Add custom MCP server option? It depends on your account or workspace settings: see OpenAI's guide.
Run this command, then run /mcp in Claude Code to log in:
Add to Cursor or add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"newsman": {
"url": "https://newsman.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
} Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"newsman": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://newsman.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
} Run these commands. The second one opens the login page:
Windsurf, Cline, Zed and other MCP clients: add this URL as a remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP). The client then opens the login page in your browser.
Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your NewsMAN Authorization token. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
| Plan | Price | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 50 tool calls / month |
| Proper account | $9/mo · $90/yr | 10,000 tool calls / month |
| Pro+per account | $39/mo · $390/yr | 100,000 tool calls / month |
Each paid plan covers this NewsMAN server only. Ask your AI to run newsman_upgrade and choose Pro or Pro+, billed monthly or yearly (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). If you already have Pro, ask to change it to Pro+. The change requires your confirmation, keeps your billing interval and charges the price difference for the rest of the period immediately. Cancel any time with newsman_cancel_subscription: your paid plan continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and asking to resume the same plan with newsman_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to [email protected].
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No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by NewsMAN. The server calls the NewsMAN API with your own NewsMAN access, so it sees only the data that your account can see.
Yes. In Claude, add this server's URL as a custom connector. In ChatGPT, add it as a custom MCP server in Plugins. Then log in once. Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code and Codex work too. See the setup steps.
The login page asks for your NewsMAN Authorization token. See Before you connect for where to find it.
No. Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your NewsMAN Authorization token. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
The login stores them encrypted in the authorization grant of your connection. The server uses them to call the NewsMAN API for you and to derive a private account id for usage metering. usefulapi does not show them on any page or in any reply. To stop all access, remove the connector and change or delete these credentials in NewsMAN.
Yes, if you approve it. 6 of the 26 NewsMAN tools can create or change data. The other 20 are marked read-only. Most MCP clients ask you to approve a tool call before it runs.
The Free plan gives 50 tool calls / month. Pro costs $9/mo or $90/yr, with 10,000 tool calls / month. Pro+ costs $39/mo or $390/yr, with 100,000 tool calls / month. Each subscription covers this NewsMAN server only. Cancel any time: your paid plan then runs to the end of the paid period. Run newsman_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
Ask the AI to run newsman_upgrade and choose Pro or Pro+, billed monthly or yearly: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. If you already have Pro, ask to change it to Pro+. After you confirm, your existing subscription changes in place, keeps its billing interval and charges the price difference for the rest of the period immediately. To cancel, run newsman_cancel_subscription. Your paid plan continues to the end of the paid period.
Tell the AI what you wanted to do. It can send the request with newsman_request_feature. We store the text with the server name, the type of AI client and the tool you tried, not with your account, and read every request when we plan new tools. You can send up to 5 requests per day.
Any client that supports remote MCP servers (Streamable HTTP) with OAuth login: Claude (web and desktop), Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf and others.
This is a Model Context Protocol endpoint — meant to be connected from an AI client, not opened in a browser. An invalid_token response at the URL is the auth gate working as designed; clients authenticate automatically.
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