Purpose: Create a broadcast campaign (one email sent to an entire segment). Defines subject, body, and segment; does NOT send yet. Use send-broadcast to send it. NOT for: Sending a one-off email to specific people (use send-email). Not for adding contacts (use create-contact). Returns: Broadcast ...
AI agents use create-broadcast to create or update resources in Email Sending MCP — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Email Sending MCP environment.
The tool creates and stores a new broadcast campaign resource (reversible write operation) but does not execute the actual send action—that requires a separate send-broadcast tool. This is a data creation operation with no immediate side effects or irreversible consequences.
From the tool's definition Creates a broadcast campaign (one email sent to an entire segment). Defines subject, body, and segment; does NOT send yet. Returns Broadcast ID for later sending or management.
Risk signalsBulk/mass operation — affects multiple targets
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access create-broadcast gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Email Sending MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for create-broadcast:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"create-broadcast": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "create-broadcast_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}create-broadcast stays usable, but capped — an agent stuck in a loop can't make hundreds of changes a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Purpose: Create a broadcast campaign (one email sent to an entire segment). Defines subject, body, and segment; does NOT send yet. Use send-broadcast to send it. NOT for: Sending a one-off email to specific people (use send-email). Not for adding contacts (use create-contact). Returns: Broadcast ID. Use this ID with send-broadcast to send, or get-broadcast/update-broadcast to manage. When to use: - User wants to. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Email Sending MCP MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Email Sending MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for create-broadcast: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Email Sending MCP. Nothing to install.
create-broadcast is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the create-broadcast rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for create-broadcast. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
create-broadcast is provided by the Email Sending MCP server (resend/resend-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 77 Email Sending MCP tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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