Create a new contact in Resend. Optionally assign to segments and configure topic subscriptions.
AI agents use create-contact 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.
Creating a new contact is a reversible write operation—contacts can be updated or deleted later. It does not execute code, delete data irreversibly, or move money. The severity is medium because misuse could create spam contacts or pollute contact lists, but the impact is contained to contact data and reversible. Confidence is high given the explicit 'Create' verb and clear operational context.
From the tool's definition Tool description explicitly states 'Create a new contact in Resend', which is a write operation that modifies the contact database reversibly.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access create-contact 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-contact:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"create-contact": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "create-contact_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}create-contact 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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Create a new contact in Resend. Optionally assign to segments and configure topic subscriptions. 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-contact: 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-contact 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-contact 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-contact. 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-contact 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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77 Email Sending MCP tools catalogued and risk-classified — across an index of 42,500+ MCP servers.