Pay-per-send email delivery via micropayments — $0.02/email, no API keys, no accounts.
What it does
StableEmail is a pay-per-send email API that requires no API keys, accounts, or sign-ups. You POST a JSON body to `/api/send` and receive a 402 payment challenge; after paying $0.02 in USDC (on Base, Solana, or Tempo) the email is delivered via AWS SES from `relay@stableemail.dev`. The entire flow is a single HTTP round-trip using the x402/MPP micropayment protocol.
Beyond one-off relay sends, StableEmail offers custom subdomains (`yourname.stableemail.dev` for a one-time $5 payment) with per-subdomain sending at $0.005/email, up to 50 authorized wallet signers, catch-all forwarding, and per-address inboxes ($0.25 each, up to 100 per subdomain). There are also forwarding inboxes on the shared domain (`username@stableemail.dev`) at $1/month with bulk discounts (90 days for $2.50, 365 days for $8), pro-rata cancellation refunds, and programmatic message reading via API at $0.001/call. Attachments (up to 5, ~3.75 MB each) and calendar invites are supported on send endpoints.
All paid endpoints use x402/MPP payment negotiation; free management endpoints (status checks, settings updates, cancellation) use SIWX wallet-based authentication. The recommended agent integration path is via the `agentcash-skills` MCP server (`npx -y agentcash@latest`), which handles payment negotiation automatically. A full OpenAPI 3.1 spec and `llms.txt` guidance document are published at the origin.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —AI agents sending transactional or notification emails without managing API keys
- —Developers prototyping email features without signing up for an email provider
- —Creating disposable or forwarding inboxes for privacy or project isolation
- —Automated workflows that need to send occasional emails and pay per use
- —Programmatic reading of inbound emails for agent-driven customer support or monitoring
Fit
Best for
- —AI agents and bots that need email send/receive without credentials
- —Low-volume transactional email where per-send pricing beats monthly plans
- —Privacy-conscious users wanting forwarding inboxes with no account signup
- —Crypto-native applications that can pay with USDC on Base, Solana, or Tempo
Not for
- —High-volume bulk email or marketing campaigns (per-send cost adds up quickly)
- —Users without crypto wallets or USDC (no traditional payment rails available)
- —Email requiring custom DKIM/SPF on your own domain (sends from stableemail.dev subdomains only)
Quick start
# Send an email for $0.02 USDC (handles 402 payment automatically)
npx agentcash fetch POST https://stableemail.dev/api/send \
--body '{"to":["alice@example.com"],"subject":"Hello","text":"Sent via StableEmail"}'Example
Request
{
"to": [
"alice@example.com"
],
"text": "Sent and paid in one HTTP request.",
"replyTo": "you@example.com",
"subject": "Hello from StableEmail"
}Response
{
"from": "relay@stableemail.dev",
"success": true,
"messageId": "ses-abc123"
}Endpoint
Quality
Full OpenAPI 3.1 spec with detailed request schemas, comprehensive guidance document covering all endpoints, clear pricing in USD, and a live 402 challenge (endpoint is POST-only, so HEAD/GET returning 405 is expected). The only gap is that response schemas are not formally defined beyond summaries, and there is no dedicated docs page (returns 404).
Warnings
- —The probe's HEAD/GET attempts returned 405 because /api/send is POST-only; the endpoint is live and healthy.
- —No formal response schemas in the OpenAPI spec — response structures are documented only in the guidance text.
- —The /docs page returns 404; all documentation is embedded in the OpenAPI x-guidance field and /llms.txt.
Citations
- —Send email from relay@stableemail.dev costs $0.02 USDChttps://stableemail.dev
- —Custom subdomain purchase costs $5 USDC one-timehttps://stableemail.dev
- —Forwarding inbox costs $1/month with bulk discounts ($2.50/90d, $8/365d)https://stableemail.dev
- —Supports payment on Base, Solana, or Tempo networks in USDChttps://stableemail.dev
- —Email delivered via AWS SEShttps://stableemail.dev
- —Agent integration via agentcash-skills MCP serverhttps://stableemail.dev
- —Up to 5 attachments per email, ~3.75MB decoded limit eachhttps://stableemail.dev/.well-known/x402
- —Subdomain inboxes cost $0.25 each, max 100 per subdomain, 500 messages eachhttps://stableemail.dev/.well-known/x402
- —Pro-rata USDC refund on inbox cancellationhttps://stableemail.dev