name: brevo description: Full access to Brevo (email marketing, newsletters) using curl and the Brevo REST API directly - no MCP server or additional dependencies required.

Brevo Skill

Access Brevo to manage contacts, contact lists, email campaigns, and templates. Add subscribers to newsletters, draft email campaigns, and view email templates.

Capabilities

Full CRUD for Contacts (create, read, update, delete subscribers)
Full CRUD for Contact Lists (create, read, update, delete lists)
Full CRUD for Email Campaigns (create, read, update, delete drafts)
Read Email Templates (list and get)

Pre-flight Check

Before making API calls, verify the user is authenticated:

bash $SKILL_PATH/check-auth.sh

Returns USER_AUTHENTICATED or USER_NOT_AUTHENTICATED.

Scripts Reference

All scripts are located at $SKILL_PATH/. Replace $SKILL_PATH with the actual skill directory path.

Contact Lists

# List all contact lists (to find list IDs and names)
bash $SKILL_PATH/lists/list.sh [limit] [offset]

# Get details of a specific list
bash $SKILL_PATH/lists/get.sh <list_id>

# Create a new list
bash $SKILL_PATH/lists/create.sh '<json_data>'

# Update a list
bash $SKILL_PATH/lists/update.sh <list_id> '<json_data>'

# Delete a list (contacts are not deleted)
bash $SKILL_PATH/lists/delete.sh <list_id>

Example - Create a new list:

bash $SKILL_PATH/lists/create.sh '{"name":"VIP Customers","folderId":1}'

Contacts

# List all contacts
bash $SKILL_PATH/contacts/list.sh [limit] [offset]

# Get contact by email or ID
bash $SKILL_PATH/contacts/get.sh <identifier>

# Create contact (optionally add to lists)
bash $SKILL_PATH/contacts/create.sh '<json_data>'

# Update contact
bash $SKILL_PATH/contacts/update.sh <identifier> '<json_data>'

# Delete contact
bash $SKILL_PATH/contacts/delete.sh <identifier>

Example - Add contact to newsletter:

bash $SKILL_PATH/contacts/create.sh '{"email":"john@example.com","attributes":{"FIRSTNAME":"John","LASTNAME":"Doe"},"listIds":[4],"updateEnabled":true}'

Contact JSON fields:

email (required): Email address
attributes: Object with contact attributes (FIRSTNAME, LASTNAME, etc.)
listIds: Array of list IDs to add the contact to
updateEnabled: If true, updates existing contact with same email (default: false)

Example - Update contact attributes:

bash $SKILL_PATH/contacts/update.sh john@example.com '{"attributes":{"LASTNAME":"Smith"}}'

Email Campaigns

# List all campaigns
bash $SKILL_PATH/campaigns/list.sh [type] [status] [limit] [offset]
# type: classic, trigger (default: all)
# status: draft, sent, queued, suspended, in_process, archive (default: all)

# Get campaign details
bash $SKILL_PATH/campaigns/get.sh <campaign_id>

# Create campaign draft
bash $SKILL_PATH/campaigns/create.sh '<json_data>'

# Update campaign draft (to iterate on content)
bash $SKILL_PATH/campaigns/update.sh <campaign_id> '<json_data>'

# Delete campaign
bash $SKILL_PATH/campaigns/delete.sh <campaign_id>

Example - Create newsletter draft:

bash $SKILL_PATH/campaigns/create.sh '{
  "name": "Weekly Newsletter",
  "subject": "This Week'\''s Updates",
  "sender": {"name": "Company Name", "email": "newsletter@example.com"},
  "htmlContent": "<html><body><h1>Hello!</h1><p>Newsletter content here...</p></body></html>",
  "recipients": {"listIds": [4]}
}'

Campaign JSON fields:

name (required): Campaign name (internal identifier)
subject (required): Email subject line
sender (required): Object with name and email
htmlContent (required): HTML body of the email
recipients (required): Object with listIds array

The campaign is created as a draft and can be edited in the Brevo UI before sending.

Example - Update campaign content:

bash $SKILL_PATH/campaigns/update.sh 123 '{"subject":"Updated Subject Line","htmlContent":"<html><body><h1>Revised Content</h1><p>New newsletter content...</p></body></html>"}'

Email Templates

# List all templates
bash $SKILL_PATH/templates/list.sh [limit] [offset]

# Get template details
bash $SKILL_PATH/templates/get.sh <template_id>

Setup Instructions

Get your API key from Brevo:
- Log in to Brevo
- Navigate to Settings → SMTP & API → API Keys
- Or go directly to: https://app.brevo.com/settings/keys/api
- Generate a new API key

Create the config file:

mkdir -p ~/.config/brevo
cat > ~/.config/brevo/config.json << 'EOF'
{
  "api_key": "your-api-key-here"
}
EOF
chmod 600 ~/.config/brevo/config.json

Verify authentication:
```
bash $SKILL_PATH/check-auth.sh
```

Common Workflows

Add a person to the newsletter

# 1. Find the newsletter list ID
bash $SKILL_PATH/lists/list.sh
# Look for the list named "Newsletter" and note its ID (e.g., 4)

# 2. Create contact and add to list
bash $SKILL_PATH/contacts/create.sh '{"email":"john@example.com","attributes":{"FIRSTNAME":"John","LASTNAME":"Doe"},"listIds":[4],"updateEnabled":true}'

Draft a newsletter campaign

# 1. Check available templates (optional)
bash $SKILL_PATH/templates/list.sh

# 2. Find the target list
bash $SKILL_PATH/lists/list.sh

# 3. Create the campaign draft
bash $SKILL_PATH/campaigns/create.sh '{
  "name": "Product Launch Newsletter",
  "subject": "Introducing Our New Product",
  "sender": {"name": "Company", "email": "newsletter@example.com"},
  "htmlContent": "<html><body><h1>New Product Launch</h1><p>We are excited to announce...</p></body></html>",
  "recipients": {"listIds": [4]}
}'

# 4. Go to Brevo UI to review and send the campaign

Check if a contact exists

bash $SKILL_PATH/contacts/get.sh john@example.com

Troubleshooting

Authentication fails:

Verify config file exists at ~/.config/brevo/config.json
Check API key is valid and not expired
Ensure API key has proper permissions

Contact creation fails:

Verify email format is valid
Check list IDs exist (use lists/list.sh to verify)
Attribute names must be UPPERCASE (e.g., FIRSTNAME, not firstName)

Campaign creation fails:

All required fields must be present (name, subject, sender, htmlContent, recipients)
Sender email must be a verified sender in Brevo
List IDs in recipients must exist

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