Resend CLI

CLI for the Resend email API. Query received (inbound) emails and attachments.

Installation

npm install -g @mjrussell/resend-cli

Setup

Sign up at resend.com
Set up inbound email routing for your domain
Create API key at API Keys → Create API key (needs read permissions)
Set environment variable: export RESEND_API_KEY="re_your_key"

Commands

List Emails

resend email list              # List recent emails (default 10)
resend email list -l 20        # List 20 emails
resend email list --json       # Output as JSON

Get Email Details

resend email get <id>          # Show email details
resend email get <id> --json   # Output as JSON

Attachments

resend email attachments <email_id>                    # List attachments
resend email attachment <email_id> <attachment_id>     # Get attachment metadata
resend email attachments <email_id> --json             # Output as JSON

Domains

resend domain list             # List configured domains
resend domain get <id>         # Get domain details with DNS records
resend domain list --json      # Output as JSON

Usage Examples

User: "Do I have any new emails?"

resend email list -l 5

User: "Show me the latest email"

resend email list --json | jq -r '.data.data[0].id'  # Get ID
resend email get <id>

User: "What attachments are on that email?"

resend email attachments <email_id>

User: "What domains do I have set up?"

resend domain list

User: "Show me the full content of email X"

resend email get <email_id>

Notes

This CLI only supports received (inbound) emails, not sending
Use --json flag and pipe to jq for scripting
Email IDs are UUIDs shown in list output