DirectIQ MCP server

DirectIQ MCP Server

Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, and any other Model Context Protocol client to your DirectIQ account. Manage contacts, lists, and tags, get an account overview, and send transactional email in plain language.

DirectIQ is an email marketing and transactional email platform for small businesses, with fast human support and pay-as-you-go pricing. → directiq.com

• Endpoint: https://mcp.directiq.com/mcp
• Transport: Streamable HTTP (remote, hosted by DirectIQ, nothing to install)
• Auth: DirectIQ API key in the x-api-key header, or Authorization: Bearer (OAuth coming soon)
• Server card: https://mcp.directiq.com/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json
• Registry name: com.directiq.mcp/directiq

This repository holds the public documentation, registry metadata, and client configuration for the hosted DirectIQ MCP server at mcp.directiq.com, operated by DirectIQ. There is nothing to install or build.

Quick start

1. Get an API key: log in to the DirectIQ dashboard, then go to Settings → API Keys and copy or generate a key. No account yet? Sign up free.
2. Add the server to your client: see the snippets below.
3. Try a prompt: "Give me an overview of my DirectIQ account."

Client setup

Cursor

Add to Cursor. This link opens Cursor with the config filled in. Replace YOURDIRECTIQAPI_KEY with your key.

Or add it manually to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "directiq": {
      "url": "https://mcp.directiq.com/mcp",
      "headers": { "x-api-key": "YOUR_DIRECTIQ_API_KEY" }
    }
  }
}

VS Code (GitHub Copilot)

Add to .vscode/mcp.json. VS Code prompts for the key and stores it securely:

{
  "inputs": [
    { "type": "promptString", "id": "directiq_api_key", "description": "DirectIQ API key", "password": true }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "directiq": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.directiq.com/mcp",
      "headers": { "x-api-key": "${input:directiq_api_key}" }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http directiq https://mcp.directiq.com/mcp --header "x-api-key: YOUR_DIRECTIQ_API_KEY"

Claude Desktop

Until OAuth ships, use the mcp-remote bridge in claudedesktopconfig.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "directiq": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.directiq.com/mcp", "--header", "x-api-key:${DIRECTIQ_API_KEY}"],
      "env": { "DIRECTIQ_API_KEY": "YOUR_DIRECTIQ_API_KEY" }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "directiq": {
      "serverUrl": "https://mcp.directiq.com/mcp",
      "headers": { "x-api-key": "YOUR_DIRECTIQ_API_KEY" }
    }
  }
}

OpenAI Codex

~/.codex/config.toml, after setting export DIRECTIQAPIKEY=...:

[mcp_servers.directiq]
url = "https://mcp.directiq.com/mcp"
env_http_headers = { "x-api-key" = "DIRECTIQ_API_KEY" }

Any other MCP client

Tools

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.