"Six months ago, everyone was talking about MCPs. And I was like, screw MCPs. Every MCP would be better as a CLI."

— Peter Steinberger, Founder of OpenClaw Watch on YouTube (~2:39:00) | Lex Fridman Podcast #491

Mandrill CLI

⚠️ Unofficial CLI - Not officially sponsored or affiliated with Mandrill.

Production-ready CLI for Mandrill - reliable, scalable transactional email delivery service from Mailchimp.

Features

• Send Emails — Send transactional emails via API
• Templates — Manage and use email templates
• Tracking — Track email delivery and opens
• Analytics — View email statistics and performance
• JSON output — All commands support --json for scripting

Installation

npm install -g @ktmcp-cli/mandrillapp

Quick Start

# Configure API key
mandrillapp config set --api-key YOUR_API_KEY

# Show configuration
mandrillapp config show

# Get info
mandrillapp info

# List resources
mandrillapp list

# Get a specific resource
mandrillapp get <id>

Commands

Config

mandrillapp config set --api-key <key>
mandrillapp config set --base-url <url>
mandrillapp config show

Info

mandrillapp info
mandrillapp info --json

Resources

mandrillapp list
mandrillapp list --json
mandrillapp get <id>
mandrillapp get <id> --json

JSON Output

All commands support --json for structured output:

mandrillapp list --json | jq '.'
mandrillapp info --json | jq '.version'

Why CLI > MCP?

No server to run. No protocol overhead. Just install and go.

• Simpler — Just a binary you call directly
• Composable — Pipe to jq, grep, awk
• Scriptable — Works in cron jobs, CI/CD, shell scripts

License

MIT — Part of the Kill The MCP project.