# postmark

A routing skill for Postmark: it tells the agent which sub-skill to use for sending mail, inbound processing, templates or webhooks.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 782 installs · ★ 46
- Author: postmark
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/ActiveCampaign/postmark-skills/tree/HEAD/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/postmark

## What it does

The skill sends nothing itself. It reads the task and points the agent at one of the sub-skills: `postmark-send-email` for single, batch and template-based mail, `postmark-inbound` for incoming email over webhooks, `postmark-templates` for server-side Handlebars templates, `postmark-webhooks` for delivery events, and `postmark-email-best-practices` for SPF, DKIM, DMARC and CAN-SPAM, GDPR and CASL compliance.

Inside there is a routing table keyed to phrases like sending an email or setting up bounce handling, a token reference, and an SDK install table matched to project files: `package.json` gets `npm install postmark`, `requirements.txt` gets `pip install postmarker`, `Gemfile` gets `gem install postmark`, `composer.json` gets `composer require wildbit/postmark-php`, `*.csproj` gets `dotnet add package Postmark`. You need a Server API Token from the Postmark dashboard, sent in the `X-Postmark-Server-Token` header.

The real trap is webhooks. Outbound events and inbound email run on separate infrastructure with different retry schedules: outbound retries up to 9 times over roughly 72 minutes and only on 5xx, 408, 429 and timeouts, while inbound retries up to 10 times over roughly 10.5 hours on any non-200 response. Carry one model over to the other and your handler will behave in ways you did not plan for. Also worth knowing: transactional and broadcast mail must not share a stream, because that hurts deliverability.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ActiveCampaign/postmark-skills --skill postmark -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/postmark/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/postmark/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ActiveCampaign/postmark-skills --skill postmark -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/postmark/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ActiveCampaign/postmark-skills --skill postmark -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/postmark/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install ActiveCampaign/postmark-skills postmark
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/postmark/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ActiveCampaign/postmark-skills --skill postmark -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/ActiveCampaign/postmark-skills
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/postmark/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ActiveCampaign/postmark-skills --skill postmark -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/ActiveCampaign/postmark-skills/tree/HEAD/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- send a transactional email through the Postmark API
- turn incoming email into support tickets
- build a server-side Handlebars template and send with it
- wire up webhooks for bounces, opens and spam complaints
- find out why a webhook endpoint got paused

## Example prompts
- Send a signup confirmation email through Postmark
- Set up inbound email processing in Postmark and open a ticket for each message
- Create an email template in Postmark and send it to the list

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: postmark
description: Use when working with Postmark email platform - routes to specific sub-skills for sending emails, processing inbound email, managing templates, or configuring webhooks.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: postmark
  version: "1.0.0"
---

# Postmark Skills

Postmark is a transactional email platform built for developers, with 15+ years of deliverability expertise. These skills teach AI agents how to use the Postmark API effectively.

## Sub-Skills

| Feature | Skill | Use When |
|---------|-------|----------|
| **Sending emails** | `postmark-send-email` | Sending transactional or broadcast emails — single, batch, bulk, or with templates |
| **Inbound processing** | `postmark-inbound` | Processing incoming emails via webhooks, building reply-by-email, email-to-ticket, or document extraction |
| **Template management** | `postmark-templates` | Creating, editing, or sending with Postmark's server-side Handlebars templates and layouts |
| **Webhooks** | `postmark-webhooks` | Setting up outbound webhooks for delivery, bounce, open, click, spam complaint, and subscription change events — including endpoint verification, per-webhook statistics, and retry behavior |
| **Best practices** | `postmark-email-best-practices` | Deliverability setup, compliance (CAN-SPAM/GDPR/CASL), email design, list management, testing, and sending reliability |

### Outbound and inbound webhooks are different systems

`postmark-webhooks` covers **outbound** event webhooks; `postmark-inbound` covers **inbound** email webhooks. They run on separate infrastructure and have **different retry schedules** — do not apply one to the other:

| | Outbound webhooks (`postmark-webhooks`) | Inbound webhooks (`postmark-inbound`) |
|---|---|---|
| Retries | Up to **9** retries over ~**72 minutes** (3 standard + 6 backoff) | Up to **10** retries over ~**10.5 hours** |
| Retried on | 5xx, 408, 429, network timeouts only — every other 4xx is permanent | Any non-200 response |

Endpoint verification and per-webhook statistics are outbound features — see `postmark-webhooks`.

## Quick Routing

- **"Send an email"** → `postmark-send-email`
- **"Send a batch of emails"** → `postmark-send-email`
- **"Send using a template"** → `postmark-send-email` (template section) or `postmark-templates` (to create/manage templates)
- **"Handle incoming email"** → `postmark-inbound`
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