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Lob MCP connector

The Lob connector lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and the Elaichi Agent send postcards, letters, and self mailers, manage mailing addresses, and check bank accounts and billing groups in Lob, with every action running under the signed-in person's own access and recorded in an audit log.

  • How it connects. Connects with an API key. The credential goes into a vault nobody reads back.

  • One address. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, the same for every user.

  • Their own access. An agent never gets more than the person it acts for.

How to connect

How to connect Lob to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Two steps, about a minute.

1

In Elaichi

Connect Lob once

  1. Open Connections, choose Add connection, and pick Lob.

  2. Optionally set Share with to give a team access, then press Connect.

  3. Paste a Lob API key. One person generates a token in Lob and pastes it once. Everyone else works through Share with, and never sees it.

The credential is vaulted. Nobody reads it back, not even the AI.

Add connection

Choose a connector.

lob
Lob
Attentive
Beamer
beehiiv
Bird
Buffer
2

In your AI client

Point it at one endpoint

Everyone in the organization uses the same address, and each person only ever reaches what their own account allows.

Lob MCP connector for Claude

  1. 1

    Open Customize, then Connectors.

  2. 2

    Press Add.

  3. 3

    Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  4. 4

    Sign in and approve.

On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.

Lob MCP connector for ChatGPT

  1. 1

    Open Plugins, then press the + button.

  2. 2

    Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.

  4. 4

    Press Create, then sign in and approve.

Works on the web today. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

Lob MCP connector for Cursor

  1. 1

    Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

  2. 2

    Add the endpoint under mcpServers.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.

Connect Lob to any MCP client

  1. 1

    Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Sign in and approve.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.

Use cases

What teams do with Lob through Elaichi

Every one of these runs inside the access the person already has, and lands in the same audit log.

  • Marketing

    Send a postcard campaign from a chat

    Describe the postcard, name the recipients, and have the agent create each Lob postcard against a saved address. Ask for the list afterwards to confirm what went out.

  • Sales

    Mail a follow-up letter after a call

    Once a prospect meeting wraps up, dictate the letter and have it created in Lob to the contact's address on file, so a physical follow-up lands within days.

  • Operations

    Keep the address book clean

    List the addresses stored in Lob, spot duplicates or outdated entries, and delete the ones that should not receive mail again.

  • Finance

    Verify bank accounts before checks go out

    Run a verification on a Lob bank account, look up its details, or remove one that is no longer in use, all without opening the Lob dashboard.

  • Finance

    Sort mail spend into billing groups

    Pull up a Lob billing group, rename it or change its description, and see which groups exist so mail costs land against the right cost center.

  • Support

    Check whether a letter was created

    When a customer asks about a notice they were expecting, look up the Lob letter by its ID or scan recent letters to confirm it exists and when it was created.

Try asking

  • “Show all postcards sent to our California mailing list this week.”
  • “List every letter still pending delivery for the Q3 campaign.”
  • “Which addresses bounced on our last self mailer batch.”

See all 104 Lob tools below

Compare

Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Lob

All three can connect Lob to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.

Elaichi compared with Zapier MCP and Composio for Lob, by what to check
What to check Elaichi Zapier MCP Composio
Where the AI connects One address for the whole organization. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp A server per member, created at sign-in. An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK.
Control over Lob tools Allow or restrict single Lob tools, per role or user. App and action restrictions on the account. Role permissions, down to the action.
Record of calls One audit entry per Lob call. A History tab of tool calls. A log of every tool call.
Single sign-on SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold. SAML on Enterprise. SAML and OIDC on Enterprise.
Price $15 per user per month. 2 tasks per successful call. Billed per tool call.

Sources: Zapier MCP docs, security, usage; Composio docs, gateway, enterprise, pricing. Checked September 2026.

Longer take: Zapier MCP alternative and when you don't need an MCP gateway.

AI tools

Lob tools for your AI agents

104 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Lob, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.

See it in Elaichi

What connecting Lob gets you

6 screens from the product, each doing one job for your Lob account.

The agent

Ask Lob questions, get real answers.

Type a plain question and get answers pulled from live postcards, letters and addresses.

  • postcards
  • letters
  • self mailers
  • addresses

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

Show all postcards sent to our California mailing list this week.

List every letter still pending delivery for the Q3 campaign.

Which addresses bounced on our last self mailer batch.

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

MCP clients

One endpoint, every client, no API key.

Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor all reach Lob through a single governed org endpoint.

ElaichiMCP clients
Claude ChatGPT Cursor

Copy the endpoint

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Client Connected by Status Last used
Claude
E

Emily Carter

• Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
M

Megan Brooks

• Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
R

Ryan Hayes

• Connected Yesterday

Tool catalog

104 Lob tools, zero custom code.

Every Lob postcard, letter, self mailer and address method cataloged and ready to use.

  • Get single Lob postcard by ID
  • Delete a Lob postcard by ID
  • List all Lob postcards
  • Create a Lob postcard
ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
Get single Lob postcard by ID Get Get a specific Lob postcard by id. Returns the full postcard object including id, to and from address details, carrier, url, tracking_events, thumbnails, send_date, and expected_delivery_date. Required: id.
Delete a Lob postcard by ID Delete Cancel a scheduled Lob postcard and remove it from production. Can only be done before the send_date has passed. Returns: id. Scheduling and cancellation is a premium feature. Required: id.
List all Lob postcards List List Lob postcards ordered by creation date with the most recently created appearing first. Returns each postcard with id, to, from, url, carrier, front_template_id, back_template_id, size, mail_type, date_created, date_modified, send_date, expected_delivery_date, use_type, and object.
Create a Lob postcard Create Create a new Lob postcard with front and back artwork, recipient and sender addresses, and optional merge variables, QR codes, and scheduling. Returns the created postcard object including id, to, from, url, carrier, front_template_id, back_template_id, size, mail_type, date_created, date_modified, send_date, expected_delivery_date, use_type, and object. Required: to, front, back, use_type.
Get single Lob letter by ID Get Retrieve a single Lob letter by id. Returns the full letter object including id, to and from addresses, url, carrier, color, double_sided, address_placement, extra_service, return_envelope, perforated_page, cards, buckslips, tracking_number, tracking_events, thumbnails, expected_delivery_date, send_date, date_created, and status. Required: id.

Toolboxes

Every team gets its own Lob toolbox.

Marketing, ops and support each work from a toolbox scoped to their own Lob needs.

  • Marketing
  • Sales
  • Operations
  • Customer success
ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

Marketing toolbox

Lob · postcards and self mailer campaigns

Lob starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Sales toolbox

Lob · direct mail outreach and follow ups

— 9 Mar 2, 2026

Operations toolbox

Lob · address verification and delivery tracking

— 24 Feb 27, 2026

Customer success toolbox

Lob · letters and renewal notices

Lob starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Finance toolbox

Lob · invoice letters and mailing costs

— 31 Jan 30, 2026

Support toolbox

Lob · resending and troubleshooting mail pieces

— 12 Jan 22, 2026

Shared connections

Delegated Lob access, no shared credentials.

See who connected each Lob account and how many teams and members share it.

  • Marketing US
  • Sales EMEA
  • Operations
  • Customer Success
ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
LO

Lob (Marketing US)

Connected by Emily Carter

Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
LO

Lob (Sales EMEA)

Connected by Jake Morgan

Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
LO

Lob (Operations)

Connected by Megan Brooks

Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
LO

Lob (Customer Success)

Connected by Tyler Reed

Personal • Needs re-auth 1 team · 3 members
LO

Lob (Finance)

Connected by Ryan Hayes

Personal • Active Not shared
LO

Lob (Support)

Connected by Ashley Parker

Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Audit log

Every Lob call, logged and attributable.

See who did what in Lob, when, and on which resource.

  • When
  • Who
  • What happened
  • Type
ElaichiAudit log
When Who What happened Type

2 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM

E

Emily Carter

emily.carter@northwind.io

Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM

J

Jake Morgan

jake.morgan@northwind.io

Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM

M

Megan Brooks

megan.brooks@northwind.io

Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM

T

Tyler Reed

tyler.reed@northwind.io

Lob Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM

R

Ryan Hayes

ryan.hayes@northwind.io

Lob Postcards Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM

A

Ashley Parker

ashley.parker@northwind.io

Lob Postcards List Toolbox

Launching soon

From answering questions to doing the work

A person no longer has to ask. A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations and live dashboards are launching soon, on the Black plan.

Automations

A schedule fires, Lob mail goes out.

A trigger fetches Lob records, drafts a digest, waits for approval, then posts it back.

Lob digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter

  1. ✓

    Schedule

    Every weekday at 8:00 AM

    0.2s
  2. ✓

    Fetch postcards

    Lob

    1.4s
  3. ✓

    Group by owner

    Transform

    0.1s
  4. ✓

    Draft the digest

    Agent step

    Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary

    6.2s
  5. Approve the digest

    Needs approval

    Assigned to Michael Brennan

    Approve
  6. Post the digest

    Lob

    Queued

Collections and dashboards

Lob's numbers, refreshed without a prompt.

Four metrics and a 14 day chart of records created, broken down by team automatically.

Lob health

Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the postcards collection

Live

Postcards

1,284 ↓ 12%

Letters

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Postcards created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

Marketing US 34%

Sales EMEA 27%

Operations 21%

Customer Success 18%

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do I connect Lob to Claude?

Connect Lob in Elaichi first, which asks for your Lob API key and nothing else. There is no OAuth application to register and no client ID or secret to generate. Then open Claude, go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp as the endpoint. Sign in as yourself and Lob is ready to use.

Does Lob work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

Yes. Once Lob is connected in Elaichi, the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, any other MCP client, and the Elaichi Agent. You connect Lob once and every client picks it up.

What can an AI agent actually do with my Lob data?

With Lob connected, an agent can create postcards, letters, and self mailers, look one up by its ID, list recent ones, or delete one. It can also add and remove mailing addresses, verify and manage bank accounts, and view or update billing groups. Because Lob has a large set of actions, short concrete asks such as "list this week's postcards" work better than long paragraphs.

Does connecting Lob give the AI access to my whole account?

No. Everything an agent does in Lob runs under the access of the person who signed in, so it can only reach what that person's Lob API key already allows. Elaichi can narrow that further, for example to read-only or to postcards only, and it can never widen it beyond what the key permits.

Can my team share one Lob connection?

Yes. One person connects Lob in Elaichi and shares it with a team, and nobody else ever handles the Lob API key. Each teammate still signs in to Elaichi as themselves, so the audit log names the actual person behind every postcard, letter, or address change.

Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in Lob?

Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi work per action, so you can block deleting Lob postcards, letters, self mailers, addresses, or bank accounts while leaving lookups and lists available. A blocked action is never advertised to Claude, ChatGPT, or any other client, so no prompt can reach it.

What happens to a Lob connection when someone leaves?

Offboarding a person in Elaichi ends their access to Lob at once, across every client they used. If the Lob connection was shared with a team, it keeps working for everyone else. Disconnecting Lob once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and every other connected client at the same time.

Does the Lob MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?

Yes. Lob is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.

Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for Lob?

Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Lob. Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every Lob call.

How is Elaichi different from Composio for Lob?

Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to Lob: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.

Put Lob in front of your team

14 days on Gold, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.

Works with
Claude ChatGPT Cursor and any other MCP client, or the Elaichi Agent.
When the trial ends
Nothing is deleted. Connections, roles and the audit log stay where they are, so subscribing picks up exactly where you left off.