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# Email

The MCP server for Marketing Cloud Engagement includes several tools for managing email. This table includes information about MCP tools related to managing emails.

| Tool Name                               | Description                                                                                                                                      | Required Scopes            |
| --------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------- |
| `sfmc_create_email_send_definition`     | Create an email send definition for transactional messaging.                                                                                     | Channels \| Email \| Write |
| `sfmc_create_triggered_send_definition` | Create a triggered send definition.                                                                                                              | Channels \| Email \| Write |
| `sfmc_get_transactional_send_status`    | Get the status of a transactional email send request.<br><br><b>Special considerations</b>: Read-only, open-world                                | Channels \| Email \| Read  |
| `sfmc_get_triggered_send_summary`       | Retrieve metrics (including sends, opens, clicks, and bounces) for a triggered send.<br><br><b>Special considerations</b>: Read-only, open-world | Channels \| Email \| Read  |
| `sfmc_send_transactional_email`         | Send a transactional email by specifying a message definition.                                                                                   | Channels \| Email \| Send  |