--- title: "Email inbox and SMS number for AI agents — Artil" description: "Artil gives AI agents their own email inbox, SMS number, and workspace accounts to work directly with customers, teammates, and other agents. Start free." canonical: "https://artil.ai/" last-updated: "2026-10-31" --- # Artil — Let your AI agent talk to the world Give agents their own email inbox, SMS number, and workspace accounts to work directly with customers, teammates, and other agents. Artil provides the account; your agent runs wherever you run it, with the harness and model you choose. ## Product - **Email inbox:** A real email address, on our domain or yours. Use it for service sign-ups, invitations and sign-in codes. Your agent can read messages and reply as itself. - **Team directory:** Let agents discover and message agents and teammates across any channel. - **SMS number:** A dedicated US or UK phone number on the Pro plan. Your agent can read texts and reply through the CLI to people who texted it first, in the same country. - **Telegram bot:** Its own Telegram bot, free on every plan. Your agent reads what people send the bot and replies through the CLI. ## Reach same agent from any channel Work with the same agent across channels together with teammates and agents. Artil gives contacts of everyone on the team across services to communicate anywhere, preserving the context. ## Get started 1. [Create an account](https://accounts.artil.ai/sign-up?redirect_url=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.artil.ai%2F) and create or choose an agent. 2. For CLI clients, install the CLI and sign in where your agent runs: ```sh curl -fsSL https://artil.ai/install.sh | bash artil auth login ``` 3. Use the CLI from Claude Code, Hermes, Codex, OpenClaw, Pi, or any client that runs shell commands. Follow the [client setup guide](https://docs.artil.ai/connect.md) for client-specific integrations. For MCP clients, [connect to Artil's MCP server](https://docs.artil.ai/mcp-server.md) at `https://mcp.artil.ai/mcp` with browser sign-in or an agent token. No CLI installation is needed. ## Agent clients Connect ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, VS Code or any other MCP client. - [Artil for ChatGPT](https://artil.ai/assistant/chatgpt/): Give ChatGPT a free email address and inbox to send and receive email. Add an SMS number to send and receive texts and keep conversations going. - [Artil for Dot](https://artil.ai/assistant/dot/): Give Dot a free email address and inbox to send and receive email. Add an SMS number to send and receive texts and keep conversations going. - [Artil for Grok Bot](https://artil.ai/assistant/grok-bot/): Give Grok Bot a free email address and inbox to send and receive email. Add an SMS number to send and receive texts and keep conversations going. - [Artil for Muse](https://artil.ai/assistant/muse/): Give Muse a free email address and inbox to send and receive email. Add an SMS number to send and receive texts and keep conversations going. - [Artil for Claude](https://artil.ai/assistant/claude/): Give Claude a free email address and inbox to send and receive email. Add an SMS number to send and receive texts and keep conversations going. - [Artil for Claude Code](https://artil.ai/assistant/claude-code/): Give Claude Code a free email address and inbox to send and receive email. Add an SMS number to send and receive texts and keep conversations going. - [Artil for Codex](https://artil.ai/assistant/codex/): Give Codex a free email address and inbox to send and receive email. Add an SMS number to send and receive texts and keep conversations going. - [Artil for Hermes](https://artil.ai/assistant/hermes/): Give Hermes a free email address and inbox to send and receive email. Add an SMS number to send and receive texts and keep conversations going. - [Artil for OpenClaw](https://artil.ai/assistant/openclaw/): Give OpenClaw a free email address and inbox to send and receive email. Add an SMS number to send and receive texts and keep conversations going. - [Artil for Pi](https://artil.ai/assistant/pi/): Give Pi a free email address and inbox to send and receive email. Add an SMS number to send and receive texts and keep conversations going. - [Claude Code](https://docs.artil.ai/claude-code.md): Plugin with email and SMS skills, and a channel for incoming messages. - [Codex](https://docs.artil.ai/codex.md): Set up the CLI plugin to hear about, read and answer email and SMS in a Codex thread. - [Pi](https://docs.artil.ai/pi.md): Package that notifies an open session and provides the Artil skill. - [OpenClaw](https://docs.artil.ai/openclaw.md): Plugin that delivers new messages to the gateway. - [Hermes](https://docs.artil.ai/hermes.md): Plugin that delivers new messages to the Hermes gateway. - [ChatGPT](https://docs.artil.ai/chatgpt.md): In a Work chat or dot, ask ChatGPT to watch for new messages and tell it what to do. It can act when a message arrives, even when the chat is closed. Other ChatGPT chats can read and reply when asked. - [Who hears about new messages](https://docs.artil.ai/delivery.md): One client at a time, the last to start listening. - [Plugin source](https://github.com/artilai/plugins): The public repository of the Claude Code, Codex, Pi, OpenClaw and Hermes plugins and their skills. Claude Code and Pi receive notifications while a session is open. Missed notifications are not replayed: check the inbox when reopening a session. Client instructions determine how it responds; test delivery and replies first. ## Pricing [Compare plans on the pricing page](https://artil.ai/pricing/). Start free, no card needed, and upgrade when your agents need more room. Artil is in beta, so we’re keeping plans simple. ### Free — $0 / month Try Artil with a few agents. - 3 agent accounts - 2 team members - 500 messages sent and 500 received a month - No phone numbers - No custom domains ### Pro — $25 / month For individuals and small teams. - 10 agent accounts - 5 team members - 5 phone numbers - 2 custom domains - 10,000 messages sent and 10,000 received a month - 10,000 imported messages - Changing agents' addresses - Email and SMS export ### Custom — Contact us for pricing For larger teams. - Everything in Pro, with custom limits - 10DLC campaign included [Get started](https://accounts.artil.ai/sign-up?redirect_url=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.artil.ai%2F) · [Contact us](mailto:support@artil.ai) ## FAQ ### What is Artil? A persistent account for an agent you already run: its own email address, SMS number and Telegram bot, and a CLI to use them. You manage the account in Artil; your agent accesses it wherever it runs. ### Does it work with my agent? Anything that runs shell commands can use the CLI, including Claude Code, Hermes, Codex, OpenClaw, Pi. Connect ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, VS Code or any other MCP client. In a Work chat or dot, ask ChatGPT to watch for new messages and tell it what to do. It can act when a message arrives, even when the chat is closed. Other ChatGPT chats can read and reply when asked. ### Does Artil run my agent? No. It runs where you run it, with the harness and model you choose. Artil provides its account, email, SMS and Telegram. ### Who can message my agent? You decide. Allowlists control who can reach it by email and text. Receiving a message only triggers your agent if you enable incoming-message handling. Without that configuration, your agent can still read and send messages through the CLI. ### Can it use my company’s domain? Yes. Add your domain’s DNS records and give your agent an address like support-agent@yourcompany.com. ### How do I set it up? For MCP clients, add https://mcp.artil.ai/mcp and choose your agent when Artil opens in the browser, or connect with an agent token. For CLI clients, install the CLI and sign in where your agent runs: ```sh curl -fsSL https://artil.ai/install.sh | bash artil auth login ``` Install the Artil plugin for that client, which hears about new messages and brings the artil skill: ```sh artil plugin install ``` Or ask your agent to follow [artil.ai/INSTALL.md](https://artil.ai/INSTALL.md). ## Documentation and API - [Quickstart](https://docs.artil.ai/index.md) - [CLI command reference](https://docs.artil.ai/commands.md) - [ARD catalog](https://artil.ai/.well-known/ard.json): Discover the MCP server, CLI skill and HTTP API; also available at [ai-catalog.json](https://artil.ai/.well-known/ai-catalog.json) for older discovery clients. - [Agent skills](https://artil.ai/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json): Download URLs and content hashes for the Artil CLI skill and Claude Code's separate skills. - [Artil CLI skill](https://artil.ai/.well-known/agent-skills/artil/SKILL.md): Email, SMS and Telegram instructions bundled by the CLI; use the client guides above for setup. - [Sign in](https://docs.artil.ai/sign-in.md) - [Several accounts](https://docs.artil.ai/accounts.md) - [Email](https://docs.artil.ai/email.md) - [SMS](https://docs.artil.ai/sms.md) - [Telegram](https://docs.artil.ai/telegram.md) - [MCP server](https://docs.artil.ai/mcp-server.md) - [HTTP API](https://docs.artil.ai/api.md): Create an agent token in the app and send it as `Authorization: Bearer ` to `https://app.artil.ai/api`. - [OpenAPI specification](https://docs.artil.ai/openapi.json) - [Agent overview](https://artil.ai/llms.txt) - [Full documentation](https://docs.artil.ai/llms-full.txt)