---
title: "Email"
description: "Simplify email automation with Contentstack's Email connector."
url: "https://www.contentstack.com/docs/agent-os/email"
product: "Contentstack"
doc_type: "guide"
audience:
  - developers
  - admins
version: "current"
last_updated: "2026-06-23"
---

# Email

The “Email” action connector is used to send emails from the Automations app.

## Set up the Email

Perform the following steps to set up the Email action connector:

1.  Click **Configure Action Step** from the left navigation panel.
2.  Click **Action Step** to configure third-party services.
3.  Within the **Configure Action Step**, click the **Email** connector.  
    ![Select\_Connector.png](https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/blt2d43f51baca745a8/blt88ca939bcb7867ba/668c1e90534bb9122b26e736/Select_Connector.png)
4.  Under **Choose an Action** tab, select the **Email** action.  
    ![Select\_Action.png](https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/blt2d43f51baca745a8/bltd37cc61af25f594b/668c1e9094a8168f2607e24f/Select_Action.png)
5.  On the **Configure Action** tab, enter the **To** email address, the **Subject line**, the **Body type**, and the **Body** of the email. The **Show optional fields** toggle switch allows you to enter the “CC” and “BCC” email addresses.  
    ![Select\_Fields.png](https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/blt2d43f51baca745a8/blt82e310b8bf33b778/668c1e90a4dbaefd854dadd8/Select_Fields.png)
6.  Click **Proceed** after entering the details.
7.  Click **Test Action** to test if the email sending was a success or not.  
    ![Test\_Action.png](https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/blt2d43f51baca745a8/blt992883b12543055d/668c1e9050a8ec8df4b67fab/Test_Action.png)
8.  The email is queued and sent to the receiver’s email address. Click **Save and Exit** to save and close the window.  
    ![Save\_Exit.png](https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/blt2d43f51baca745a8/blt9c88e0bb20fcf54e/668c1e90534a9d128bae111c/Save_Exit.png)
9.  You can check the receiver’s email address for the email sent from “Contentstack Automations.”  
    ![Email.png](https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/blt2d43f51baca745a8/blt66692f55cd1deb11/668c1e90fb3792ce4868a24a/Email.png)

This sets the **Email** action connector.

**Note**: You can send up to 10,000 emails per month for an organization.