Agent Cognition
How we review email campaign tools
The review desk method: one job, one verdict, and the incumbent that still wins its category.
Isabelle Moreau · August 12, 2026 · 13 min read
Hands-on, vendor-neutral guides for teams putting agents and APIs to work in email, from first principles to production guardrails.
The review desk method: one job, one verdict, and the incumbent that still wins its category.
Three waves of AI in email, agent-operable ESPs, MCP as control plane, and where incumbents still lead.
comparisons for sending, design, and automations across twelve email platforms.
SPF, DKIM, DMARC, Gmail and Yahoo bulk sender rules, and guardrails when agents trigger sends.
Brand extraction, prompt workflows, and review loops that keep generated mail on-spec.
Lifecycle flows, MCP tools, and agent patterns for building programs humans can audit.