---
title: "Provision the business inbox (idempotent; still provisioning while DNS verifies)"
method: POST
path: "/email/inbox"
tags: ["Email"]
---

# Provision the business inbox (idempotent; still provisioning while DNS verifies)

`POST /email/inbox`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.madethis.com/v1`
- URL: `https://api.madethis.com/v1/email/inbox`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

## Headers

- `Idempotency-Key` string

## Request body

- object
  - `subdomain` string

## Response `200`

Success envelope.

- object
  - `data` object, required
    - `status` 'active' | 'provisioning' | 'none', required
    - `address` string, nullable, required
    - `inboxId` string, nullable, required
    - `domain` string, nullable, required
    - `pendingDomain` string, nullable, required
    - `provider` 'agentmail', required
  - `hint` string: One-sentence orientation for agents.
  - `next_action` string: The literal next call an agent would chain.

## Other responses

- `201`: Success envelope.
- `202`: Success envelope.
- `default`: Error envelope — machine-readable `code` plus a docs link.

---

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