Temporam

Add Temporary Email Skills to Your Agent

As AI Agents become more prevalent, an increasing number of automated workflows require email verification, account registration, and similar operations. In these scenarios, using temporary email addresses not only protects your privacy but also allows the Agent to complete the entire process autonomously without human intervention.

This article explains how to add temporary email receiving capabilities to your AI assistant through an Agent Skill, enabling true end-to-end automation.

Best Practices for Using Temporary Email with Agents

Privacy First

Never let your Agent use your real email address for testing or registration. Temporary email addresses naturally isolate your personal information — even if data is leaked, your primary inbox remains unaffected.

One Address Per Task

Use a dedicated temporary email address for each task to avoid information crossover between different tasks. This not only helps isolate risks but also makes it easier for the Agent to track emails corresponding to each task.

API Key Security

Store your Temporam API Key in environment variables rather than hardcoding it in prompts or source code. Recommended approach:

  1. 1export TEMPORAM_API_KEY="your_api_key_here"

Act Promptly

Temporary email addresses have a limited lifespan. Once generated, the Agent should complete the verification process as quickly as possible. It's recommended to explicitly instruct the Agent in your prompt to proceed with the next steps immediately after generating the email address.

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When Do You Need Temporary Email?

1. Automated Account Registration and Verification

This is the most common scenario. When having an Agent automatically register test accounts, it needs to receive verification emails and extract verification codes or links. Using temporary email avoids exposing your real email while allowing the Agent to complete the entire registration flow autonomously.

2. Batch Testing Email Functionality

During development, you need to verify that email sending functionality works correctly. Temporary email addresses can serve as test recipients — the Agent can automatically generate multiple addresses and verify delivery status and content formatting one by one.

3. Web Automation and Data Collection

Some websites require email verification before granting access to content or APIs. The Agent can automatically generate a temporary email to complete verification, bypassing this restriction and continuing with subsequent tasks.

4. Email-Triggered Automation Workflows

Certain automated processes require email triggers for the next step — such as receiving approval emails, order confirmation emails, or password reset emails. The Agent can monitor a temporary inbox and automatically respond when specific emails arrive.

5. Privacy Protection

In any scenario where you need to provide an email address but don't want to expose your real one — free trial signups, surveys, one-time downloads, and more — temporary email is the ideal choice.

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How to Use Temporary Email via Agent Skills

The Temporam Agent Skill provides three core capabilities:

CapabilityDescription
Generate Temporary EmailAutomatically selects an available domain and generates a random email address
Query Email ListChecks all emails received by a specified address
Retrieve Email ContentReads the full content of a specific email to extract verification codes or links

Example 1: Automated Registration and Verification

Prompt:

Please help me register a test account on example.com:

  1. First, generate a temporary email address
  2. Use this email to register an account (random username, password Test123456!)
  3. Check for a verification email and extract the verification code
  4. Complete the email verification

The Agent will execute each step automatically: generate email → fill in the registration form → poll the inbox → extract the verification code → submit verification. The entire process requires no human intervention.

Example 2: Monitor and Respond to Specific Emails

Prompt:

Help me monitor the inbox [email protected]:

  1. Check for new emails every 10 seconds
  2. If an email from github.com is received, immediately show me its content
  3. Extract any verification links from it

Example 3: Batch Generate Test Email Addresses

Prompt:

Generate 5 temporary email addresses for me. I need to use them to register 5 test accounts separately. Please list all email addresses, then check each one for verification emails.

Tips

  • Be explicit: Clearly say "generate a temporary email" in your prompt — the Agent will automatically recognize and invoke the Skill
  • Step-by-step execution: Break complex tasks into clear steps for the Agent to follow in order — generate → register → check inbox → verify
  • Retry mechanism: If the email hasn't arrived immediately, ask the Agent to wait a few seconds and retry the query
  • Extract key information: Tell the Agent what you need from the email (verification code, link, confirmation button) and it will automatically parse the email content

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How to Use with Popular Agents

Manus

Manus natively supports Skill installation and can be installed with one click from ClawHub.

Installation Steps:

  1. Open Manus and navigate to the Skills management page
  2. Search for "Temporam" or install directly via the ClawHub link
  3. Configure the TEMPORAM_API_KEY environment variable
  4. Enter a relevant prompt in your conversation — Manus will automatically invoke the skill

Cursor

Cursor supports extending AI assistant capabilities through Agent Skills. Simply place the Skill file in your project directory to use it.

Installation Steps:

  1. Download the Skill package from ClawHub
  2. Extract it to .cursor/skills/temporam-temp-mail/ in your project root
  3. Set the TEMPORAM_API_KEY environment variable
  4. Use it directly in Cursor's Agent mode

Claude (via MCP)

Temporam provides an MCP Server that can integrate with Claude Desktop and other clients supporting the MCP protocol.

Configuration Steps:

  1. Download mcp_server.py from the Skill
  2. Install dependencies: pip install requests mcp
  3. Add the Temporam Server in Claude Desktop's MCP settings
  4. Set the TEMPORAM_API_KEY environment variable
  5. Claude can now automatically use temporary email functionality in conversations

Other Agents

Any Agent supporting the OpenClaw / Skill protocol or MCP protocol can integrate with the Temporam skill. General steps:

  1. Get the Skill file from ClawHub
  2. Import it according to your target Agent's skill installation method
  3. Configure TEMPORAM_API_KEY
  4. Start using it

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Conclusion

Adding temporary email skills to your AI Agent fully automates the email verification processes that previously required manual intervention. Whether it's automated registration, batch testing, or privacy protection, the Temporam Agent Skill enables your Agent to complete tasks independently and efficiently.

Quick Start:

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