> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.smartsend.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Smart Send for AI agents

> What AI agents can do with Smart Send, and who it's for.

Smart Send exposes its shipping engine to AI agents through two pieces that work together: a hosted [MCP server](/ai/mcp-server) that gives an agent access to your account, and a [Skill](/ai/skill) that teaches the agent how to use that access well. An agent can carry out the same core actions you do in the platform — find delivery options, book shipments, locate service points, validate addresses, and track parcels — using your existing account and carrier connections.

## What agents can do

These are the everyday actions an agent can take on your behalf:

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  <Card title="Find delivery options" icon="route">
    Return the available carriers, services, and add-ons for a route, with delivery windows.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Book a shipment" icon="box">
    Register a shipment, then generate its tracking number and documents.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Track shipments" icon="location-crosshairs">
    Follow a parcel's current status and event history.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Search history" icon="magnifying-glass">
    Retrieve previous shipments by a range of criteria.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

Agents can also locate service points, validate addresses, save reusable templates, and read account, route, shipment, tracking, and document data. See the [MCP server](/ai/mcp-server) page for the full list of tools, resources, and prompts.

## Who it's for

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  <Card title="Occasional shippers" icon="user">
    Book an ad-hoc parcel by chatting with Claude — no spreadsheet, no manual data entry. Useful when you ship too rarely to keep a full workflow in your head.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Builders" icon="code">
    Connect the MCP server to an AI agent and let it handle shipping inside a larger automation, using natural language instead of raw API calls.
  </Card>
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## What you need

* A Smart Send account. The [free plan](/fundamentals/billing) is enough to get started.
* At least one [connected carrier](/fundamentals/carrier-connections), so the agent has services to book.
* [Sender information](/fundamentals/sender-information) set on your team, so shipments have a valid origin.

## Get started

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  <Card title="Claude plugin" icon="comments" href="/ai/claude-plugin" horizontal>
    The fastest way to try it: chat with Claude.
  </Card>

  <Card title="MCP server" icon="server" href="/ai/mcp-server" horizontal>
    The tools, resources, and prompts behind the integration.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Skill" icon="book" href="/ai/skill" horizontal>
    The playbook that teaches an agent how to ship well.
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