--- name: shitty-email description: Create and manage temporary disposable email inboxes emoji: 📧 bins: [curl, jq] os: [macos, linux, windows] ---

Shitty Email - Temporary Inbox Skill

Create disposable email addresses instantly. Perfect for signups, testing, and privacy.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when the user needs to:

• Create a temporary/disposable email address
• Sign up for a service without using their real email
• Test email sending functionality
• Wait for a verification or confirmation email
• Extract codes or links from emails

Important: Token Management

When you create an inbox, you receive a token. This token is required for ALL subsequent operations. Always store and reuse the token for the same inbox session.

API Reference

Base URL: https://shitty.email

Create a New Inbox

curl -s -X POST https://shitty.email/api/inbox | jq

Response:

{
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "token": "a1b2c3d4e5f6..."
}

Store both the email and token - you need the token for all other operations.

Check Inbox for Emails

curl -s -H "X-Session-Token: {token}" https://shitty.email/api/inbox | jq

Response:

{
  "emails": [
    {
      "id": "msg_a1b2c3d4e5",
      "from": "[email protected]",
      "subject": "Welcome!",
      "date": "2026-02-03T12:00:00Z"
    }
  ]
}

Get Full Email Content

Use the id field from the inbox response (e.g. msg_a1b2c3d4e5). This is NOT the email address.

curl -s -H "X-Session-Token: {token}" https://shitty.email/api/email/{email_id} | jq

Response includes html and text fields with the email body.

Extend Inbox Lifetime

Inboxes expire after 1 hour by default. Extend by 1 hour (max 24 hours total):

curl -s -X POST -H "X-Session-Token: {token}" https://shitty.email/api/inbox/extend | jq

Delete Inbox

Clean up when done:

curl -s -X DELETE -H "X-Session-Token: {token}" https://shitty.email/api/inbox

Common Workflows

Wait for a Verification Email

Poll the inbox until an email matching criteria arrives:

# Create inbox
RESPONSE=$(curl -s -X POST https://shitty.email/api/inbox)
EMAIL=$(echo $RESPONSE | jq -r '.email')
{token}=$(echo $RESPONSE | jq -r '.token')

# Poll for emails (check every 5 seconds, max 60 seconds)
for i in {1..12}; do
  EMAILS=$(curl -s -H "X-Session-Token: ${token}" https://shitty.email/api/inbox)
  COUNT=$(echo $EMAILS | jq '.emails | length')
  if [ "$COUNT" -gt "0" ]; then
    echo "Email received!"
    echo $EMAILS | jq '.emails[0]'
    break
  fi
  sleep 5
done

Extract Verification Code

After receiving an email, extract common verification patterns:

# Get email content
CONTENT=$(curl -s -H "X-Session-Token: ${token}" https://shitty.email/api/email/${email_id} | jq -r '.text')

# Common patterns to look for:
# - 6-digit codes: grep -oE '[0-9]{6}'
# - Verification links: grep -oE 'https?://[^ ]+verify[^ ]*'

Best Practices

1. Reuse tokens - Don't create new inboxes unnecessarily
2. Poll responsibly - Wait 5 seconds between checks
3. Clean up - Delete inbox when done to free resources
4. Extend if needed - If waiting for slow emails, extend the inbox

Limitations

• Inboxes expire after 1 hour (extendable to 24 hours max)
• Email size limit: 1MB
• Rate limited: Don't spam inbox creation
• No outbound email - receive only

Example Conversation

User: "Create a temp email for me" → Call POST /api/inbox, return the email address, store the token

User: "Sign me up for newsletter.example.com" → Use the temp email to fill the signup form, then poll for confirmation

User: "Did I get the confirmation?" → Check inbox using stored token, report results

User: "What's the verification code?" → Fetch email content, extract the code pattern, return it

User: "I'm done, delete the inbox" → Call DELETE /api/inbox with the token