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BEARER TOKEN

INBOX AUTOMATION

Productivity

Inbox automation in Upstream covers threads, splits, labels, rules, and channels, reached with a bearer token Scalekit vaults per user instead of a shared key.

  • Acts as the user: threads, drafts, and rules resolve against the mailbox of the user who authorized the agent.
  • Credentials stay vaulted: AES-256, resolved at request time, never in LLM context.
  • Scoped before every call: User permissions enforced. 90-day audit trail.
Upstream MCP
agent · Acme Q3
Run
What is sitting in my primary split that I have not replied to?
S
upstreammcp_get_inbox_split_threads
88ms
Inbox agent
6 threads waiting on you. Two are customer escalations older than 24 hours, three are vendor renewals, one is an internal review request.
Sources: 1 split, 6 threads
upstreammcp
6 threads
18:29
Message Claude...

Tools your productivity agent reaches for on Upstream, scoped per user.

CALL ANY TOOL
Inbox automation end to end: read and triage threads, compose and generate drafts, manage splits, labels, rules, channels, and contacts. The token stays vaulted per user.
upstreammcp_list_channels
List channels
List all channels the user belongs to. channels are team shared spaces for organizing threads. returns channel ids, names, colors, member counts, and unread counts. use get-channel-threads to browse threads within a channel.
Parameters
Name
Type
Required
Description
No parameters required
upstreammcp_get_channel_threads
Get channel threads
upstreammcp_search_inbox
Search inbox
upstreammcp_create_channel
Create channel
upstreammcp_update_inbox_split
Update inbox split
upstreammcp_delete_inbox_split
Delete inbox split
upstreammcp_list_contacts
List contacts
upstreammcp_get_inbox_split_threads
Get inbox split threads
upstreammcp_create_inbox_split
Create inbox split
upstreammcp_update_rule
Update rule
upstreammcp_delete_rule
Delete rule
upstreammcp_list_draft_threads
List draft threads
upstreammcp_get_label_threads
Get label threads
upstreammcp_create_label
Create label
upstreammcp_update_settings
Update settings
upstreammcp_list_inbox_splits
List inbox splits
upstreammcp_get_self
Get self
upstreammcp_create_rule
Create rule
upstreammcp_list_labels
List labels
upstreammcp_list_org_members
List org members
upstreammcp_list_rules
List rules
upstreammcp_list_scheduled_threads
List scheduled threads
upstreammcp_list_sent_threads
List sent threads
upstreammcp_list_snoozed_threads
List snoozed threads
upstreammcp_list_spam_threads
List spam threads
upstreammcp_list_starred_threads
List starred threads
upstreammcp_list_trashed_threads
List trashed threads
upstreammcp_compose_thread
Compose thread
upstreammcp_done_thread
Done thread
upstreammcp_generate_draft
Generate draft

For more tools, view docs.

Build your Agent
Drop the toolkit in, point it at the user, and your agent can triage threads and draft replies from the first run.
Python · LlamaIndex
import { ScalekitClient } from "@scalekit-sdk/node";
import { DynamicStructuredTool } from "@langchain/core/tools";
import { createReactAgent } from "@langchain/langgraph/prebuilt";
import { z } from "zod";

const sk = new ScalekitClient(envUrl, clientId, clientSecret);

const { tools } = await sk.tools.listScopedTools("user_123", {
filter: { connectionNames: ["upstreammcp"], toolNames: ["upstreammcp_list_inbox_splits", "upstreammcp_get_inbox_split_threads", "upstreammcp_compose_thread"] },
pageSize: 100,
});

const lcTools = tools.map((t) => new DynamicStructuredTool({
name: t.tool.definition.name,
description: t.tool.definition.description,
schema: z.object({}).passthrough(),
func: async (args) => {
const { data } = await sk.tools.executeTool({
toolName: t.tool.definition.name,
identifier: "user_123",
params: args,
});
return JSON.stringify(data);
},
}));

const agent = createReactAgent({ llm, tools: lcTools });
import { ScalekitClient } from "@scalekit-sdk/node";
import OpenAI from "openai";

const sk = new ScalekitClient(envUrl, clientId, clientSecret);
const openai = new OpenAI();

const { tools } = await sk.tools.listScopedTools("user_123", {
filter: { connectionNames: ["upstreammcp"], toolNames: ["upstreammcp_list_inbox_splits", "upstreammcp_get_inbox_split_threads", "upstreammcp_compose_thread"] },
pageSize: 100,
});

const llmTools = tools.map((t) => ({
type: "function",
function: {
name: t.tool.definition.name,
description: t.tool.definition.description,
parameters: t.tool.definition.input_schema,
},
}));

const resp = await openai.responses.create({
model: "gpt-4o", input: prompt, tools: llmTools,
});
import { ScalekitClient } from "@scalekit-sdk/node";
import Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";

const sk = new ScalekitClient(envUrl, clientId, clientSecret);
const anthropic = new Anthropic();

const { tools } = await sk.tools.listScopedTools("user_123", {
filter: { connectionNames: ["upstreammcp"], toolNames: ["upstreammcp_list_inbox_splits", "upstreammcp_get_inbox_split_threads", "upstreammcp_compose_thread"] },
pageSize: 100,
});

const llmTools = tools.map((t) => ({
name: t.tool.definition.name,
description: t.tool.definition.description,
input_schema: t.tool.definition.input_schema,
}));

const msg = await anthropic.messages.create({
model: "claude-sonnet-4-6", max_tokens: 1024,
tools: llmTools,
messages: [{ role: "user", content: prompt }],
});
import { Agent } from "@google/adk/agents";
import {
MCPToolset, StreamableHTTPConnectionParams,
} from "@google/adk/tools/mcp";

const toolset = new MCPToolset({
connectionParams: new StreamableHTTPConnectionParams({
url: "https://mcp.scalekit.com/upstreammcp",
headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${userScopedToken}` },
}),
});

const agent = new Agent({
name: "agent", model: "gemini-2.0-flash",
tools: await toolset.getTools(),
});
Try these prompts
Paste any prompt into your agent to start running Upstream inbox automation from your workflows.
Triage
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What is in my primary split that I have not replied to?
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List threads labeled [label] from the last 7 days.
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Mark thread [thread_id] as done and tell me what it was about.
Drafting
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Generate a draft reply for thread [thread_id] and show it to me first.
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Compose a new thread to [email] about the renewal date.
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List my unsent drafts.
Automation rules
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Create a rule that labels vendor invoices and moves them out of primary.
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List existing rules and what each one matches.
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Create a split for threads mentioning [keyword].
SEE HOW AUTH WORKS
Your users connect once. Their Upstream MCP credentials stay vaulted, every call is scope-checked, and every action is logged.
1
Authorize
Your user connects
Upstream MCP
once. We tie it to their identity and the meetings they approved — no shared bot account, no org-wide access
Who:
user ‘A’
when:
Once per user
access:
Limited to user
2
Store
Their
Upstream MCP
token lives in a vault scoped to them. User A's meetings are never reachable by an agent acting for user B, even on the same connection
vault:
encrypted
scope:
per-user
tokens:
auto-refreshed
3
Resolve
When your agent calls a
Upstream MCP
tool, we fetch the right token server-side. It never touches your agent, never appears in the LLM context, never shows up in your logs
speed:
~40ms
check:
before every call
seen by:
nobody
4
Audit
Every
Upstream MCP
tool call is logged — who triggered it, which meeting was fetched, what came back. 90 days of history, tied to the user who authorized it
history:
90 days
export:
SIEM-ready
logged:
every call
Test other agents
See the same per-user auth pattern across other connectors.
OPS
Email-to-calendar scheduling agent
Read scheduling intent out of Gmail threads, resolve mutual free time, and create the Google Calendar event.
ENGINEERING
Engineering standup agent
Pull commits from GitHub and GitLab, track Jira issue movement, and post a per-engineer standup brief to Slack.
Why Scalekit
Secure your agent's access. Connectors ship in minutes
Other connector libraries treat auth as a demo afterthought. Scalekit starts with user identity, scope enforcement, and audit.
01.
Shared tokens break per-user analytics
A shared token looks fine in a demo. In production every call looks like a service account. Scalekit resolves the real user credential so attribution, audit, and scope stay accurate.
// shared token
audit → bot_service_account
user_filter → broken

// scalekit
audit → user_abc
scope → enforced ✓
02.
Authentication is not authorization
03.
Multi-tenancy is architectural
04.
Upstream MCP today. Others tomorrow.
“Our agents act across Salesforce, Gong, Google Drive, and more, on behalf of every customer. Scalekit behind the scenes meant we can keep adding tools without ever rebuilding how credentials or tool calling work.”
Venu Madhav Kattagoni
Head of Engineering / Von
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
Does the agent access Upstream MCP as the user or as a shared key?
As the user. Each workspace member authorizes once and Scalekit resolves their credential at request time. Audit logs attribute every action to that user, not a shared service account.
Where is the Upstream MCP bearer token stored?
In Scalekit's managed AES-256 token vault, namespaced per tenant. Refresh is automatic. Revocation is a single dashboard action. Tokens never appear in prompts, logs, or LLM context.
Can I limit what the agent is allowed to do in Upstream MCP?
Yes. Pass a tool name filter to listScopedTools so the productivity agent only sees the subset you authorize. Pre-API-call scope checks block out-of-policy actions before the request reaches Upstream MCP.
What happens when a user revokes Upstream MCP access?
The connection is invalidated on the next tool call. Subsequent requests for that user fail closed with a clear error. Other users in the tenant remain unaffected. The event is logged for audit.
Can the agent send email without me seeing it first?
Only if you expose the send tools. Draft generation is a separate tool from compose and send, so an assistant can be limited to reading and drafting. Every send is scope-checked before the Upstream call and logged against the authorizing user.
Start in your coding agent
Up and running in one command
Install the Scalekit skill in your editor of choice. Connector, auth, tools, prompt, all wired up
Claude Code REPL
/plugin marketplace add scalekit-inc/claude-code-authstack
/plugin install agentkit@scalekit-auth-stack
Cursor Code REPL
# ~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
""mcpServers"": {
""upstreammcp"": {
""url"": ""https://mcp.scalekit.com/upstreammcp"",
""headers"": { ""Authorization"": ""Bearer $SCALEKIT_TOKEN"" }
}
}
}
Codex Code REPL
# ~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.upstreammcp]
url = ""https://mcp.scalekit.com/upstreammcp""
auth_env = ""SCALEKIT_TOKEN""
Copilot Code REPL
# .vscode/mcp.json
{
""servers"": {
""upstreammcp"": {
""url"": ""https://mcp.scalekit.com/upstreammcp"",
""type"": ""http""
}
}
}