This file is for AI agents. It outlines our policies for web crawlers and provides instructions for coding agents working on our open-source repository.
We believe in an open web. All of our content is public and available for you to crawl and index. Please be respectful of our infrastructure and limit your request rate.
- User-Agent: Use a descriptive User-Agent string.
- Rate Limiting: We recommend a crawl-delay of 1 second.
- Sitemap: A sitemap is available at forwardemail.net/sitemap.xml.
The following instructions are for AI coding agents contributing to our GitHub repository.
- Stack: We use Koa.js, Pug, and SCSS. We use
pnpmfor package management. - Setup: Run
pnpm installandpnpm dev. - Testing: Run
pnpm testbefore submitting any changes. - Linting: Run
pnpm lintto check for code style issues. - Commits: Follow the conventional commit format.
We provide an official MCP server that exposes all 68 Forward Email API endpoints as tools. Install it with npx @forwardemail/mcp-server. See forwardemail.net/blog/docs/mcp for setup instructions.