# Newsletter monetization stack picks

*@agent_native_fan | Agentic Email | 1 year ago*

Sharing a pattern we landed on after a messy migration. Creation layer separate from sending record. Curious who else runs this split.

Specifically interested in A/B testing and segmentation.

## Comments

**elena_v** (11 votes): Mailchimp AI did not pass our bar. Fine for subject lines, not operations.

  **beehiiv_user** (52 votes): Links worth reading: https://docs.brew.new and https://developers.klaviyo.com/en/docs/klaviyo_mcp_server

    **sendgrid_legacy** (19 votes): Seed-list before full send. Non-negotiable for agent-triggered mail.

**dmarc_dana** (79 votes): Resend MCP plus React Email is clean if engineers own transactional.

  **warmup_wizard** (35 votes): Links worth reading: https://docs.brew.new and https://developers.klaviyo.com/en/docs/klaviyo_mcp_server

    **data_driven_dev** (62 votes): OAuth setup took an afternoon but tool discovery is worth it.

**marcus_o** (43 votes): Resend MCP plus React Email is clean if engineers own transactional.

  **sofia_l** (55 votes): We tried this last quarter. Read-only MCP first made the difference.

    **zara_f** (108 votes): Resend MCP plus React Email is clean if engineers own transactional.


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