Processes/growth — marketing, subscriptions, and retentiongrowth
Set up transactional email — growth processSet up transactional email
Configure transactional email — password resets, receipts, notifications. SendGrid is the canonical route; the email arena ranks the alternatives.
SendGrid API fully supports template and sending configuration. Domain verification automatable.
Current agent ceiling
An agent can run 4 of 5 steps — 3 of them behind a human approval gate ⏸
⚡ Closable with today’s market (1 — via Browser Automation for Agents): Create SendGrid account (computer-use candidate — a browser agent can drive this deterministic web flow)
How it runs
Route-coded block flow: emerald = agent, amber = manual form/portal, red = needs a human. ⏸ approval gate · ⏳ async wait.
01Create SendGrid account
manual form⚡ agentic workaround: computer-use candidate — a browser agent can drive this deterministic web flow — Steel, top of Browser Automation for Agents → · assisted, not autonomous — a human supervises; verify the portal’s terms allow automation
02Authenticate sending domain
agent1 API call
- POST /v3/whitelabel/domains
03Add DNS records
agent
Render
Railway1 API call
- POST /zones/{id}/dns_records
04Create email templates
agent1 API call
- POST /v3/templates
05Test email delivery
agent1 API call
- POST /v3/mail/send
Context the agent needs first: domain
The market options
Each role resolves against its arena’s live leaderboard — the default is the process’s canonical vendor, alternatives ranked by agent-readiness.
