Nylas Agent Accounts let schools automate admissions emails without human inbox access

Schools using admissions email inboxes often face repetitive queries about deadlines, missing documents, and application status that require manual lookup and response. A new approach using Nylas Agent Accounts allows developers to provision a dedicated, application-owned inbox — not tied to any human's mailbox — that can send, receive, and manage email autonomously. The agent inbox is created via a single API call or CLI command, with no OAuth flow required, and supports the same endpoints as standard connected accounts. It can handle tasks like downloading PDF attachments, tracking applicant state, and sending deadline reminders without human intervention. Free-tier limits include 200 messages per account per day and 30-day inbox retention, with new sending domains requiring roughly four weeks to warm up with major email providers.