create_mail_quote
Get a locked price quote for a print-and-mail job
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Verifies the recipient and sender US addresses and locks a 15-minute USDC price for a documentId. Does not charge or mail anything. Returns a paymentUrl (a per-quote x402-payable URL); the preferred way to actually mail the letter is for the agent's wallet to perform an in-band x402 payment against that URL (e.g. npx awal@latest x402 pay <paymentUrl>). The MCP submit_paid_mail_job tool is a fallback for clients that can emit a standalone signature header. In all cases, show the recipient, sender, options, selected-route design constraints, price, AND any fulfillment.warnings to the user and get explicit confirmation before paying. The response includes a fulfillment block with requested (what you asked for), selected (what will actually be printed/mailed) and warnings (any soft-preference downgrades — e.g. service_level_downgraded or extra_service_unavailable); do not pay through a non-empty warnings list without re-confirming the trade-off with the user. The response also includes a provider-neutral design block; inspect it and the preview before paying because the selected delivery method determines print address/no-ink zones.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| documentId | string | yes | ID returned by create_letter (finished document) or create_template (mail-merge template) for the piece to mail. |
| from | object | no | Sender/return address. Required unless the server has a fallback configured. |
| to | object | yes | Recipient's US postal address. |
| options | object | no | |
| mergeVariables | object | no | Values for a template document's {{merge fields}}, e.g. { "name": "Jane", "amount": "$42.00" }. Required when documentId refers to an html_template: every field listed in that document's mergeFields must have a non-empty value, or the quote is rejected. The server substitutes these into the template and renders this recipient's personalized PDF, so the quoted page count and price reflect the final content. Omit for plain (non-template) documents. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"documentId": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"description": "ID returned by create_letter (finished document) or create_template (mail-merge template) for the piece to mail."
},
"from": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 255,
"description": "Full name on the address line"
},
"company": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 255
},
"line1": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 255,
"description": "Street address line 1"
},
"line2": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 255,
"description": "Apartment, suite, or unit (optional)"
},
"city": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 200
},
"state": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 2,
"maxLength": 2,
"description": "2-letter US state code, e.g. CA"
},
"zip": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^\\d{5}(-\\d{4})?$",
"description": "US ZIP or ZIP+4"
}
},
"required": [
"name",
"line1",
"city",
"state",
"zip"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"description": "Sender/return address. Required unless the server has a fallback configured."
},
"to": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"$ref": "#/properties/from/properties/name"
},
"company": {
"$ref": "#/properties/from/properties/company"
},
"line1": {
"$ref": "#/properties/from/properties/line1"
},
"line2": {
"$ref": "#/properties/from/properties/line2"
},
"city": {
"$ref": "#/properties/from/properties/city"
},
"state": {
"$ref": "#/properties/from/properties/state"
},
"zip": {
"$ref": "#/properties/from/properties/zip"
}
},
"required": [
"name",
"line1",
"city",
"state",
"zip"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"description": "Recipient's US postal address."
},
"options": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"color": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": false,
"description": "Print in color; affects the locked quote price."
},
"doubleSided": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": true,
"description": "Print on both sides of each page"
},
"serviceLevel": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"economy",
"standard",
"express"
],
"description": "Delivery service level. `economy` for cheapest non-time-critical mail, `standard` (default) for first-class equivalent, `express` for expedited where available. Replaces `mailClass`. Soft preference: if no fulfillment provider supports the requested level for this destination, the closest available level is selected and a `service_level_downgraded` warning is returned in the quote's `fulfillment.warnings` — review it before paying."
},
"mailClass": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"usps_first_class",
"usps_standard"
],
"description": "Deprecated USPS mail class alias for back-compat. Prefer `serviceLevel`: usps_first_class maps to standard, usps_standard maps to economy."
},
"certified": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": false,
"description": "Deprecated alias for extraService: \"certified\". Prefer extraService."
},
"extraService": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"certified",
"certified_return_receipt",
"registered"
],
"description": "USPS proof-of-mailing add-on that affects the locked quote price: certified mail, certified mail with electronic return receipt (proof of delivery), or registered mail (maximum chain-of-custody). Wins over the deprecated `certified` boolean. Soft preference: if no available provider supports the requested extra for this destination, it is dropped and an `extra_service_unavailable` warning is returned on the quote's `fulfillment.warnings`. Always inspect that list before paying so you do not silently accept mail without certification/registration."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
},
"mergeVariables": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 5000
},
{
"type": "number"
},
{
"type": "boolean"
}
]
},
"propertyNames": {
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 255
},
"description": "Values for a template document's {{merge fields}}, e.g. { \"name\": \"Jane\", \"amount\": \"$42.00\" }. Required when documentId refers to an html_template: every field listed in that document's mergeFields must have a non-empty value, or the quote is rejected. The server substitutes these into the template and renders this recipient's personalized PDF, so the quoted page count and price reflect the final content. Omit for plain (non-template) documents."
}
},
"required": [
"documentId",
"to"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}