---
ref: tool:resend/list-broadcast-recipients
name: "List a broadcast's recipients"
company: company:resend
workflows: []
access: [mcp, cli, api]
tags: [capability:track-email-engagement, category:email, has:api, has:cli, has:mcp]
docs: https://resend.com/docs/api-reference/broadcasts/list-broadcast-recipients
updated: 2026-09-30
---

# List a broadcast's recipients

Returns the people a broadcast reached for one event, such as everyone who opened, clicked, bounced or unsubscribed, with their contact ID and, for clicks, the links they clicked.

Note: Pass one `type` per call; a row's `id` is a page cursor. Mail security scanners can click every link, unsubscribe included, so treat a recipient who clicked all of them as a likely bot. Before emailing this list, skip unsubscribed, complained, suppressed and bounced addresses.

## Set up

Use the first option your agent supports.

### MCP (official, remote)

Add this server to your agent's MCP settings, then sign in when asked.

```json
{ "mcpServers": { "resend": { "url": "https://mcp.resend.com/mcp" } } }
```

Call the MCP tool `list-broadcast-recipients`.

Server URL: https://mcp.resend.com/mcp

### CLI (official)

Install the command, then confirm it runs.

```sh
npm install -g resend-cli
resend --version
```

Run `resend broadcasts recipients`.

Set `$RESEND_API_KEY` in your environment first (get a key: https://resend.com/api-keys).

### API (official)

- Base URL: https://api.resend.com
- Endpoint: `GET /broadcasts/{broadcast_id}/recipients`
- Auth: send the header `Authorization: Bearer $RESEND_API_KEY`
- Get a key: https://resend.com/api-keys
- Docs: https://resend.com/docs/api-reference/introduction

Before anything else, confirm access with the cheapest read-only call, like a list or a search. Never send or change anything to test access.

## Rules

- Ask the user before anything that sends messages, costs money, or changes data, and say how many records it touches. One approval covers a batch the user has seen.
- Never print API keys.