# Blog

## [Priced out of testing email](https://fixture.email/blog/priced-out-of-testing-email)

2026-08-07

Why fixture.email exists: while building isthisascam.email solo and self-funded, the founder could not justify what the established email-testing tools cost, started rationing tests to stay under the caps, and ended up building the unmetered, agent-native harness the project needed.

## [Why agentic email design is the future](https://fixture.email/blog/agentic-email-design)

2026-08-14

Email had two specialist problems: writing HTML that survives Outlook, Gmail clipping, and dark mode, and judging whether a message actually reads right. A capable model opens up both — given a cross-client playbook learned on real devices, which fixture.email ships with its MCP, and a deterministic harness that anchors every verdict.

## [The feature that isn't an endpoint](https://fixture.email/blog/skills-over-mcp)

2026-08-21

Every feature used to mean an endpoint: a schema, a version, a contract you own forever. But some of the most valuable things a product can do are procedures over primitives it already has — and MCP is standardizing how to ship those as skills, which changes what a small team can build.