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# List Smart Inbox messages

> List messages in a Smart Inbox view, with their reply, completed and tag state. Input schema, a tools/call example and an example result.

Source: https://cotlet.dev/docs/mcp/sprout-social/list_inbox_messages

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List messages in a Smart Inbox view, with their reply, completed and tag state.

Sprout Social MCP tools: https://cotlet.dev/docs/mcp/sprout-social.md

MCP tool: `sprout_social_read → list_inbox_messages`

Access: read.

Returns comments and private messages from the Smart Inbox in the order Sprout shows them, with the author, text, network, tags and whether the message was replied to or completed. Pick a view with view; the five built-in views are fixed. Results are paged: pass the returned cursor to continue.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `view` | string | no | Inbox view: all_messages (default), private_messages, completed_messages, saved_messages or reply_approvals. |
| `profile_ids` | string[] | no | Profile IDs from list_profiles. Leave empty for every profile your login can see. |
| `since` | string | no | Only messages received after this ISO date-time. |
| `cursor` | string | no | Next page cursor from the previous call. |

## tools/call

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "sprout_social_read",
    "arguments": {
      "operation": "list_inbox_messages",
      "arguments": {}
    }
  }
}
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "content": [
    {
      "type": "text",
      "text": "{ ... same JSON as structuredContent ... }"
    }
  ],
  "structuredContent": {
    "messages": [
      {
        "message_id": "msg_88a1f4",
        "profile_id": "p_ig_01",
        "network": "instagram",
        "type": "comment",
        "author": "Lena Ortiz",
        "text": "Is the blue one back in stock?",
        "received_at": "2026-10-17T08:12:00+02:00",
        "tags": [],
        "replied": false,
        "completed": false
      },
      {
        "message_id": "msg_88a1f9",
        "profile_id": "p_fb_03",
        "network": "facebook",
        "type": "private_message",
        "author": "Sam Okafor",
        "text": "I was charged twice in October.",
        "received_at": "2026-10-17T08:40:00+02:00",
        "tags": [],
        "replied": false,
        "completed": false
      }
    ],
    "next_cursor": null
  },
  "isError": false
}
```

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