E2E Email Testing with Playwright and Cypress — No Gmail Credentials Required

Your Playwright test clicks "Reset Password." An email gets sent. Now what? Most teams fake this with mocked SMTP or MailHog. Tests pass locally but break in staging because the email never actually arrived. There's a better way. Create a Real Test Inbox brew install nylas/nylas-cli/nylas nylas init nylas inbound create e2e-test nylas inbound create provisions a managed email address that receives real email. No MX records. No mail server. Poll for Messages in Your Test nylas inbound messages checks for new mail: nylas inbound messages inbox_abc123 --unread --json --limit 1 Parse the JSON output to extract reset links, verification codes, or confirmation emails. Monitor in Real Time nylas inbound monitor streams messages as they arrive: nylas inbound monitor inbox_abc123 --tunnel cloudflared Extract OTP Codes Testing two-factor auth? nylas workflow otp list extracts one-time passwords: nylas workflow otp list --limit 1 List All Test Inboxes nylas inbound list shows your managed address