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JSON output now prints the API response as returned, and the next-page cursor and total count are reachable from -o json on every paginated list.

Breaking: -o json on inbound messages list, inbound threads list, email-logs list, email-campaigns list and tracking-opt-outs list now prints the full response object instead of a bare array (e.g. {"data": [...], "total_count": 12, "last_id": "..."}).

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  • inbound messages get dropped 11 of the 22 fields the API returns, including attachments, headers, references, bcc, reply_to and raw_message_url. Every field was omitempty, so an empty cc vanished instead of printing [], and the key set varied per message. Messages and threads are no longer decoded into partial structs; get prints the response unchanged, and in table and text also shows TO, CC and SIZE.
  • The same applied to email-logs get (10 modelled fields; client_ip, category, custom_variables, sending_stream, template fields and open/click counts were lost) and to sandbox messages list/get/update (6 fields).
  • Paginated lists printed only the items array in JSON, so last_id / next_page_cursor appeared only in the table footer and total_count nowhere. A shared output.PrintPage prints the body unchanged in JSON; table and text render the items followed by Total: N and Next page: --<flag> <cursor>.
  • email-campaigns list dropped its pagination object in every format, so the next page token was unreachable. It now shows Next page: --token N.
  • Sandbox messages list gained --last-id and --page. The endpoint returns 30 messages per page and accepts both, but the CLI offered neither.
  • MAILTRAP_OUTPUT already worked through Viper's AutomaticEnv but was undocumented; --output help, the README and the skill now mention it.
  • README and the CLI skill document the JSON shape per paginated list: where the items, total and cursor live and which flag takes the cursor.

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  • New Features
    • Paginated list commands now show result totals and next-page cursors in table and text output. JSON output preserves the full API response, including pagination details.
    • Message lists support --last-id and --page pagination options. MAILTRAP_OUTPUT can be used as an alternative to output-format flags.
    • Get and update commands preserve API response fields in JSON, including nested data, empty values, and null.
  • Documentation
    • Expanded output-format and pagination guidance, including examples for reading JSON response fields.

The output format already falls back to MAILTRAP_OUTPUT through Viper's
AutomaticEnv, but nothing said so: --api-token and --account-id name
their env vars in --help while --output did not, and neither the README
nor the skill mentioned it. MAILTRAP_ACCOUNT_ID was missing from the
README's env var example as well.
List commands printed only the items array in JSON, so the next-page
cursor and total count shown in the table footer were unreachable from
scripts. PrintPage prints the response body unchanged in JSON; table and
text render the items, then the total and the flag that takes the
cursor. The cursor can be nested (email campaigns keep it under
pagination.next_token) and a null cursor prints no footer.
Messages and threads were decoded into partial structs whose fields were
all omitempty, so get dropped attachments, headers, references, bcc,
reply_to, rfc_message_id, body sizes and raw_message_url, and an empty
cc vanished instead of printing []. The key set changed from message to
message, and a missing key could mean either empty or not modelled.

get now prints the response as returned. list prints the whole envelope
in JSON, so last_id and total_count are there for scripts, and shows the
total next to the next-page hint in table and text. This changes list
JSON from a bare array to an object.
The EmailLog struct modelled ten fields, so get dropped client_ip,
category, custom_variables, sending_stream, domain_id, the template
fields and the open and click counts. list printed only the messages
array in JSON, leaving next_page_cursor and total_count out of reach.

get now prints the response as returned, and list prints the whole
envelope in JSON and the total next to the next-page hint in table and
text. This changes list JSON from a bare array to an object.
Both printed only the data array in JSON. Tracking opt-outs showed
last_id in the table footer alone; email campaigns dropped the
pagination object in every format, so there was no way to find the next
page token at all.

JSON now prints the whole response, and table and text show the
next-page flag (--last-id, --token). This changes list JSON from a bare
array to an object.
The endpoint returns 30 messages per page and accepts last_id and page,
but list offered neither flag, so only the newest page was reachable.
Messages were also decoded into a six-field struct, dropping sandbox_id,
sender and recipient names, sizes, the template fields and body paths
from list, get and update.

The response is a bare array, so the next page's cursor is the id of the
last message and needs no footer or envelope.
Paginated lists now print the whole response object in JSON rather than
the items array, and each API keeps its items and cursor under different
keys. Document where to find them per command, and that JSON output keeps
every field of the response, including empty [] and null values.
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List commands now preserve API response envelopes in JSON output and use shared pagination rendering for table and text output. Get and update commands pass raw API responses to output formatting. The CLI flags and documentation describe output format settings and pagination fields.

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Response output and pagination

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared pagination rendering
internal/output/page.go, internal/output/page_test.go
Adds Page configuration and PrintPage. JSON output uses the original response body. Other formats print configured items and available totals and cursor hints. Tests cover JSON, table, and text output, including null cursors.
Paginated list commands
internal/commands/email_logs/*, internal/commands/emailcampaigns/*, internal/commands/inbound/messages/*, internal/commands/inbound/threads/*, internal/commands/trackingoptouts/*, internal/commands/messages/list.go, internal/commands/messages/messages_test.go, README.md, cmd/root.go, skills/mailtrap-cli/*
Paginated lists pass raw response bodies and page configuration to PrintPage. The sandbox messages list adds --last-id and --page query parameters. Tests check response envelopes, cursors, and query parameters. Documentation describes MAILTRAP_OUTPUT, JSON response fields, and pagination options.
Raw JSON detail and update responses
internal/commands/email_logs/get.go, internal/commands/email_logs/email_logs_test.go, internal/commands/inbound/messages/get.go, internal/commands/inbound/messages/messages_test.go, internal/commands/inbound/threads/get.go, internal/commands/messages/get.go, internal/commands/messages/update.go, internal/commands/messages/messages_test.go, skills/mailtrap-cli/references/email-logs.md, skills/mailtrap-cli/references/sandbox.md
Get and update commands pass API responses as json.RawMessage to output formatting. Inbound message get uses a dedicated detail-column list. Tests compare JSON output with API response fields.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant EmailLogsList
  participant MailtrapAPI
  participant output.PrintPage
  participant output.Print
  EmailLogsList->>MailtrapAPI: Request a page of email logs
  MailtrapAPI->>EmailLogsList: Return the response body
  EmailLogsList->>output.PrintPage: Pass raw JSON and page configuration
  output.PrintPage->>output.Print: Pass the original body for JSON output
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The response-preservation and pagination changes are mergeable after normal checks. The reported test lint warnings do not affect required build or test workflows.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to b92f3

Full responses can now include message metadata and download URLs previously omitted from JSON output, and existing scripts must accommodate response envelopes. Inspected commands retain their authentication and resource-selection behavior. No unauthorized-access path was established, but the sensitivity and terminal-safety guarantees of every newly displayed API field remain unverified.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The demonstrated exposure expansion is the content delivered to the existing stdout consumer. Inspected request paths and authentication remain unchanged; access by additional log, file, or automation audiences depends on downstream handling that was not supplied.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — JSON output no longer applies local response-field projection. Table/text still select configured columns and pagination paths. Footer values are directly interpolated into terminal output; campaign configuration and fixtures use numeric page tokens, but a production token-type or terminal-safety guarantee was not established.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — Sandbox message update retains its required message and sandbox identifiers, account check, and is_read assignment. Only response representation changes. Transport, response-decoding, or output failure can occur after server-side mutation, and no new recovery mechanism is introduced; that sequencing existed before this PR.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Document that full JSON responses may contain sensitive message metadata and download URLs, and encourage consumers that log or redistribute output to select only required fields. This is handling guidance, not a finding of unauthorized disclosure.
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Messages []EmailLog `json:"messages"`
TotalCount int `json:"total_count"`
NextPageCursor string `json:"next_page_cursor"`
var emailLogsPage = output.Page{

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This is one of the breaking changes mentioned in PR description. I think it's acceptable to release as minor version given we're still pre v1.

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179-187: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Keep the Mailtrap app CLI examples aligned with this README change.

The README adds public examples for MAILTRAP_OUTPUT, jq reading .last_id, and object-shaped JSON responses for paginated list commands. Confirm that the equivalent Mailtrap app examples remain accurate and update them if needed.

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  • internal/commands/emailcampaigns/emailcampaigns_test.go
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  • internal/commands/messages/list.go
  • internal/commands/messages/messages_test.go
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  • internal/output/page_test.go
  • skills/mailtrap-cli/SKILL.md
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Looks good to me. Two non-blocking comments inline.

Comment thread internal/commands/emailcampaigns/list.go
Comment thread internal/output/page.go
lookup returned the whole response for an empty path, so a Page without
Cursor would print "Next page: -- {...}". Return "" instead, which also
covers an unset Total.
get, create, update and the start/cancel/terminate/reset/schedule actions
decoded the campaign into an omitempty struct, so the same campaign lost
contact_list_ids: [], reply_to: null and every field the struct did not
model, depending on the command. Keep data as returned; the JSON shape is
unchanged since these commands still unwrap the data envelope.
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