when Campaigner is the right move.
Campaigner is a strong fit for teams that want campaigner teams moving contacts, mailing lists, segment metadata, custom fields, and suppression-like contact status into a cleaner operating model. The migration risk is rarely the CSV — it is the automation graph: triggers, delays, branches, template references, and consent state. mailexodus puts a portable schema in the middle so those objects are inspected before they become Campaigner objects.
// inboundwhat Campaigner receives.
- +subscribers
- +lists
- +segments
- +custom fields
- +suppressions
- ?destination mappings still need final operator review
- xtags
- xcampaigns
- xtemplates
- xautomations
Partial automated adapter
Contacts map to subscribers using staticFields.email. MailingList records map to lists. StaticSegment and DynamicSegment records map to segment metadata and membership snapshots where contact memberships include them. Custom fields map to subscriber custom attributes. System/static unsubscribe and bounce fields map to suppression state when present
No documented campaign list/detail endpoint for fetching existing campaigns. No documented template list/detail/body endpoint. Workflow endpoints expose summaries, not full automation steps or email bodies. No first-class tag resource was found in the official API Dry-run the report first, then approve writes when the counts and destination gaps look right.
plan the move to Campaigner.
- Authenticate your sending domain in Campaigner (SPF, DKIM, DMARC) and plan a warmup window — sender reputation is earned here, it does not transfer.
- Bring consent and suppression state across first, so unsubscribes and bounces are honored from the first send in Campaigner.
- QA migrated templates and segments inside Campaigner, and send seed tests before any live campaign.
- Keep your current platform active until in-flight automations finish and Campaigner is warmed and trusted.
start with the route playbook.
The agent prompt returns a route report with source exports, destination imports, skipped objects, and manual-review tasks. When it looks right, wire credentials and approve writes from a controlled machine.
destination coverage
npx mailexodus@latest info campaigner
agent playbook
Ask mailexodus for a migration_playbook with to=campaigner
Use mailexodus skill: your source → Campaigner playbook