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Mailbox MCP connects an ordinary mailbox to Claude or ChatGPT, which is a hard thing to explain to someone who has never heard of MCP. This is a first-hand look at how its website does it, using annotated captures of real pages taken on 26 October 2026: the decision behind each element, and what the growth figures can and cannot prove.
Yesterday we put a 23-page site live for a Lincolnshire chauffeur firm trading since 2006: a split-flap departures board, nine individually written town pages, mobile PageSpeed 99 with every Core Web Vital green, and AI Discovery Files from day one. Here is the full anatomy of a 2026 local business website, every figure real and dated, and why we banked 99 rather than chase a vanity 100.
At kickoff, a new client's brief specified navy #0F2744, silver #8A9199 and accent orange #F58220. We contrast-tested the palette before designing anything: the orange measured 2.59:1 on white and failed WCAG 2.2 AA twice over. Here is the full audit with every number intact, what measuring his five reference sites revealed, and how to test your own brand colours before they cost you a redesign.
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