[Email Service] Document Local Explorer email views

src/content/changelog/email-service/2026-08-24-local-explorer-email.mdx

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+---
+title: Inspect Email Workers with Local Explorer
+description: Inspect locally routed and sent email, and deliver test messages to Email Workers from Local Explorer.
+products:
+  - workers
+date: 2026-08-24
+---
+
+Local Explorer now includes **Routing** and **Sending** views for Email Workers during local development.
+
+The **Routing** view captures messages delivered to an `email()` handler. You can inspect message content, headers, attachments, replies, forwarding, rejection, and other handler activity. The test email composer can deliver custom text, HTML, headers, and attachments directly to the handler.
+
+![Local Explorer Routing detail showing a received email that was forwarded and replied to](~/assets/images/email-service/local-explorer-email-routing-detail.png)
+
+The **Sending** view captures messages sent through simulated local `send_email` bindings. You can inspect the recipients, headers, attachments, and body for each message.
+
+![Local Explorer Sending view showing a sent email list and selected message detail](~/assets/images/email-service/local-explorer-email-sending-detail.png)
+
+Run `wrangler dev` and press `e` to open Local Explorer.
+
+For configuration and usage details, refer to the [Local Explorer documentation](/workers/local-development/local-explorer/) and [Email Service local development documentation](/email-service/local-development/).

src/content/docs/email-service/local-development/routing.mdx

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 npx wrangler dev
 ```
 
-Send a test email using the local endpoint. The request body must be a raw email message in [RFC 5322](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5322) format, and the message must include a `Message-ID` header:
+To test through Local Explorer, press `e` in the `wrangler dev` terminal. In Local Explorer, go to **Email** > **Routing** and select **Send Test Email**. Compose the message, then select **Send Email**. Local Explorer delivers the message to the selected Worker `email()` handler.
+
+The **Routing** view lists messages delivered during the local session. Select a message to inspect its headers, body, attachments, and handler actions.
+
+You can also send a test email using the local endpoint. The request body must be a raw email message in [RFC 5322](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5322) format, and the message must include a `Message-ID` header:
 
 ```bash
 curl --request POST 'http://localhost:8787/cdn-cgi/local/email' \

src/content/docs/email-service/local-development/sending.mdx

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 When running `wrangler dev` without remote bindings, the email binding is simulated locally. Emails are not sent -- instead, the email content is logged to the console and saved to local files for inspection.
 
+Local Explorer also captures these messages. Press `e` in the `wrangler dev` terminal, then go to **Email** > **Sending**. Select a message to inspect its recipients, headers, attachments, and captured body.
+
 ## Basic sending worker
 
 ```javascript

src/content/docs/workers/local-development/local-explorer.mdx

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 | [R2](/r2/)                                            | List objects, view metadata                    | Upload and delete objects                   |
 | [D1](/d1/)                                            | Browse tables and rows, run SQL queries        | Insert, update, and delete rows through SQL |
 | [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/) (SQLite storage) | Browse SQLite tables and rows, run SQL queries | Insert, update, and delete rows through SQL |
+| [Email Service](/email-service/)                      | Inspect locally routed and sent email          | Send test messages to `email()` handlers    |
 | [Workflows](/workflows/)                              | List instances, view status and step history   | Trigger new runs, retry failed instances    |
 
 ### D1 and Durable Objects SQL Studio
 
 For [D1](/d1/) databases and [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/) that use the [SQLite storage API](/durable-objects/api/sqlite-storage-api/), Local Explorer includes a SQL Studio. This is the same experience available in the Cloudflare dashboard for deployed D1 databases. It provides both a visual table browser with inline editing and a SQL query editor where you can run arbitrary queries.
 
+### Email Service
+
+Local Explorer captures email activity during local development. The **Routing** view lists messages delivered to the `email()` handler. Select a message to inspect its headers, body, attachments, and handler actions. You can also compose a test message and deliver it to the handler.
+
+The **Sending** view lists messages sent through local [`send_email` bindings](/email-service/api/send-emails/workers-api/). Select a message to inspect its recipients, headers, attachments, and captured body.
+
+For configuration and testing examples, refer to [Email routing local development](/email-service/local-development/routing/) and [Email sending local development](/email-service/local-development/sending/).
+
 ## Observability
 
 Local Explorer automatically captures traces and logs from every Worker invocation during `wrangler dev` without modifying your code. You get the same instrumentation as production [Workers Logs](/workers/observability/logs/workers-logs/) and [Traces](/workers/observability/traces/), including invocation logs, binding operations, timing, and console output, directly in your browser during development.