diff --git a/packages/server/README.md b/packages/server/README.md
index 8ee9b51b93..cf35866d6e 100644
--- a/packages/server/README.md
+++ b/packages/server/README.md
@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@ To run the API to develop locally:
 - `yarn workspace server test`: Run tests.
 - `yarn workspace server dev:notify`: Run the notifier `nodemon` and `ts-node`.
 - `yarn workspace server dev:db:reset`: Clear the database data and re-synchronize its schema.
+- `yarn workspace server dev:emails`: Run live development preview for emails.
+- `yarn workspace server dev:mockEmail email [notificationKind]`: Send mock email.
 - `yarn workspace server codegen`: Run `graphql-codegen`.
 - [`yarn workspace server prisma studio`][prisma studio]: Launch an administration GUI for the database.
 - [`yarn workspace server prisma db push`][prisma db:push]: Synchronize `schema.prisma` with the database schema.
diff --git a/packages/server/package.json b/packages/server/package.json
index 164e471444..41f70e7d71 100644
--- a/packages/server/package.json
+++ b/packages/server/package.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     "dev:db:build": "yarn dev:db && yarn dev:build",
     "dev:api": "yarn nodemon ./src/common/scripts/startApi.ts",
     "dev:notify": "yarn nodemon ./src/notifier/scripts/notify.ts",
+    "dev:mockEmail": "yarn ts-node ./src/notifier/scripts/mockEmail.ts",
     "dev:authtoken": "yarn nodemon ./src/auth/scripts/generateToken.ts",
     "dev:emails": "email dev --dir ./src/common/email-templates",
     "lint": "yarn lint:prettier --check && yarn lint:eslint --max-warnings=0",
diff --git a/packages/server/src/notifier/scripts/mockEmail.ts b/packages/server/src/notifier/scripts/mockEmail.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3018ea62d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/src/notifier/scripts/mockEmail.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { NotificationKind } from '@prisma/client'
+
+import { createEmailProvider } from '@/common/utils'
+
+import { createEmailNotifier } from '../model/email'
+
+const sendEmail = async () => {
+  const emailAddress = process.argv[2]
+  if (!emailAddress) {
+    process.stderr.write('Usage: mockEmail emailAddress [notificationKind]')
+    return
+  }
+  const emailProvider = createEmailProvider()
+  const emailKind = (process.argv[3] as NotificationKind) || 'FORUM_POST_MENTION'
+
+  const commonNotificationFields = {
+    id: 1,
+    entityId: '1',
+    eventId: '1',
+    member: {
+      id: 1,
+      name: 'test',
+      email: emailAddress,
+    },
+    memberId: 1,
+    isRead: false,
+    isSent: false,
+  }
+
+  const notification = {
+    ...commonNotificationFields,
+    kind: emailKind,
+  }
+  const notifyViaEmail = createEmailNotifier(emailProvider)
+  await notifyViaEmail(notification)
+}
+
+sendEmail()