Integration
Connect Help Scout and Smshosting
When New Conversation fires in Help Scout, your agent runs Add Contact to Lists in Smshosting, or New Received SMS in Smshosting to Add Customer Email in Help Scout. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
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What do you want Help Scout and Smshosting to do together?
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https://mcp.apiant.aiOne connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser.
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Claude Code
Run this in the directory you want to work in.
claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)Claude, web and desktop
Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)Cursor
Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app
Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)Grok
Open grok.com/connectors, choose New Connector, then Custom, and paste the address. Grok signs you in in your browser.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)Any other MCP client
Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)Example flows
What Help Scout and Smshosting can do together
From Help Scout to Smshosting
When New Conversation in Help Scout
then Add Contact to Lists in Smshosting
From Smshosting to Help Scout
Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships.
Everything your agent can do with Help Scout and Smshosting
Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 38 actions
- New Conversation
Polls for newly created conversations across mailboxes.
- New Customer
Polls for newly created customers.
- New Mailbox
Polls for newly created mailboxes.
- New User
Polls for newly added users (team members).
- Add Customer Email
Add an email address to a customer.
- Create Customer
Create a new customer record.
- Create Note
Add an internal note thread to a conversation.
- Create Thread (Reply)
Add a reply thread to an existing conversation.
- Delete Conversation
Delete a conversation by ID.
- Get Conversation
Retrieve a single conversation by ID.
- Get Customer
Retrieve a single customer by ID.
- Get Mailbox
Retrieve a single mailbox by ID.
- Get User
Retrieve a single user by ID.
- List Conversations
List conversations, optionally filtered by mailbox, status, tag, or query.
- List Conversation Threads
List all threads on a conversation.
- List Customers
List customers, optionally filtered by email, mailbox, or query.
- List Mailboxes
List all mailboxes in the account.
- List Mailbox Folders
List the folders within a mailbox.
- List Tags
List all tags in the account.
- List Users
List all users (team members) in the account.
- Update Conversation
Update a conversation's subject, status, mailbox, assignee, or owner via JSON Patch.
- Update Conversation Tags
Replace the tags on a conversation.
- Update Customer
Update a customer's profile fields.
- New Received SMS
Triggers when a new SMS is received on one of the account's inbound numbers.
- Add Contact to Lists
Adds an existing contact to one or more contact lists.
- Cancel Scheduled SMS
Cancels a scheduled SMS that has not been sent yet, by SMS ID or transaction ID.
- Create Contact
Adds a contact to the address book, optionally into one or more contact lists.
- Create Contact List
Creates a new contact list.
- Delete Contact
Deletes a contact from the address book.
- Estimate SMS Cost
Returns the cost, number of SMS and remaining credit for a message before sending it.
- Get Account
Returns the connected Smshosting account's profile and remaining credit.
- Get Contact
Returns one address-book contact with its lists and custom fields.
- List Contact Lists
Returns the account's contact lists with their contact counts.
- List Sender Aliases
Returns the alphanumeric sender names registered on the account.
- Remove Contact from Lists
Removes a contact from one or more contact lists.
- Search Contacts
Finds contacts in the address book by name.
- Search Received SMS
Finds SMS messages received on the account's inbound numbers, by sender or date range.
- Search Sent SMS
Finds sent SMS messages by ID, transaction ID, recipient, date range or status.
- Send Email
Sends an email built from one of the account's email templates to one or more recipients.
- Send OTP Code
Sends a one-time verification code by SMS and returns the verification ID used to check it.
- Send SMS
Sends an SMS text message to one or more mobile numbers or contact lists.
- Update Contact
Updates an existing address-book contact.
- Verify OTP Code
Checks a code the user entered against a sent one-time verification code.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Help Scout and Smshosting, answered
What can start an automation from Help Scout?
Any of Help Scout's 4 triggers in the catalog, including New Conversation, New Customer, New Mailbox and New User. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in Smshosting when something happens in Help Scout?
Any of Smshosting's 19 actions, including Create Contact, Create Contact List, Search Received SMS and Send Email. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Smshosting to Help Scout?
Yes. When something happens in Smshosting, your agent can act in Help Scout too. This page covers both directions: Smshosting's triggers and Help Scout's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Help Scout or Smshosting?
No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running.
Can my AI client use Help Scout and Smshosting without building an automation?
Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both.
What happens when something fails?
Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships.
Is there a free plan?
Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.