Integration
Connect Act! and Benchmark Email Classic
When Contact Updated fires in Act!, your agent runs Add Contact to List in Benchmark Email Classic, or New Contact in Benchmark Email Classic to Add Contact in Act!. 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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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)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.
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What Act! and Benchmark Email Classic can do together
From Act! to Benchmark Email Classic
When Contact Updated in Act!
then Add Contact to List in Benchmark Email Classic
From Benchmark Email Classic to Act!
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 Act! and Benchmark Email Classic
Triggers and actions 10 triggers · 36 actions
- Contact Updated
Triggers when an Act! contact is created or updated.
- New Company
Triggers when a new company is created in Act!.
- New Contact
Triggers when a new contact is created in Act!.
- New Opportunity
Triggers when a new opportunity is created in Act!.
- Add Activity
Schedules an activity (call, meeting or to-do) in Act!, optionally linked to a contact.
- Add Company
Creates a new company in Act!.
- Add Contact
Creates a new contact in your Act! database.
- Add Group
Creates a new group in Act!.
- Add History
Records a history item (a logged interaction) in Act!, optionally on a contact.
- Add Note
Adds a note in Act!, optionally attached to a contact.
- Add Opportunity
Creates a new sales opportunity in Act!.
- Delete company
Deletes an existing company from your Act! database.
- Delete Contact
Deletes an Act! contact by its ID.
- Delete group
Deletes an existing group in Act!.
- Delete note
Deletes an existing note in Act!.
- Delete opportunity
Deletes an opportunity from your Act! database.
- Find Company
Finds companies in Act! by exact name.
- Find Contact
Finds contacts in Act! by email address.
- Find Group
Finds groups in Act! by exact name.
- Get company
Returns a single Act! company by its ID, including its addresses, contact details and custom fields.
- Get Contact
Returns one Act! contact by its ID.
- Get group
Returns a single Act! group by its ID, including its name, description, address, contact count and custom fields.
- Get opportunity
Returns a single Act! opportunity by its ID, including its stage, status, totals, associated contacts, companies and groups, and custom fields.
- List companies
Returns the companies in your Act! database, optionally filtered and sorted.
- List contacts
Returns contacts from your Act! database, optionally filtered and sorted.
- Update company
Updates an existing company in Act!, changing only the fields you fill in.
- Update Contact
Updates the fields you supply on an existing Act! contact.
- Update group
Updates an existing Act! group's name, description, parent group, privacy, record manager, address or custom fields. Fields left blank are not changed.
- Update note
Updates an existing Act! note's text, type, display date, privacy, or linked contacts, companies, groups and opportunities. Fields left blank keep their current values.
- Update Opportunity
Updates the fields you supply on an existing Act! opportunity.
- Email Opened
Triggers when a contact opens the selected email campaign.
- Link Clicked
Triggers when a contact clicks a link in the selected email campaign.
- New Contact
Triggers when a new contact is added to the selected Benchmark Email contact list.
- New Contact in Segment
Triggers when a contact is added to the selected segment.
- New List
Triggers when a new contact list is created in your Benchmark Email account.
- New Unsubscriber
Triggers when a contact unsubscribes from the selected email campaign.
- Add Contact to List
Adds a contact to a Benchmark Email contact list.
- Add list
Creates a new contact list in Benchmark Email.
- Delete contact
Deletes a contact from a Benchmark Email contact list.
- Find Contact
Finds contacts by email address across all lists, returning each list membership found.
- Get contact
Returns the details of one contact in a contact list, including its name, email, opt-in info and custom field values.
- Get email
Returns the details of an email campaign, including its subject, sender, contact lists and content.
- List contacts
Returns the contacts in a Benchmark Email contact list, optionally filtered by a search value or status.
- List emails
Returns the email campaigns in the Benchmark Email account, optionally filtered and sorted.
- List lists
Returns the contact lists in the Benchmark Email account.
- Unsubscribe Contact
Unsubscribes a contact by moving them from a list to the account's Do Not Contact (master unsubscribe) list.
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
Act! and Benchmark Email Classic, answered
What can start an automation from Act!?
Any of Act!'s 4 triggers in the catalog, including Contact Updated, New Company, New Contact and New Opportunity. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in Benchmark Email Classic when something happens in Act!?
Any of Benchmark Email Classic's 10 actions, including Add Contact to List, Add list, Find Contact and Get contact. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Benchmark Email Classic to Act!?
Yes. When something happens in Benchmark Email Classic, your agent can act in Act! too. This page covers both directions: Benchmark Email Classic's triggers and Act!'s actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Act! or Benchmark Email Classic?
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 Act! and Benchmark Email Classic 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.