# Connect ActiveCollab and BigMailer

When **New Project** fires in [ActiveCollab](https://apiant.ai/connections/activecollab), your agent runs **Add/Update Contact** in [BigMailer](https://apiant.ai/connections/bigmailer), or **New Contact** in BigMailer to **Add Comment to Task** in ActiveCollab. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

ActiveCollab **5** triggers ActiveCollab **24** actions BigMailer **1** trigger BigMailer **35** actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

## What do you want ActiveCollab and BigMailer to do together?

Give your AI client this address.

`https://mcp.apiant.ai`

Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser.

### Set it up in your client

### Claude Code

Run this in the directory you want to work in.

`claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai`

Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.

[Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code)

### 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)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

### 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)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

### Zed

Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.

[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

### 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)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

### 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)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

Example flows

## What ActiveCollab and BigMailer can do together

### From ActiveCollab to BigMailer

- When **New Project** in ActiveCollab then **Add/Update Contact** in BigMailer
- When **New Task** in ActiveCollab then **Create a bulk campaign** in BigMailer

### From BigMailer to ActiveCollab

- When **New Contact** in BigMailer then **Add Comment to Task** in ActiveCollab
- When **New Contact** in BigMailer then **Add task list** in ActiveCollab

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 ActiveCollab and BigMailer

## Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 59 actions

- Trigger

**New Project**

Fires when a new active project is created in ActiveCollab.

- Trigger

**New Task**

Triggers when a new task is created.

- Trigger

**New Task List**

Triggers when a new task list is created in a project in Active Collab.

- Trigger

**Task Closed**

Triggers when a task is closed in Active Collab.

- Trigger

**Task Moved**

Fires when an open task in the selected project lands in a task list it has not been seen in before (a task moved between task lists). Newly seen tasks also fire on first appearance.

- Action

**Add Comment to Discussion**

Adds a new comment to discussion.

- Action

**Add Comment to Task**

Creates a new comment in selected task.

- Action

**Add note**

Create a note in a project.

- Action

**Add task list**

Create a task list in a project.

- Action

**Add time record**

Log time on a project or task.

- Action

**Add user**

Create a user.

- Action

**Complete Project**

Completes a project.

- Action

**Complete Task**

Completes a task.

- Action

**Create Company**

Creates a new company.

- Action

**Create Discussion**

Creates a new discussion in a project.

- Action

**Create Project**

Creates a new project.

- Action

**Create Task**

Creates a task.

- Action

**Delete task**

Moves a task in a project to trash.

- Action

**Get Discussion**

Returns one discussion including its comments.

- Action

**Get project**

Get a project by id.

- Action

**Get task**

Get a task by id.

- Action

**Invite User to Project**

Invites a new user to a project.

- Action

**List companies**

List companies.

- Action

**List projects**

List active projects.

- Action

**List task lists**

List task lists in a project.

- Action

**List tasks**

List open tasks in a project.

- Action

**List users**

List users.

- Action

**Update project**

Update a project.

- Action

**Update task**

Update a task.

- Trigger

**New Contact**

Triggered when a new contact is created in a BigMailer brand.

- Action

**Add/Update Contact**

Creates a BigMailer contact, or updates the existing contact with that email address. Custom fields for the selected brand can be mapped alongside list membership and unsubscribe settings.

- Action

**Create a bulk campaign**

Creates a bulk email campaign in a BigMailer brand — name, subject, sender, content, recipient lists, tracking and optional schedule.

- Action

**Create an RSS campaign**

Creates an RSS-to-email campaign in a BigMailer brand: watches a feed URL and emails new items on the schedule you choose.

- Action

**Create a transactional campaign**

Creates a transactional campaign in a BigMailer brand — the reusable email template and settings you later send one-off emails with.

- Action

**Create list**

Creates a new contact list inside a BigMailer brand.

- Action

**Create segment**

Creates a segment in a BigMailer brand: a saved set of conditions that picks out the contacts you want to target.

- Action

**Create template**

Creates a reusable email or landing-page template in a BigMailer brand.

- Action

**Delete contact**

Deletes a contact from a BigMailer brand, by contact ID or email address.

- Action

**Delete list**

Deletes a contact list from a BigMailer brand.

- Action

**Delete segment**

Deletes a segment from a BigMailer brand.

- Action

**Delete template**

Deletes a template from a BigMailer brand.

- Action

**Get brand**

Returns one BigMailer brand: its name, default sender, bounce settings, contact count and engagement stats.

- Action

**Get bulk campaign**

Returns one bulk campaign from a BigMailer brand, including its content, recipients and send statistics.

- Action

**Get contact**

Returns one BigMailer contact by ID or email address, including its custom field values.

- Action

**Get list**

Returns one contact list from a BigMailer brand.

- Action

**Get RSS campaign**

Returns one RSS campaign from a BigMailer brand, including its feed URL, schedule and content.

- Action

**Get segment**

Returns one segment from a BigMailer brand, including the conditions that define it.

- Action

**Get template**

Returns one template from a BigMailer brand, including its HTML.

- Action

**Get transactional campaign**

Returns one transactional campaign from a BigMailer brand, including its content and send statistics.

- Action

**List brands**

Lists the brands in your BigMailer account.

- Action

**List bulk campaigns**

Lists the bulk campaigns in a BigMailer brand.

- Action

**List contacts**

Lists the contacts in a BigMailer brand, optionally limited to one list.

- Action

**List lists**

Lists the contact lists in a BigMailer brand.

- Action

**List RSS campaigns**

Lists the RSS campaigns in a BigMailer brand.

- Action

**List segments**

Lists the segments in a BigMailer brand.

- Action

**List senders**

Lists the sending identities in a BigMailer brand.

- Action

**List templates**

Lists the templates in a BigMailer brand.

- Action

**List transactional campaigns**

Lists the transactional campaigns in a BigMailer brand.

- Action

**Update a bulk campaign**

Updates an existing bulk campaign in a BigMailer brand. Only the fields you fill in are changed.

- Action

**Update an RSS campaign**

Updates an existing RSS campaign in a BigMailer brand. Only the fields you fill in are changed.

- Action

**Update a transactional campaign**

Updates an existing transactional campaign in a BigMailer brand. Only the fields you fill in are changed.

- Action

**Update brand**

Updates an existing BigMailer brand — its name, default sender name and email, website URL, unsubscribe text, bounce thresholds, contact limit and logo. Only the fields you fill in are changed.

- Action

**Update list**

Renames an existing contact list inside a BigMailer brand.

- Action

**Update segment**

Updates an existing BigMailer segment — its name, match operator (all/any) and its list of conditions. Only the fields you fill in are changed.

- Action

**Update template**

Updates an existing BigMailer template — its name, type, HTML content and account-wide sharing. Only the fields you fill in are changed.

## Each app on its own

- [ **ActiveCollab** ActiveCollab is a powerful yet simple workspace for task, project, team, client and billing management –...](https://apiant.ai/connections/activecollab)
- [ **BigMailer** BigMailer is email marketing software for agencies and developers.](https://apiant.ai/connections/bigmailer)

Reviews

## What our customers say

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Questions

## ActiveCollab and BigMailer, answered

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### What can start an automation from ActiveCollab?

Any of ActiveCollab's 5 triggers in the catalog, including New Project, New Task, New Task List and Task Moved. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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### What can your agent do in BigMailer when something happens in ActiveCollab?

Any of BigMailer's 35 actions, including Create a bulk campaign, Create an RSS campaign, Create a transactional campaign and Create list. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from BigMailer to ActiveCollab?

Yes. When something happens in BigMailer, your agent can act in ActiveCollab too. This page covers both directions: BigMailer's triggers and ActiveCollab's actions are listed here as well.

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### Do I have to build a connector for ActiveCollab or BigMailer?

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.

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### 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.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
