--- title: "Connect ActiveTrail to Musicbrainz - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Contact Added to Group\" fires in ActiveTrail, your agent runs \"Find release groups by query\" in Musicbrainz." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/activetrail-to-musicbrainz" --- # Connect ActiveTrail to Musicbrainz When **Contact Added to Group** fires in [ActiveTrail](https://apiant.ai/connections/activetrail), your agent runs **Find release groups by query** in [Musicbrainz](https://apiant.ai/connections/musicbrainz). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. ActiveTrail **4** triggers ActiveTrail **15** actions Musicbrainz **14** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want ActiveTrail and Musicbrainz to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One 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. ### 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What ActiveTrail can start in Musicbrainz - When **Contact Added to Group** in ActiveTrail then **Find release groups by query** in Musicbrainz - When **Contact Updated** in ActiveTrail then **Find artists by query** in Musicbrainz 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 ActiveTrail and Musicbrainz ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 29 actions - Trigger **Contact Added to Group** Triggers when a contact is added to a group (any group). - Trigger **Contact Removed From Group** Triggers when a contact is removed from a group (any group). - Trigger **Contact Unsubscribed** Triggers when a contact unsubscribes from receiving further emails. - Trigger **Contact Updated** Triggers when a contact record in ActiveTrail is updated via the API (status or details). - Action **Add Contact to Group** Add a new or an existing contact to a specific group (The new contact will be created if not already exists). - Action **Add email campaign** Creates a new email campaign for one or more groups, and either sends/schedules it or saves it as a draft. - Action **Add group** Creates a new group in your ActiveTrail account and returns it. - Action **Add order** Adds an order (or updates it if the order id already exists) to ActiveTrail Commerce, with its customer, amounts and products. - Action **Add template** Create a template in My Templates. - Action **Delete group** Deletes a group from the ActiveTrail account. - Action **Find Group** Returns up to 100 groups whose name matches the search term. - Action **Get email campaign** Retrieves an ActiveTrail email campaign by its id, including its details, design, template, A/B settings and e-commerce data. - Action **Get group** Get a group's details (name, contact counts, creation date) by its id. - Action **Get order** Returns a commerce order by your store's order id. - Action **Get template** Returns one of your My Templates by id: its name, subject and category. - Action **List email campaigns** Lists the account's email campaigns, optionally filtered by mailing list, content category, name, send type and last-updated date range. - Action **List groups** Lists the groups in the ActiveTrail account, optionally filtered by group name. - Action **Remove Contact From Group** Removes a contact from an ActiveTrail group. The contact itself stays in the account. - Action **Update group** Rename an existing ActiveTrail group. - Action **Find artists by query** Search MusicBrainz for artists matching a name or an advanced search query. Returns up to 25 best matches. - Action **Find labels by query** Returns up to 25 record labels that match the specified search query. - Action **Find recordings by query** Search recordings. - Action **Find release groups by query** Search MusicBrainz release groups (albums, singles, EPs) by title or an advanced search query, returning the best matches first. - Action **Find releases by query** Search MusicBrainz releases with a text or advanced (Lucene) query and return the best matches. - Action **Get artist** Look up an artist by MBID. - Action **Get label** Look up a label by MBID. - Action **Get recording** Look up a recording by MBID. - Action **Get recordings by ISRC** Non-MBID lookup of recordings by ISRC. - Action **Get release** Look up a release by MBID. - Action **Get release by disc ID** Non-MBID lookup of releases by disc ID. - Action **Get release group** Look up a release group by MBID. - Action **Get work** Look up a work by MBID. - Action **List releases by artist** Browse releases linked to an entity. ## Each app on its own - [ **ActiveTrail** ActiveTrail is a marketing automation platform designed to help you maintain active relationships with...](https://apiant.ai/connections/activetrail) - [ **Musicbrainz** REST API providing open music metadata lookup and search for artists, releases, recordings, and labels.](https://apiant.ai/connections/musicbrainz) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from ActiveTrail - [ **ActiveTrail to WoopSocial** WoopSocial is a social media management platform that helps you manage multiple accounts, automate...](https://apiant.ai/connect/activetrail-to-woopsocial) - [ **ActiveTrail to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activetrail-to-hubspot) - [ **ActiveTrail to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activetrail-to-salesforce) - [ **ActiveTrail to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/activetrail-to-slack) - [ **ActiveTrail to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activetrail-to-google-sheets) - [ **ActiveTrail to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/activetrail-to-gmail) ## More into Musicbrainz - [ **Trello to Musicbrainz** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/trello-to-musicbrainz) - [ **Every.org to Musicbrainz** Every.org is a nonprofit that simplifies modern fundraising for charitable organizations of all sizes.](https://apiant.ai/connect/every-org-to-musicbrainz) - [ **HubSpot to Musicbrainz** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-musicbrainz) - [ **Salesforce to Musicbrainz** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-musicbrainz) - [ **Slack to Musicbrainz** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-musicbrainz) - [ **Google Sheets to Musicbrainz** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-musicbrainz) Questions ## ActiveTrail and Musicbrainz, answered ### ### What can start an automation from ActiveTrail? Any of ActiveTrail's 4 triggers in the catalog, including Contact Added to Group, Contact Removed From Group, Contact Updated and Contact Unsubscribed. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Musicbrainz when something happens in ActiveTrail? Any of Musicbrainz's 14 actions, including Find artists by query, Find labels by query, Find recordings by query and Find release groups by query. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Musicbrainz to ActiveTrail? Musicbrainz has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in ActiveTrail. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Musicbrainz's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for ActiveTrail or Musicbrainz? 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 ActiveTrail and Musicbrainz 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.