--- title: "Connect ActiveTrail to TheNews - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Contact Added to Group\" fires in ActiveTrail, your agent runs \"Find news articles\" in TheNews." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/activetrail-to-thenews" --- # Connect ActiveTrail to TheNews When **Contact Added to Group** fires in [ActiveTrail](https://apiant.ai/connections/activetrail), your agent runs **Find news articles** in [TheNews](https://apiant.ai/connections/thenews). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. ActiveTrail **4** triggers ActiveTrail **15** actions TheNews **4** 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 TheNews 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. [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 ActiveTrail can start in TheNews - When **Contact Added to Group** in ActiveTrail then **Find news articles** in TheNews - When **Contact Updated** in ActiveTrail then **Get article** in TheNews 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 TheNews ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 19 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 news articles** Returns news articles matching your search words and filters, such as source, language, and publish date. - Action **Get article** Returns a single news article by its unique ID, including its title, description, URL, image, source and categories. - Action **List sources** Returns news sources (domains and source IDs) available in The News API, optionally filtered by category and language. Returns up to 50 sources. - Action **List top stories** Returns live and historical top news stories, optionally filtered by country, language, category, source, publish date or search terms. ## 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) - [ **TheNews** Aggregated headlines, top story and live news JSON API](https://apiant.ai/connections/thenews) 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](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 TheNews - [ **HubSpot to TheNews** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-thenews) - [ **Salesforce to TheNews** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-thenews) - [ **Slack to TheNews** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-thenews) - [ **Google Sheets to TheNews** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-thenews) - [ **Gmail to TheNews** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-thenews) - [ **Google Calendar to TheNews** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-thenews) Questions ## ActiveTrail and TheNews, 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 TheNews when something happens in ActiveTrail? Any of TheNews's 4 actions, including Find news articles, Get article, List sources and List top stories. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from TheNews to ActiveTrail? TheNews has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in ActiveTrail. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads TheNews's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for ActiveTrail or TheNews? 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 TheNews 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.