--- title: "Connect Affinda and Benchmark Email Classic - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Document parsed (instant)\" fires in Affinda, your agent runs \"Add Contact to List\" in Benchmark Email Classic." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/affinda-to-benchmark-email-classic" --- # Connect Affinda and Benchmark Email Classic When **Document parsed (instant)** fires in [Affinda](https://apiant.ai/connections/affinda), your agent runs **Add Contact to List** in [Benchmark Email Classic](https://apiant.ai/connections/benchmark-email-classic), or **New Contact** in Benchmark Email Classic to **Add document** in Affinda. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Affinda **1** trigger Affinda **6** actions Benchmark Email Classic **6** triggers Benchmark Email Classic **10** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Affinda and Benchmark Email Classic 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 Affinda and Benchmark Email Classic can do together ### From Affinda to Benchmark Email Classic - When **Document parsed (instant)** in Affinda then **Add Contact to List** in Benchmark Email Classic - When **Document parsed (instant)** in Affinda then **Unsubscribe Contact** in Benchmark Email Classic ### From Benchmark Email Classic to Affinda - When **New Contact** in Benchmark Email Classic then **Add document** in Affinda - When **New Contact in Segment** in Benchmark Email Classic then **Get document** in Affinda 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 Affinda and Benchmark Email Classic ## Triggers and actions 7 triggers ยท 16 actions - Trigger **Document parsed (instant)** Fires via a resthook subscription when Affinda finishes parsing a document. - Action **Add document** Upload a document (resume, invoice, job description, etc.) to Affinda for parsing. - Action **Delete document** Delete a document from Affinda. - Action **Find job descriptions by search expression** Search through parsed job descriptions matching given criteria. - Action **Get document** Retrieve a specific document and its parsed data by identifier. - Action **List documents** List all documents uploaded to Affinda. - Action **Search resumes** Search through parsed resumes matching given criteria. - Trigger **Email Opened** Triggers when a contact opens the selected email campaign. - Trigger **Link Clicked** Triggers when a contact clicks a link in the selected email campaign. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is added to the selected Benchmark Email contact list. - Trigger **New Contact in Segment** Triggers when a contact is added to the selected segment. - Trigger **New List** Triggers when a new contact list is created in your Benchmark Email account. - Trigger **New Unsubscriber** Triggers when a contact unsubscribes from the selected email campaign. - Action **Add Contact to List** Adds a contact to a Benchmark Email contact list. - Action **Add list** Creates a new contact list in Benchmark Email. - Action **Delete contact** Deletes a contact from a Benchmark Email contact list. - Action **Find Contact** Finds contacts by email address across all lists, returning each list membership found. - Action **Get contact** Returns the details of one contact in a contact list, including its name, email, opt-in info and custom field values. - Action **Get email** Returns the details of an email campaign, including its subject, sender, contact lists and content. - Action **List contacts** Returns the contacts in a Benchmark Email contact list, optionally filtered by a search value or status. - Action **List emails** Returns the email campaigns in the Benchmark Email account, optionally filtered and sorted. - Action **List lists** Returns the contact lists in the Benchmark Email account. - Action **Unsubscribe Contact** Unsubscribes a contact by moving them from a list to the account's Do Not Contact (master unsubscribe) list. ## Each app on its own - [ **Affinda** AI document processing platform that extracts structured data from invoices, resumes, bank statements, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/affinda) - [ **Benchmark Email Classic** Benchmark Email Classic is an easy-to-use email marketing tool, the original version that has helped...](https://apiant.ai/connections/benchmark-email-classic) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Affinda - [ **Affinda to Cakemail** Cakemail provides all the tools you need to deliver the emails people want.](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinda-to-cakemail) - [ **Affinda to Healthcare.gov** Healthcare.gov publishes the educational content behind the US Health Insurance Marketplace as...](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinda-to-healthcare-gov) - [ **Affinda to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinda-to-hubspot) - [ **Affinda to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinda-to-salesforce) - [ **Affinda to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinda-to-slack) - [ **Affinda to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinda-to-google-sheets) ## More into Benchmark Email Classic - [ **ActiveCampaign to Benchmark Email Classic** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-benchmark-email-classic) - [ **Airtable to Benchmark Email Classic** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-benchmark-email-classic) - [ **Asana to Benchmark Email Classic** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-benchmark-email-classic) - [ **2Chat to Benchmark Email Classic** 2Chat is a conversational commerce automation tool for WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, and SMS.](https://apiant.ai/connect/2chat-to-benchmark-email-classic) - [ **3Scribe to Benchmark Email Classic** 3Scribe is the most accurate, automated text transcription available.](https://apiant.ai/connect/3scribe-to-benchmark-email-classic) - [ **5pm to Benchmark Email Classic** 5pm is an online project management tool for teams.](https://apiant.ai/connect/5pm-to-benchmark-email-classic) Questions ## Affinda and Benchmark Email Classic, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Affinda? Any of Affinda's 1 trigger in the catalog, including Document parsed (instant). 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 Affinda? 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 Affinda? Yes. When something happens in Benchmark Email Classic, your agent can act in Affinda too. This page covers both directions: Benchmark Email Classic's triggers and Affinda's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Affinda 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 Affinda 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.