--- title: "Connect Affinity and Buttondown - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New List\" fires in Affinity, your agent runs \"Create Email\" in Buttondown, or \"New Draft\" in Buttondown to \"Add field value\" in Affinity." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/affinity-to-buttondown" --- # Connect Affinity and Buttondown When **New List** fires in [Affinity](https://apiant.ai/connections/affinity), your agent runs **Create Email** in [Buttondown](https://apiant.ai/connections/buttondown), or **New Draft** in Buttondown to **Add field value** in Affinity. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Affinity **6** triggers Affinity **14** actions Buttondown **4** triggers Buttondown **29** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Affinity and Buttondown 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 Affinity and Buttondown can do together ### From Affinity to Buttondown - When **New List** in Affinity then **Create Email** in Buttondown - When **New List Entry** in Affinity then **Update Email** in Buttondown ### From Buttondown to Affinity - When **New Draft** in Buttondown then **Add field value** in Affinity - When **New Scheduled Email** in Buttondown then **Add reminder** in Affinity 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 Affinity and Buttondown ## Triggers and actions 10 triggers · 43 actions - Trigger **Field Value Changes** Triggers when a field value is added, updated or removed in Affinity. - Trigger **New List** Triggers when a new list is created in Affinity. - Trigger **New List Entry** Triggers when a new entry is added to an Affinity list. - Trigger **New Opportunity** Triggers when a new opportunity is added in Affinity. - Trigger **New Organization** Triggers when a new organization is added in Affinity. - Trigger **New Person** Triggers when a new person is added in Affinity. - Action **Add field value** Sets the value of a field on a list entry (a row on an Affinity list), such as a status dropdown, number, date, text, person or company field. - Action **Add reminder** Creates a one-time or recurring reminder in Affinity for a person, company or opportunity, assigned to an internal user. - Action **Delete opportunity** Deletes an opportunity in Affinity. - Action **Delete person** Deletes a person from Affinity. Internal people in your organization cannot be deleted. - Action **Find a List Entry** Finds an entry on an Affinity list by the name, email or domain of its person, organization or opportunity. - Action **Find an Organization** Finds Affinity organizations by name or domain and returns the best match. - Action **Find a Person** Finds Affinity persons by name or email address and returns the best match. - Action **Find opportunities** Finds opportunities whose name contains the text you give, returning the first match and all matches. - Action **Get an Opportunity** Returns one Affinity opportunity by ID, with its name and the list it belongs to. - Action **Get an Organization** Returns one Affinity organization (company) by ID, with its name and domains. - Action **Get a Person** Returns one Affinity person by ID, with their name and email addresses. - Action **List lists** Returns the lists in your Affinity workspace that you can view, optionally filtered by name. - Action **Update field value** Sets the value of a single field on a list entry (row) in an Affinity list, replacing its current value. - Action **Update opportunity** Renames an existing opportunity in Affinity. - Trigger **New Draft** Triggers when a new draft is created. - Trigger **New Scheduled Email** Triggers when a new email is scheduled. - Trigger **Newsletters** Triggers when a new newsletter is created. - Trigger **New Tag** Triggers when a new tag is created. - Action **Add Segment** Create a new subscriber segment. - Action **Add Survey** Create a new survey. - Action **Create Draft** Creates a draft. - Action **Create Email** Creates an email. - Action **Create Subscriber** Creates a subscriber. - Action **Delete Automation** Delete an automation by id. - Action **Delete Email** Delete an email by id. - Action **Delete Newsletter** Delete a newsletter by id. - Action **Delete Segment** Delete a subscriber segment by id. - Action **Delete Subscriber** Remove a subscriber by id or email address. - Action **Delete Survey** Delete a survey by id. - Action **Delete Tag** Delete a tag by id. - Action **Find Tag** Finds a tag given its name. - Action **Get Automation** Retrieve a single automation by id. - Action **Get Email** Retrieve a single email by id. - Action **Get Newsletter** Retrieve a single newsletter by id. - Action **Get Segment** Retrieve a single subscriber segment by id. - Action **Get Survey** Retrieve a single survey by id. - Action **Get Tag** Retrieve a single tag by id. - Action **List Automations** List all automations configured on the account. - Action **List Segments** List all subscriber segments. - Action **List Surveys** List all surveys on the account. - Action **Publish Email** Publish a drafted email so it is sent and made public. - Action **Update Automation** Update an automation's configuration. - Action **Update Email** Update an existing email's content or metadata. - Action **Update Newsletter** Update a newsletter's settings. - Action **Update Segment** Update a subscriber segment's definition. - Action **Update Survey** Update a survey's configuration. - Action **Update Tag** Update a tag's name or metadata. ## Each app on its own - [ **Affinity** Affinity is a collective intelligence CRM, helping you keep track of the people and organizations in your...](https://apiant.ai/connections/affinity) - [ **Buttondown** Buttondown is an easy way to start and grow your newsletter.](https://apiant.ai/connections/buttondown) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Affinity - [ **Affinity to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinity-to-hubspot) - [ **Affinity to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinity-to-salesforce) - [ **Affinity to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinity-to-slack) - [ **Affinity to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinity-to-google-sheets) - [ **Affinity to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinity-to-gmail) - [ **Affinity to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinity-to-google-calendar) ## More into Buttondown - [ **ActiveCampaign to Buttondown** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-buttondown) - [ **Airtable to Buttondown** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-buttondown) - [ **Asana to Buttondown** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-buttondown) - [ **Brevo to Buttondown** Brevo is the leading CRM suite designed to cultivate long-term customer relationships and help businesses...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brevo-to-buttondown) - [ **2Chat to Buttondown** 2Chat is a conversational commerce automation tool for WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, and SMS.](https://apiant.ai/connect/2chat-to-buttondown) - [ **3Scribe to Buttondown** 3Scribe is the most accurate, automated text transcription available.](https://apiant.ai/connect/3scribe-to-buttondown) Questions ## Affinity and Buttondown, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Affinity? Any of Affinity's 6 triggers in the catalog, including New List, New List Entry, New Opportunity and New Organization. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Buttondown when something happens in Affinity? Any of Buttondown's 29 actions, including Create Draft, Create Email, Create Subscriber and Update Automation. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Buttondown to Affinity? Yes. When something happens in Buttondown, your agent can act in Affinity too. This page covers both directions: Buttondown's triggers and Affinity's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Affinity or Buttondown? 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 Affinity and Buttondown 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.