--- title: "Connect Amazon Kinesis and Zendesk - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Record\" fires in Amazon Kinesis, your agent runs \"Add Comment to Ticket\" in Zendesk." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-kinesis-to-zendesk" --- # Connect Amazon Kinesis and Zendesk When **New Record** fires in [Amazon Kinesis](https://apiant.ai/connections/amazon-kinesis), your agent runs **Add Comment to Ticket** in [Zendesk](https://apiant.ai/connections/zendesk), or **New Messaging Conversation** in Zendesk to **Put Record** in Amazon Kinesis. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Amazon Kinesis **1** trigger Amazon Kinesis **1** action Zendesk **3** triggers Zendesk **18** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Amazon Kinesis and Zendesk 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 Amazon Kinesis and Zendesk can do together ### From Amazon Kinesis to Zendesk - When **New Record** in Amazon Kinesis then **Add Comment to Ticket** in Zendesk - When **New Record** in Amazon Kinesis then **Create Ticket** in Zendesk ### From Zendesk to Amazon Kinesis - When **New Messaging Conversation** in Zendesk then **Put Record** in Amazon Kinesis 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 Amazon Kinesis and Zendesk ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 19 actions - Trigger **New Record** Triggers when a new record is written to a Kinesis data stream, with its data decoded to text. - Action **Put Record** Writes one record (text or JSON) to a Kinesis data stream. - Trigger **New Messaging Conversation** Triggers when a customer starts a new conversation through Zendesk messaging (the web widget, mobile SDK or a social messaging channel). Each conversation arrives as its Zendesk ticket. - Trigger **New Ticket** Polling trigger that fires when a new ticket is created. - Trigger **New User** Polling trigger that fires when a new user is created. - Action **Add Comment to Ticket** Adds a public or private comment to an existing ticket. - Action **Create Organization** Creates a new organization. - Action **Create Ticket** Creates a new ticket in Zendesk. - Action **Create User** Creates a new user (end-user or agent). - Action **Delete Ticket** Deletes a ticket by ID. - Action **Delete User** Soft-deletes a user by ID. - Action **Get Messaging User ID** Returns the Zendesk messaging ID for a user, so their messaging conversation can be looked up in Zendesk Messaging. - Action **Get Organization** Retrieves a single organization by ID. - Action **Get Ticket** Retrieves a single ticket by ID. - Action **Get User** Retrieves a single user by ID. - Action **List Organizations** Lists organizations in the account. - Action **List Ticket Comments** Lists all comments on a ticket. - Action **List Tickets** Lists tickets in the account. - Action **Search** Runs a Zendesk search query across tickets, users, and organizations. - Action **Search Users** Searches users by query (name, email, etc.). - Action **Update Organization** Updates an existing organization by ID. - Action **Update Ticket** Updates an existing ticket by ID. - Action **Update User** Updates an existing user by ID. ## Each app on its own - [ **Amazon Kinesis** Cloud service for ingesting, processing, and analyzing real-time streaming data and video at scale.](https://apiant.ai/connections/amazon-kinesis) - [ **Zendesk** Zendesk is a web-based help desk and customer support platform for managing tickets, users, and organizations.](https://apiant.ai/connections/zendesk) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Amazon Kinesis - [ **Amazon Kinesis to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-kinesis-to-hubspot) - [ **Amazon Kinesis to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-kinesis-to-salesforce) - [ **Amazon Kinesis to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Zendesk when something happens in Amazon Kinesis? Any of Zendesk's 18 actions, including Create Organization, Create Ticket, Create User and Update Organization. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Zendesk to Amazon Kinesis? Yes. When something happens in Zendesk, your agent can act in Amazon Kinesis too. This page covers both directions: Zendesk's triggers and Amazon Kinesis's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Amazon Kinesis or Zendesk? 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 Amazon Kinesis and Zendesk 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.