--- title: "Connect Apollo and Bread & Butter - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Account Updated\" fires in Apollo, your agent runs \"Add contact us submission\" in Bread & Butter." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-bread-butter" --- # Connect Apollo and Bread & Butter When **Account Updated** fires in [Apollo](https://apiant.ai/connections/apollo), your agent runs **Add contact us submission** in [Bread & Butter](https://apiant.ai/connections/bread-butter), or **New Authentication** in Bread & Butter to **Create Contact** in Apollo. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Apollo **4** triggers Apollo **10** actions Bread & Butter **6** triggers Bread & Butter **23** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Apollo and Bread & Butter 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 Apollo and Bread & Butter can do together ### From Apollo to Bread & Butter - When **Account Updated** in Apollo then **Add contact us submission** in Bread & Butter - When **Contact Updated** in Apollo then **Add lead list** in Bread & Butter ### From Bread & Butter to Apollo - When **New Authentication** in Bread & Butter then **Create Contact** in Apollo - When **New Contact Us Submission** in Bread & Butter then **Update Contact** in Apollo 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 Apollo and Bread & Butter ## Triggers and actions 10 triggers · 33 actions - Trigger **Account Updated** Polls Apollo accounts/search for new or updated accounts (dedup on MD5 of the record; accounts/search returns no updated_at). Apollo has no record-change webhook API, so this is a polling trigger. - Trigger **Contact Updated** Polls Apollo contacts/search for new or updated contacts (dedup on MD5 of the record). Apollo has no record-change webhook API, so this is a polling trigger. - Trigger **New Account** Polls Apollo accounts/search for newly created accounts (dedup on account id). Apollo has no record-change webhook API, so this is a polling trigger. - Trigger **New Contact** Polls Apollo contacts/search for newly created contacts (dedup on contact id). Apollo has no record-change webhook API, so this is a polling trigger. - Action **Create Account** An Account is a company that your team has added to Apollo. - Action **Create Contact** A Contact is a person your team has added to Apollo. - Action **Create Deal** Deals are records that you can use to track possible opportunities with your prospective customers. - Action **Create Task** Creates a task for the specified Apollo contact (via /tasks/bulk_create with a single contact). - Action **Find Contact** Find a contact in your Apollo instance by searching for their email. If you have multiple contacts with the same email address, this search returns the contact that was created first. - Action **Find Deal** Returns up to 100 deals (opportunities) that match the specified name. Leave name blank to return all deals. - Action **Find Task** Returns up to 100 tasks for the specified contact. Leave contact_id blank to return all tasks. - Action **Update Account** Update an existing Account. - Action **Update Contact** Update an already existing Contact. - Action **Update Deal** Update an already existing Deal. - Trigger **New Authentication** Triggers every time a user signs in. - Trigger **New Contact Us Submission** Triggers when a user submits the Contact Us tool. - Trigger **New Custom Fields** Triggers when a user submits the Custom Fields for Registration. - Trigger **New Custom User Event** Triggers when a user subscribes to custom events, selected in the triggers section below. - Trigger **New Email Captured** Triggers when a user enters their email address, or signs in with SSO for the first time. - Trigger **New Profile Verified** Triggers when a user signs in for the first time. - Action **Add contact us submission** Records a Contact Us submission from a visitor's device in a Bread & Butter app. - Action **Add event** Records an event (such as a page view or custom event code) for a device in a Bread & Butter app. - Action **Add form submission** Records a form submission from a visitor's device in a Bread & Butter app, capturing their email, name and any extra form fields. - Action **Add lead list** Creates a lead list in a Bread & Butter app from a set of leads, returning the new list with its lead count and credit quote. - Action **Add tag** Creates a new tag in a Bread & Butter app. - Action **Add user custom values** Saves custom field values (key/value pairs) for a visitor in a Bread & Butter app. - Action **Create custom event definition** Creates a custom event definition in a Bread & Butter app, which users can then trigger and which can be subscribed to. - Action **Create webhook** Subscribes a webhook URL to a Bread & Butter event so Bread & Butter posts each new occurrence to it. Returns the id of the new subscription. - Action **Delete tag** Deletes a tag from a Bread & Butter app. - Action **Get credit balance** Returns the credit balance for a Bread & Butter app, including credits used this period, the monthly allowance and pending enrichments. - Action **Get device profile** Returns the sign-in options and the visitor's profile state for one registered device. - Action **Get lead list** Returns a Bread & Butter lead list by its ID, including its processing status, lead counts and credit usage. - Action **Identify user** Identifies an anonymous visitor's device as a known person in a Bread & Butter app by attaching their email address and name. - Action **List app triggers** Returns the triggers set up in a Bread & Butter app, including webhook subscriptions, with their kind, filters and activity state. - Action **List custom event definitions** Returns the event definitions configured in a Bread & Butter app, optionally filtered to enabled or disabled ones. - Action **List Events** Returns the events recorded in a Bread & Butter app — sign-ins, page views, custom events, form submissions and more — optionally narrowed to one user or a date range. - Action **List lead lists** Returns all lead lists in a Bread & Butter app, including each list's status, lead counts and credit usage. - Action **List tags** Returns every tag defined in a Bread & Butter app, with each tag's id and name. - Action **List user events** Returns the page views and events (sign-ins, custom events, form submissions and more) a user recorded during one of their sessions in a Bread & Butter app. - Action **List users** Returns the users (visitors and leads) recorded in a Bread & Butter app, optionally narrowed to one email address or user state. - Action **List user sessions** Lists the sessions of one Bread & Butter user, newest first, with each session's ID, start time, location, device and page view count. - Action **Record external authentication** Records that a visitor signed in through your own login system, linking their device to the user with that email address. - Action **Update user lead status** Updates a user's lead status in a Bread & Butter app by setting their lead status rank. ## Each app on its own - [ **Apollo** Apollo is a unified engagement platform that is the foundation for your entire end-to-end sales strategy.](https://apiant.ai/connections/apollo) - [ **Bread & Butter** Augment your lead funnel with first-party data.](https://apiant.ai/connections/bread-butter) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Apollo - [ **Apollo to Streak** Streak is a flexible CRM and process management system that lives inside your Gmail inbox.](https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-streak) - [ **Apollo to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-hubspot) - [ **Apollo to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-salesforce) - [ **Apollo to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-slack) - [ **Apollo to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-google-sheets) - [ **Apollo to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-gmail) ## More into Bread & Butter - [ **ActiveCampaign to Bread & Butter** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-bread-butter) - [ **Airtable to Bread & Butter** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-bread-butter) - [ **Asana to Bread & Butter** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-bread-butter) - [ **2Chat to Bread & Butter** 2Chat is a conversational commerce automation tool for WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, and SMS.](https://apiant.ai/connect/2chat-to-bread-butter) - [ **3Scribe to Bread & Butter** 3Scribe is the most accurate, automated text transcription available.](https://apiant.ai/connect/3scribe-to-bread-butter) - [ **5pm to Bread & Butter** 5pm is an online project management tool for teams.](https://apiant.ai/connect/5pm-to-bread-butter) Questions ## Apollo and Bread & Butter, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Apollo? Any of Apollo's 4 triggers in the catalog, including Account Updated, Contact Updated, New Account and New Contact. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Bread & Butter when something happens in Apollo? Any of Bread & Butter's 23 actions, including Create custom event definition, Create webhook, Update user lead status and Add contact us submission. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Bread & Butter to Apollo? Yes. When something happens in Bread & Butter, your agent can act in Apollo too. This page covers both directions: Bread & Butter's triggers and Apollo's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Apollo or Bread & Butter? 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 Apollo and Bread & Butter 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.