--- title: "Connect Apollo to Retell AI - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Account Updated\" fires in Apollo, your agent runs \"Add Agent\" in Retell AI." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-retell-ai" --- # Connect Apollo to Retell AI When **Account Updated** fires in [Apollo](https://apiant.ai/connections/apollo), your agent runs **Add Agent** in [Retell AI](https://apiant.ai/connections/retell-ai). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Apollo **4** triggers Apollo **10** actions Retell AI **27** 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 Retell AI 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 can start in Retell AI - When **Account Updated** in Apollo then **Add Agent** in Retell AI - When **Contact Updated** in Apollo then **Create Knowledge Base** in Retell AI 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 Retell AI ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 37 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 **Get Account** Returns the details of an existing Apollo account (a company saved in Apollo), including its custom field values. - Action **Update Account** Update an existing Account. - Action **Update Contact** Update an already existing Contact. - Action **Add Agent** Create a new Retell AI voice agent attached to a response engine (Retell LLM, custom LLM, or conversation flow) and a voice. - Action **Create Knowledge Base** Create a new Retell AI knowledge base from texts, URLs and/or a file. - Action **Create Retell LLM** Create a new Retell LLM Response Engine that can be attached to an agent. This is used to generate response output for the agent. - Action **Delete Agent** Deletes an existing Retell AI agent, including all of its versions. - Action **Delete Knowledge Base** Delete an existing knowledge base. - Action **Delete Phone Number** Delete a phone number from your Retell AI account. - Action **Delete Retell LLM** Delete a Retell LLM response engine. - Action **Get a Call** Retrieves the full details of a Retell AI call (phone or web): status, transcript, recording links, post-call analysis, cost and latency. - Action **Get an Agent** Retrieve the full configuration of a Retell AI voice agent. - Action **Get a Phone Number** Retrieve the details of one phone number in your Retell AI account, including its bound agents, nickname and webhook settings. - Action **Get a Retell LLM** Retrieve the details of a Retell LLM response engine, including its prompt, model, tools and states. - Action **Get a Voice** Retrieve the details of a single Retell AI voice: its name, provider, accent, gender, age and a preview audio link. - Action **Get Concurrency** Gets your Retell AI organization's current number of ongoing calls and its concurrency limits. - Action **Get Knowledge Base** Retrieve the details of a knowledge base, including its processing status and sources. - Action **Import Phone Number** Import a phone number from your own telephony provider (for example a Twilio elastic SIP trunk) into Retell AI and optionally bind agents to it. - Action **List Agents** Lists the voice and chat agents in the Retell AI account, optionally filtered by channel or by a name/id search. - Action **List Calls** List calls in the Retell AI account, newest first by default, optionally filtered by agent, status, direction, numbers, time range and more. Returns up to 1000 calls; transcripts and recording URLs are not included (use Get a Call for those). - Action **List Knowledge Bases** List all knowledge bases in the Retell AI account. - Action **List Phone Numbers** Lists the phone numbers in your Retell AI account (up to 1000). - Action **List Retell LLMs** Lists the Retell LLM response engines in the account. - Action **List Voices** List all voices available to the Retell AI account. - Action **Make a Phone Call** Start a new outbound phone call from one of your Retell numbers, handled by a Retell voice agent. - Action **Register Phone Call** Register a phone call placed through your own (custom) telephony, so Retell issues a call id your telephony can connect the audio to. - Action **Update Agent** Updates an existing Retell AI voice agent's latest draft version. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Call** Update the metadata, data storage setting or custom attributes of an existing Retell AI call. - Action **Update Phone Number** Updates the agents, nickname, webhooks, country restrictions, SIP trunk and fallback settings of a phone number in Retell AI. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Retell LLM** Update an existing Retell LLM response engine's configuration (prompt, model, etc). ## 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) - [ **Retell AI** Retell AI is a conversation intelligence platform that turns customer calls into actionable insights.](https://apiant.ai/connections/retell-ai) 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 is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](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 Retell AI - [ **HubSpot to Retell AI** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-retell-ai) - [ **Salesforce to Retell AI** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-retell-ai) - [ **Slack to Retell AI** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-retell-ai) - [ **Google Sheets to Retell AI** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-retell-ai) - [ **Gmail to Retell AI** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-retell-ai) - [ **Google Calendar to Retell AI** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-retell-ai) Questions ## Apollo and Retell AI, 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 Retell AI when something happens in Apollo? Any of Retell AI's 27 actions, including Create Knowledge Base, Create Retell LLM, Update Agent and Update Call. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Retell AI to Apollo? Retell AI has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Apollo. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Retell AI's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Apollo or Retell AI? 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 Retell AI 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.