--- title: "Connect Azurevirtualmachines to Contactout - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Virtual Machine\" fires in Azurevirtualmachines, your agent runs \"Check personal email\" in Contactout." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/azurevirtualmachines-to-contactout" --- # Connect Azurevirtualmachines to Contactout When **New Virtual Machine** fires in [Azurevirtualmachines](https://apiant.ai/connections/azurevirtualmachines), your agent runs **Check personal email** in [Contactout](https://apiant.ai/connections/contactout). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Azurevirtualmachines **1** trigger Azurevirtualmachines **11** actions Contactout **8** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Azurevirtualmachines and Contactout 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 Azurevirtualmachines can start in Contactout - When **New Virtual Machine** in Azurevirtualmachines then **Check personal email** in Contactout - When **New Virtual Machine** in Azurevirtualmachines then **Verify email** in Contactout 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 Azurevirtualmachines and Contactout ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 19 actions - Trigger **New Virtual Machine** Triggers when a new virtual machine appears in an Azure subscription. - Action **Deallocate Virtual Machine** Shuts down an Azure virtual machine and releases its compute resources, so compute charges stop until it is started again. - Action **Get Virtual Machine** Returns a virtual machine's details and its current power state (running, stopped or deallocated). - Action **List Available VM Sizes** Returns the virtual machine sizes offered in an Azure region, with CPU and memory, and whether each is available to the subscription. - Action **List Locations** Returns the Azure regions available to a subscription. - Action **List Resource Groups** Returns the resource groups in an Azure subscription. - Action **List Subscriptions** Returns the Azure subscriptions the connected app registration can access. - Action **List Virtual Machines** Returns every virtual machine in an Azure subscription, with its size, region and resource group. - Action **List Virtual Machines in Resource Group** Returns the virtual machines in one Azure resource group, with their size and region. - Action **Power Off Virtual Machine** Powers off an Azure virtual machine. The machine stops running but stays allocated, so compute charges continue; use Deallocate Virtual Machine to stop them. - Action **Restart Virtual Machine** Restarts a running Azure virtual machine. Azure accepts the request and reboots the machine in the background. - Action **Start Virtual Machine** Starts a stopped or deallocated Azure virtual machine. Azure accepts the request and powers the machine on in the background. - Action **Check personal email** Contact Checker — Personal Email Checker: check whether ContactOut has a personal email on file for a LinkedIn profile. - Action **Check phone number** Contact Checker — Phone Number Checker: check whether ContactOut has a phone number on file for a LinkedIn profile. - Action **Find companies** Company Search API — search ContactOut's company index by industry/size/location etc. - Action **Find people** People Search API — search ContactOut's people index by title/company/location/keywords etc, with boolean equations support. - Action **Get company by domain** Company information from domains — enrich a company record from its website domain. - Action **List campaigns** Campaigns API — list the account's email outreach campaigns. - Action **Start campaign** Campaigns API — start sending an existing outreach campaign. - Action **Verify email** Email Verifier API (single) — check deliverability/validity of one email address. ## Each app on its own - [ **Azurevirtualmachines** Cloud computing service for creating and managing on-demand Linux and Windows virtual machines.](https://apiant.ai/connections/azurevirtualmachines) - [ **Contactout** Find anyone's personal email & phone number. Hire talent 10x faster with the most powerful sourcing platform...](https://apiant.ai/connections/contactout) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Azurevirtualmachines - [ **Azurevirtualmachines to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/azurevirtualmachines-to-hubspot) - [ **Azurevirtualmachines to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/azurevirtualmachines-to-salesforce) - [ **Azurevirtualmachines to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/azurevirtualmachines-to-slack) - [ **Azurevirtualmachines to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/azurevirtualmachines-to-google-sheets) - [ **Azurevirtualmachines to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/azurevirtualmachines-to-gmail) - [ **Azurevirtualmachines to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/azurevirtualmachines-to-google-calendar) ## More into Contactout - [ **HubSpot to Contactout** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-contactout) - [ **Salesforce to Contactout** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-contactout) - [ **Slack to Contactout** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-contactout) - [ **Google Sheets to Contactout** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-contactout) - [ **Gmail to Contactout** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-contactout) - [ **Google Calendar to Contactout** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-contactout) Questions ## Azurevirtualmachines and Contactout, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Azurevirtualmachines? Any of Azurevirtualmachines's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Virtual Machine. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Contactout when something happens in Azurevirtualmachines? Any of Contactout's 8 actions, including Check personal email, Check phone number, Find companies and Find people. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Contactout to Azurevirtualmachines? Contactout has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Azurevirtualmachines. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Contactout's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Azurevirtualmachines or Contactout? 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 Azurevirtualmachines and Contactout 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.