--- title: "Connect Benchmark Email Classic and Calendly - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Benchmark Email Classic, your agent runs \"Update event type availability schedule\" in Calendly." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/benchmark-email-classic-to-calendly" --- # Connect Benchmark Email Classic and Calendly When **New Contact** fires in [Benchmark Email Classic](https://apiant.ai/connections/benchmark-email-classic), your agent runs **Update event type availability schedule** in [Calendly](https://apiant.ai/connections/calendly), or **New scheduled event (polling)** in Calendly to **Add Contact to List** in Benchmark Email Classic. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Benchmark Email Classic **6** triggers Benchmark Email Classic **10** actions Calendly **2** triggers Calendly **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 Benchmark Email Classic and Calendly 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 Benchmark Email Classic and Calendly can do together ### From Benchmark Email Classic to Calendly - When **New Contact** in Benchmark Email Classic then **Update event type availability schedule** in Calendly - When **New Contact in Segment** in Benchmark Email Classic then **Get current user** in Calendly ### From Calendly to Benchmark Email Classic - When **New scheduled event (polling)** in Calendly then **Add Contact to List** in Benchmark Email Classic - When **Canceled scheduled event (polling)** in Calendly then **Unsubscribe Contact** in Benchmark Email Classic 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 Benchmark Email Classic and Calendly ## Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 28 actions - Trigger **Email Opened** Triggers when a contact opens the selected email campaign. - Trigger **Link Clicked** Triggers when a contact clicks a link in the selected email campaign. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is added to the selected Benchmark Email contact list. - Trigger **New Contact in Segment** Triggers when a contact is added to the selected segment. - Trigger **New List** Triggers when a new contact list is created in your Benchmark Email account. - Trigger **New Unsubscriber** Triggers when a contact unsubscribes from the selected email campaign. - Action **Add Contact to List** Adds a contact to a Benchmark Email contact list. - Action **Add list** Creates a new contact list in Benchmark Email. - Action **Delete contact** Deletes a contact from a Benchmark Email contact list. - Action **Find Contact** Finds contacts by email address across all lists, returning each list membership found. - Action **Get contact** Returns the details of one contact in a contact list, including its name, email, opt-in info and custom field values. - Action **Get email** Returns the details of an email campaign, including its subject, sender, contact lists and content. - Action **List contacts** Returns the contacts in a Benchmark Email contact list, optionally filtered by a search value or status. - Action **List emails** Returns the email campaigns in the Benchmark Email account, optionally filtered and sorted. - Action **List lists** Returns the contact lists in the Benchmark Email account. - Action **Unsubscribe Contact** Unsubscribes a contact by moving them from a list to the account's Do Not Contact (master unsubscribe) list. - Trigger **Canceled scheduled event (polling)** Triggers when a scheduled event is canceled. - Trigger **New scheduled event (polling)** Triggers when a new scheduled event is created. - Action **Cancel scheduled event** Cancels a scheduled event with a specified reason for the cancellation. - Action **Create single-use scheduling link** Creates a single-use booking link that allows one person to schedule an event. - Action **Get current user** Returns the authenticated user's profile including name, email, timezone, and scheduling URL. - Action **Get event type** Returns details for the specified event type. - Action **Get invitee** Returns details about a specific invitee for a scheduled event. - Action **Get invitee next scheduled event** Gets the next scheduled event for the invitee specified by their email. - Action **Get scheduled event** Returns details about a specific scheduled event. - Action **Get user availability schedule** Returns details for the specified user availability schedule. - Action **List event invitees** Returns the list of invitees for a scheduled event, optionally filtered by status. - Action **List event type availability schedules** Returns the event type's availability schedules. - Action **List event types** Returns your calendar's event type templates, optionally filtered by scope and active status. - Action **List organization memberships** Returns all members of the connected Calendly organization (paginated). One record per membership: user_email, user_uri, user_name, role. - Action **List scheduled events** Returns scheduled events, filterable by scope, status, date range, and invitee email. - Action **List user availability schedules** Returns the user's availability schedules. - Action **List webhook subscriptions** Returns all webhook subscriptions for your organization. - Action **Mark invitee as no-show** Records that an invitee did not attend their scheduled event. - Action **Undo invitee no-show** Removes a no-show marking from an invitee. - Action **Update event type availability schedule** Replaces a single host's availability schedule on a Calendly event type with explicit date rules (full overwrite). Built for CalendarConnect: push real Mindbody bookable slots into Calendly so only MBO-bookable times are offered. CRITICAL: the host is targeted by the NESTED availability_rule.user — a top-level user alone is silently ignored and Calendly replaces the OAuth token owner's schedule instead. Always verify stored_user equals the requested host before trusting the result. For round-robin events, call once per host. ## Each app on its own - [ **Benchmark Email Classic** Benchmark Email Classic is an easy-to-use email marketing tool, the original version that has helped...](https://apiant.ai/connections/benchmark-email-classic) - [ **Calendly** Calendly is a scheduling automation platform for eliminating the back-and-forth emails to find the perfect...](https://apiant.ai/connections/calendly) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Benchmark Email Classic - [ **Benchmark Email Classic to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/benchmark-email-classic-to-hubspot) - [ **Benchmark Email Classic to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/benchmark-email-classic-to-salesforce) - [ **Benchmark Email Classic to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/benchmark-email-classic-to-slack) - [ **Benchmark Email Classic to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/benchmark-email-classic-to-google-sheets) - [ **Benchmark Email Classic to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/benchmark-email-classic-to-gmail) - [ **Benchmark Email Classic to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/benchmark-email-classic-to-google-calendar) ## More into Calendly - [ **Google Sheets to Calendly** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-calendly) - [ **Mailchimp to Calendly** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-calendly) - [ **QuickBooks Online to Calendly** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/quickbooks-online-to-calendly) - [ **Airtable to Calendly** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-calendly) - [ **Trello to Calendly** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/trello-to-calendly) - [ **Asana to Calendly** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-calendly) Questions ## Benchmark Email Classic and Calendly, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Benchmark Email Classic? Any of Benchmark Email Classic's 6 triggers in the catalog, including New Contact, New Contact in Segment, New List and New Unsubscriber. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Calendly when something happens in Benchmark Email Classic? Any of Calendly's 18 actions, including Create single-use scheduling link, Update event type availability schedule, Get current user and Get event type. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Calendly to Benchmark Email Classic? Yes. When something happens in Calendly, your agent can act in Benchmark Email Classic too. This page covers both directions: Calendly's triggers and Benchmark Email Classic's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Benchmark Email Classic or Calendly? 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 Benchmark Email Classic and Calendly 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.