--- title: "Connect Benchmark Email Classic and Cliniko - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Benchmark Email Classic, your agent runs \"Create contact\" in Cliniko." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/benchmark-email-classic-to-cliniko" --- # Connect Benchmark Email Classic and Cliniko When **New Contact** fires in [Benchmark Email Classic](https://apiant.ai/connections/benchmark-email-classic), your agent runs **Create contact** in [Cliniko](https://apiant.ai/connections/cliniko), or **New or updated attendee** in Cliniko 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 Cliniko **17** triggers Cliniko **36** 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 Cliniko 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 Cliniko can do together ### From Benchmark Email Classic to Cliniko - When **New Contact** in Benchmark Email Classic then **Create contact** in Cliniko - When **New Contact in Segment** in Benchmark Email Classic then **Update contact** in Cliniko ### From Cliniko to Benchmark Email Classic - When **New or updated attendee** in Cliniko then **Add Contact to List** in Benchmark Email Classic - When **New or updated business** in Cliniko 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 Cliniko ## Triggers and actions 23 triggers · 46 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 **Cancelled individual appointment** Triggered when an individual appointment is cancelled. - Trigger **New cancelled attendee** Triggered when an attendee is cancelled. - Trigger **New or updated attendee** Triggered when an attendee is created or updated. - Trigger **New or updated business** Triggered when a business is created or updated. - Trigger **New or updated communication** Triggered when a communication is created or updated. - Trigger **New or updated contact** Triggered when a contact is created or updated. - Trigger **New or updated daily availability** Triggered when a daily availability is created or updated. - Trigger **New or updated group appointment** Triggered when a group appointment is created or updated. - Trigger **New or updated individual appointment** Triggered when an individual appointment is created or updated. - Trigger **New or updated invoice** Triggered when an invoice is created or updated. - Trigger **New or updated patient** Triggered when a patient is created or updated. - Trigger **New or updated patient case** Triggered when a patient case is created or updated. - Trigger **New or updated practitioner** Triggered when a practitioner is created or updated. - Trigger **New or updated treatment notes** Triggered when treatment notes is created or updated. - Trigger **Patient added or removed for group appointment in date range** Triggered when a patient is added or removed for a group appointment within the specified date range. - Trigger **Two-way sync new or updated contacts** A trigger for two-way syncing new and updated contacts, with enhanced on-the-fly mapping. Can only be used with enhanced two-way sync actions that support on-the-fly mapping. - Trigger **Two-way sync new or updated patients** A trigger for two-way syncing new and updated patients, with enhanced on-the-fly mapping. Can only be used with enhanced two-way sync actions that support on-the-fly mapping. - Action **Archive patient** Archives a patient. An error will occur if the patient is not found. - Action **Create contact** Creates a new contact. - Action **Create patient** Creates a new patient. - Action **Find Appointment by Patient Id** Returns appointment details for the specified patient if the Patient ID exists. - Action **Find cancelled appointment** Searches for a cancelled appointment. If no matching appointment is found, an error occurs. - Action **Find contact by email** Returns details of the contact having the specified email address. An error occurs if zero or multiple are found. - Action **Find patient by email** Returns details of the patient having the specified email address. An error occurs if zero or multiple are found. - Action **Find Patient by Email and Date of Birth** Finds the single active patient whose email and date of birth both match, returning the patient ID and the match count. - Action **Get appointment** Returns details of the specified appointment. - Action **Get appointments by practitioner ID** Returns appointment details by practitioner ID. - Action **Get appointment type** Returns details of the specified appointment type. - Action **Get appointment type billable item** Returns details for a billable item. - Action **Get billable item** Returns details of the specified billable item. - Action **Get business** Returns details of the specified business. - Action **Get cancelled appointment** Returns details of the specified cancelled appointment. - Action **Get contact** Returns details of the specified contact. - Action **Get group appointment** Returns details of the specified group appointment. - Action **Get group appointment attendees** Returns attendee information for the specified group appointment. - Action **Get individual appointment attendees** Returns attendee information for the specified individual appointment. - Action **Get invoice** Returns details of the specified invoice. - Action **Get patient** Returns details of the specified patient. - Action **Get patient attachment** Returns a patient attachment from Cliniko, including its filename, file type and description. - Action **Get patient case** Returns details of the specified patient case. - Action **Get patient referral source** Returns the referral source for the specified patient. - Action **Get practitioner** Returns details of the specified practitioner. An error occurs if not found. - Action **Get practitioner availabilities** Returns availability information for the specified practitioner. - Action **List Appointments in Date Range** Returns every individual appointment that starts within a given time window, with the total count. - Action **List invoices for patient case** Emits all invoice IDs for the specified patient case. - Action **List Patients** Returns Cliniko patients, optionally filtered (e.g. updated after a date) and sorted, with the total count. - Action **Two-way sync add or update a contact** An action for two-way syncing new and updated contacts, with enhanced on-the-fly mapping using contact email addresses for matching. Can only be used with enhanced two-way sync triggers that support on-the-fly mapping. - Action **Two-way sync add or update a patient** An action for two-way syncing new and updated patients, with enhanced on-the-fly mapping using patient email addresses for matching. Can only be used with enhanced two-way sync triggers that support on-the-fly mapping. - Action **Update contact** Updates a contact. - Action **Update patient** Updates a patient. - Action **Update patient custom field** Updates the value of the specified custom field for the specified patient. - Action **Update patient referral** Sets or changes a patient's referral source. Choose the referral source type; supply a Referrer ID only for types that take one (e.g. Patient or Contact). - Action **Upload patient attachment** Uploads a file, such as a PDF, to a patient's record in Cliniko as an attachment. ## 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) - [ **Cliniko** Cliniko is a practice management platform — manage patients, appointments, invoices, contacts, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/cliniko) 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 Cliniko - [ **Mailchimp to Cliniko** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-cliniko) - [ **Shopify to Cliniko** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/shopify-to-cliniko) - [ **Airbrake to Cliniko** Airbrake collects errors generated by other applications, and aggregates the results for review.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airbrake-to-cliniko) - [ **Aplos to Cliniko** Aplos is fund accounting and donor management software for churches and nonprofits: contacts and donors...](https://apiant.ai/connect/aplos-to-cliniko) - [ **AWeber to Cliniko** AWeber provides professional email marketing software and services.](https://apiant.ai/connect/aweber-to-cliniko) - [ **Beanstalk to Cliniko** Beanstalk is a code hosting and deployment workflow tool for Git and Subversion.](https://apiant.ai/connect/beanstalk-to-cliniko) Questions ## Benchmark Email Classic and Cliniko, 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 Cliniko when something happens in Benchmark Email Classic? Any of Cliniko's 36 actions, including Create contact, Create patient, Update contact and Update patient. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Cliniko to Benchmark Email Classic? Yes. When something happens in Cliniko, your agent can act in Benchmark Email Classic too. This page covers both directions: Cliniko'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 Cliniko? 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 Cliniko 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.