--- title: "Connect Benchmark Email Classic and Google Calendar - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Benchmark Email Classic, your agent runs \"Create Event\" in Google Calendar." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/benchmark-email-classic-to-google-calendar" --- # Connect Benchmark Email Classic and Google Calendar When **New Contact** fires in [Benchmark Email Classic](https://apiant.ai/connections/benchmark-email-classic), your agent runs **Create Event** in [Google Calendar](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-calendar), or **Attendee Response Changed** in Google Calendar 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 Google Calendar **6** triggers Google Calendar **45** 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 Google Calendar 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 Google Calendar can do together ### From Benchmark Email Classic to Google Calendar - When **New Contact** in Benchmark Email Classic then **Create Event** in Google Calendar - When **New Contact in Segment** in Benchmark Email Classic then **Update Event** in Google Calendar ### From Google Calendar to Benchmark Email Classic - When **Attendee Response Changed** in Google Calendar then **Add Contact to List** in Benchmark Email Classic - When **Event Created** in Google Calendar 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 Google Calendar ## Triggers and actions 12 triggers · 55 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 **Attendee Response Changed** Polling trigger that fires when any attendee's RSVP changes to accepted, declined, or tentative. Returns attendee info and current status. - Trigger **Calendar Event Sync** Polling trigger that returns full event data including details, attendees, and metadata. For real-time notifications with basic info, use Calendar Event Changes (webhook). - Trigger **Event Canceled or Deleted** Triggers when a Google Calendar event is cancelled or deleted. Returns minimal data: event_id, summary (if available), and cancellation timestamp. - Trigger **Event Created** Polling trigger that fires when a new calendar event is created. Returns event ID, summary, start/end times, and organizer info. - Trigger **Event Starting Soon** Triggers when a calendar event is within a configured number of minutes from starting. Returns event details, time remaining, attendees, and join links when available. - Trigger **Event Updated** Triggers when an existing Google Calendar event is modified. Returns the event ID, change type, and the specific fields that changed with their previous and new values. - Action **Acl Delete** Deletes an access control rule from a Google Calendar. Use when you need to remove sharing permissions for a user, group, or domain. - Action **Acl Get** Retrieves a specific access control rule for a calendar. Use when you need to check permissions for a specific user, group, or domain. - Action **Acl Insert** Creates an access control rule for a calendar. Use when you need to grant sharing permissions to a user, group, or domain. - Action **Acl List** Retrieves the list of access control rules (ACLs) for a specified calendar, providing the necessary 'rule_id' values required for updating specific ACL rules. - Action **Acl Patch** Updates an existing access control rule for a calendar using patch semantics (partial update). This allows modifying specific fields without affecting other properties. IMPORTANT: The ACL rule must already exist on the calendar. This action cannot create new rules. If you receive a 404 Not Found error, the rule does not exist - use ACL insert to create it first, or use ACL list to verify available rules. Each patch request consumes three quota units. For domain-type ACL rules, if PATCH fails with 500 error, this action will automatically fallback to UPDATE method. - Action **Acl Update** Updates an access control rule for the specified calendar. - Action **Acl Watch** Tool to watch for changes to ACL resources. Use when you need to set up real-time notifications for access control list modifications on a calendar. - Action **Batch Events** Execute up to 1000 event mutations (create/patch/delete) in one Google Calendar HTTP batch request with per-item status/results. Use this to materially reduce round-trips for bulk operations like migrations, cleanup, or large-scale updates. - Action **Calendar List Delete** Tool to remove a calendar from the user's calendar list. Use when you need to unsubscribe from or hide a calendar from the user's list. - Action **Calendar List Get** Retrieves metadata for a SINGLE specific calendar from the user's calendar list by its calendar ID. This action requires a calendarId parameter and returns details about that one calendar only. NOTE: This does NOT list all calendars. To list all calendars in the user's calendar list, use GOOGLECALENDAR_CALENDAR_LIST_LIST instead. - Action **Calendar List Insert** Inserts an existing calendar into the user's calendar list. - Action **Calendar List Patch** Updates an existing calendar on the user's calendar list using patch semantics. This method allows partial updates, modifying only the specified fields. - Action **Calendar List Update** Updates an existing entry on the user\'s calendar list. - Action **Calendar List Watch** Watch for changes to CalendarList resources using push notifications. Use this to receive real-time updates when calendar list entries are modified. - Action **Calendars Delete** Deletes a secondary calendar. use calendars.clear for clearing all events on primary calendars. - Action **Calendars Update** Updates metadata for a calendar. - Action **Channels Stop** Tool to stop watching resources through a notification channel. Use when you need to discontinue push notifications for a specific channel subscription. - Action **Create Calendar** Creates a new secondary Google Calendar with the specified title and optional settings. Use this action when you need to create a new calendar for organizing events separately from the primary calendar. The authenticated user becomes the owner of the newly created calendar. Optional parameters include description, location, and timezone. - Action **Create Event** Creates an event on a google calendar, needing rfc3339 utc start/end times (end after start) and write access to the calendar. by default, adds the organizer as an attendee unless exclude organizer is set to true. - Action **Delete Event** Deletes a specified event by `event id` from a google calendar (`calendar id`); this action is idempotent and raises a 404 error if the event is not found. - Action **Duplicate Calendar** Creates a new, empty google calendar with the specified title (summary). - Action **Events Get** Retrieves a SINGLE event by its unique event_id (REQUIRED). This action does NOT list or search events - it fetches ONE specific event when you already know its ID. If you want to list events within a time range, search for events, or filter by criteria like time_min/time_max, use GOOGLECALENDAR_EVENTS_LIST instead. - Action **Events Import** Tool to import an event as a private copy to a calendar. Use when you need to add an existing event to a calendar using its iCalUID. Only events with eventType='default' can be imported. - Action **Events Instances** Returns instances of the specified recurring event. - Action **Events List** Returns events on the specified calendar. - Action **Events List All Calendars** Return a unified event list across all calendars in the user's calendar list for a given time range. Use when you need a single view of all events across multiple calendars. An inverted or incorrect time range silently returns empty results rather than an error. An empty `items` list means no events matched the filters—adjust `time_min`, `time_max`, or `q` before concluding no events exist. - Action **Events Move** Moves an event to another calendar, i.e., changes an event's organizer. - Action **Events Watch** Watch for changes to events resources. - Action **Find Event** Finds events in a specified google calendar using text query, time ranges (event start/end, last modification), and event types; ensure `timemin` is not chronologically after `timemax` if both are provided. - Action **Find Free Slots** Finds free/busy time slots in google calendars for specified calendars within a defined time range (defaults to the current day utc if `time min`/`time max` are omitted), enhancing busy intervals with event details; `time min` must precede `time max` if both are provided. - Action **Free Busy Query** Returns free/busy information for a set of calendars. - Action **Get Calendar** Retrieves a specific google calendar, identified by `calendar id`, to which the authenticated user has access. - Action **Get Current Date Time** Gets the current date and time, allowing for a specific timezone offset. - Action **List Acl Rules** Retrieves the list of access control rules (acls) for a specified calendar, providing the necessary 'rule id' values required for updating specific acl rules. - Action **List Calendars** Retrieves calendars from the user's google calendar list, with options for pagination and filtering. - Action **Patch Calendar** Partially updates (patches) an existing google calendar, modifying only the fields provided; `summary` is mandatory and cannot be an empty string, and an empty string for `description` or `location` clears them. - Action **Patch Event** Updates specified fields of an existing event in a google calendar using patch semantics (array fields like `attendees` are fully replaced if provided); ensure the `calendar id` and `event id` are valid and the user has write access to the calendar. - Action **Quick Add** Parses natural language text to quickly create a basic google calendar event with its title, date, and time, suitable for simple scheduling; does not support direct attendee addition or recurring events, and `calendar id` must be valid if not 'primary'. - Action **Remove Attendee** Removes an attendee from a specified event in a google calendar; the calendar and event must exist. - Action **Settings Get** Tool to return a single user setting for the authenticated user. Use when you need to retrieve a specific calendar setting value. - Action **Settings List** Returns all user settings for the authenticated user. - Action **Settings Watch** Watch for changes to settings resources. - Action **Sync Events** Synchronizes google calendar events, performing a full sync if no `sync token` is provided or if a 410 gone error (due to an expired token) necessitates it, otherwise performs an incremental sync for events changed since the `sync token` was issued. - Action **Update Acl Rule** Updates an access control rule for the specified calendar. - Action **Update Event** Updates an existing event by `event id` in a google calendar; this is a full put replacement, so provide all desired fields as unspecified ones may be cleared or reset. ## 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) - [ **Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-calendar) 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. 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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 Google Calendar when something happens in Benchmark Email Classic? Any of Google Calendar's 45 actions, including Create Calendar, Create Event, Update Acl Rule and Update Event. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Google Calendar to Benchmark Email Classic? Yes. When something happens in Google Calendar, your agent can act in Benchmark Email Classic too. This page covers both directions: Google Calendar'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 Google Calendar? 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 Google Calendar 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.