--- title: "Connect Benchmark Email Classic and Heartbeat - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Benchmark Email Classic, your agent runs \"Create Event\" in Heartbeat." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/benchmark-email-classic-to-heartbeat" --- # Connect Benchmark Email Classic and Heartbeat When **New Contact** fires in [Benchmark Email Classic](https://apiant.ai/connections/benchmark-email-classic), your agent runs **Create Event** in [Heartbeat](https://apiant.ai/connections/heartbeat), or **Course Completed** in Heartbeat 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 Heartbeat **4** triggers Heartbeat **6** 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 Heartbeat 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 Heartbeat can do together ### From Benchmark Email Classic to Heartbeat - When **New Contact** in Benchmark Email Classic then **Create Event** in Heartbeat - When **New Contact in Segment** in Benchmark Email Classic then **Deactivate User** in Heartbeat ### From Heartbeat to Benchmark Email Classic - When **Course Completed** in Heartbeat then **Add Contact to List** in Benchmark Email Classic - When **New Event** in Heartbeat 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 Heartbeat ## Triggers and actions 10 triggers · 16 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 **Abandoned Invitation Link** Triggers when someone enters their information in an invitation link, but does not make a purchase or create their account. This will trigger after 4 hours, if the user still has not made a purchase or created their account. - Trigger **Course Completed** Triggers when a user completes a course. - Trigger **New Event** Triggers when a new event is created. - Trigger **New Event RSVP** Triggers when someone RSVPs to an event. - Action **Create Event** Creates an event in a Heartbeat community and optionally invites people or groups. - Action **Create Group** Creates a group in a Heartbeat community, optionally nested under another group and seeded with members. - Action **Create Thread** Posts a new thread in a Heartbeat channel. - Action **Deactivate User** Removes a person's access to a Heartbeat community by email. Their threads, comments and messages stay in place. - Action **List Channels** Returns all channels in the Heartbeat community, with each channel's name, emoji and type. - Action **List Threads** Returns all threads posted in a Heartbeat channel, with each thread's body, author, link and creation time. ## 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) - [ **Heartbeat** Heartbeat is a platform for online communities, where members can talk with each other, read content, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/heartbeat) 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 Heartbeat - [ **ConvesioConvert to Heartbeat** ConvesioConvert is a cross-channel marketing automation tool to nurture your customer journey.](https://apiant.ai/connect/convesioconvert-to-heartbeat) - [ **Google Sheets to Heartbeat** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-heartbeat) - [ **Gmail to Heartbeat** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-heartbeat) - [ **Google Calendar to Heartbeat** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-heartbeat) - [ **Google Drive to Heartbeat** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-heartbeat) - [ **ActiveCampaign to Heartbeat** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-heartbeat) Questions ## Benchmark Email Classic and Heartbeat, 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 Heartbeat when something happens in Benchmark Email Classic? Any of Heartbeat's 6 actions, including Create Event, Create Group, Create Thread and Deactivate User. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Heartbeat to Benchmark Email Classic? Yes. When something happens in Heartbeat, your agent can act in Benchmark Email Classic too. This page covers both directions: Heartbeat'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 Heartbeat? 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 Heartbeat 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.