Integration
Connect Benchmark Email Classic and Katana
When New Contact fires in Benchmark Email Classic, your agent runs Add manufacturing order in Katana, or New Customer in Katana to Add Contact to List in Benchmark Email Classic. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
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What do you want Benchmark Email Classic and Katana to do together?
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https://mcp.apiant.aiOne 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.
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Claude Code
Run this in the directory you want to work in.
claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)Grok
Open grok.com/connectors, choose New Connector, then Custom, and paste the address. Grok signs you in in your browser.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)Example flows
What Benchmark Email Classic and Katana can do together
From Benchmark Email Classic to Katana
When New Contact in Benchmark Email Classic
then Add manufacturing order in Katana
When New Contact in Segment in Benchmark Email Classic
then Add purchase order in Katana
From Katana to Benchmark Email Classic
When New Customer in Katana
then Add Contact to List in Benchmark Email Classic
When New Sales Order in Katana
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 Katana
Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 32 actions
Trigger
Email OpenedTriggers when a contact opens the selected email campaign.
Trigger
Link ClickedTriggers when a contact clicks a link in the selected email campaign.
Trigger
New ContactTriggers when a new contact is added to the selected Benchmark Email contact list.
Trigger
New Contact in SegmentTriggers when a contact is added to the selected segment.
Trigger
New ListTriggers when a new contact list is created in your Benchmark Email account.
Trigger
New UnsubscriberTriggers when a contact unsubscribes from the selected email campaign.
Action
Add Contact to ListAdds a contact to a Benchmark Email contact list.
Action
Add listCreates a new contact list in Benchmark Email.
Action
Delete contactDeletes a contact from a Benchmark Email contact list.
Action
Find ContactFinds contacts by email address across all lists, returning each list membership found.
Action
Get contactReturns the details of one contact in a contact list, including its name, email, opt-in info and custom field values.
Action
Get emailReturns the details of an email campaign, including its subject, sender, contact lists and content.
Action
List contactsReturns the contacts in a Benchmark Email contact list, optionally filtered by a search value or status.
Action
List emailsReturns the email campaigns in the Benchmark Email account, optionally filtered and sorted.
Action
List listsReturns the contact lists in the Benchmark Email account.
Action
Unsubscribe ContactUnsubscribes a contact by moving them from a list to the account's Do Not Contact (master unsubscribe) list.
Trigger
New CustomerTriggers when a new customer is created in Katana.
Trigger
New Sales OrderTriggers when a new sales order is created in Katana.
Action
Add manufacturing orderCreates a manufacturing order in Katana for a product variant at a location. Recipe and operation rows are added automatically from the product's recipe.
Action
Add materialCreates a material in Katana, with one or more variants, and returns the new material.
Action
Add productCreates a product in Katana with one or more variants, including its unit of measure, category, and sell/make/buy settings.
Action
Add purchase orderCreates a purchase order for a supplier, together with its line items, in Katana.
Action
Create CustomerCreates a customer in Katana.
Action
Create Sales OrderCreates a sales order in Katana for a customer with one product variant line.
Action
Delete customerDeletes a customer from Katana by its ID.
Action
Delete sales orderDeletes a single sales order in Katana by its ID.
Action
Find CustomerFinds Katana customers matching a name, email or phone number.
Action
Get manufacturing orderReturns the details of a manufacturing order, including its status, quantities, costs, dates and custom field values.
Action
Get productReturns a Katana product by its ID, including its variants and configuration options.
Action
Get purchase orderReturns a purchase order by its ID, including its rows, totals, status and custom field values.
Action
Get Sales OrderReturns one Katana sales order by its ID.
Action
List customersReturns the customers in your Katana account, most recent first, optionally filtered by name, email, company, category and date ranges.
Action
List inventoryReturns current inventory levels per variant and location, optionally filtered by location or variant.
Action
List manufacturing ordersReturns manufacturing orders, most recent first, optionally filtered by status, order number, location, linked sales order, or created/updated date ranges.
Action
List productsReturns the products in your Katana account, most recent first, optionally filtered by name, unit of measure, flags, supplier or date ranges.
Action
List purchase ordersReturns the purchase orders in your Katana account, most recent first, optionally filtered by status, supplier, location, order number and date ranges.
Action
List sales ordersReturns the sales orders in your Katana account, most recent first, optionally filtered by customer, status, location, dates and more.
Action
Update CustomerUpdates an existing Katana customer. Only the fields you fill in are changed.
Action
Update productUpdates an existing Katana product. Only the fields you fill in are changed; everything else is left as it is.
Action
Update sales orderUpdates an existing Katana sales order. Only the fields you fill in are changed; everything else is left as is.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Benchmark Email Classic and Katana, 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 Katana when something happens in Benchmark Email Classic?
Any of Katana's 22 actions, including Create Customer, Create Sales Order, Update Customer and Update product. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Katana to Benchmark Email Classic?
Yes. When something happens in Katana, your agent can act in Benchmark Email Classic too. This page covers both directions: Katana'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 Katana?
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 Katana 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.