--- title: "Connect Benchmark Email Classic to Sonderplan - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Benchmark Email Classic, your agent runs \"Create Contact\" in Sonderplan." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/benchmark-email-classic-to-sonderplan" --- # Connect Benchmark Email Classic to Sonderplan When **New Contact** fires in [Benchmark Email Classic](https://apiant.ai/connections/benchmark-email-classic), your agent runs **Create Contact** in [Sonderplan](https://apiant.ai/connections/sonderplan). 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 Sonderplan **28** 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 Sonderplan 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 can start in Sonderplan - When **New Contact** in Benchmark Email Classic then **Create Contact** in Sonderplan - When **New Contact in Segment** in Benchmark Email Classic then **Create Invoice** in Sonderplan 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 Sonderplan ## Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 38 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. - Action **Create Billable Item** Creates a billable item (a chargeable product or service with buy and sell rates) in Sonderplan. - Action **Create Booking** Creates a booking in the Sonderplan schedule. - Action **Create Contact** Adds a new contact (person or organization) to Sonderplan. - Action **Create Invoice** Creates an invoice for a client, optionally linked to a project, with its line items, dates, terms and status. - Action **Create Project** Creates a Project - Action **Create Quote** Creates a quote for a client, optionally linked to a project, with its line items, dates, terms and status. - Action **Create Service** Creates a service with its hourly, daily and weekly sell and buy rates, optionally limited to certain resources, clients or projects. - Action **Create Workspace** Creates a Workspace on the Schedule - Action **Delete Billable Item** Deletes a billable item from Sonderplan by its ID. - Action **Delete Booking** Deletes a booking in Sonderplan by its ID. - Action **Delete Contact** Delete a contact. - Action **Delete Invoice** Delete an invoice. - Action **Delete Project** Deletes a project in Sonderplan. - Action **Delete Quote** Deletes a quote in Sonderplan by its ID. - Action **Delete Resource** Delete a resource (staff/equipment resource). - Action **Delete Workspace** Deletes a workspace in Sonderplan. - Action **Find Booking Status** Returns up to 100 booking statuses that match the specified name, description or status IDs. - Action **Find Invoice** Finds invoices by ID, number, status, project, date range or currency and returns their clients, line items and totals. - Action **Find Quote** Finds quotes by ID, number, status, project, date range or currency and returns their clients, line items and totals. - Action **Find Resource** Finds a Resource. - Action **Find Service** Finds services (rate schemes) by ID and returns their rates, currency and the resources, clients and projects they apply to. - Action **Update Billable Item** Updates a Billable Item - Action **Update Booking** Updates an existing booking in Sonderplan. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Contact** Updates a contact - Action **Update Project** Updates an existing project. - Action **Update Resource** Updates a Resource to be added to Bookings - Action **Update Service** Updates an existing service (a Sonderplan service rate scheme). Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Workspace** Updates a Workspace that contains a set of Resources ## 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) - [ **Sonderplan** Sonderplan is an affordable planning tool for scheduling people, rooms, & equipment](https://apiant.ai/connections/sonderplan) 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 Sonderplan - [ **HubSpot to Sonderplan** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-sonderplan) - [ **Salesforce to Sonderplan** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-sonderplan) - [ **Slack to Sonderplan** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-sonderplan) - [ **Google Sheets to Sonderplan** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-sonderplan) - [ **Gmail to Sonderplan** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-sonderplan) - [ **Google Calendar to Sonderplan** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-sonderplan) Questions ## Benchmark Email Classic and Sonderplan, 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 Sonderplan when something happens in Benchmark Email Classic? Any of Sonderplan's 28 actions, including Create Billable Item, Create Booking, Create Contact and Create Invoice. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Sonderplan to Benchmark Email Classic? Sonderplan has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Benchmark Email Classic. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Sonderplan's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Benchmark Email Classic or Sonderplan? 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 Sonderplan 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.