--- title: "Connect Benchmark Email Classic to Spike.sh - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Benchmark Email Classic, your agent runs \"Add alert rule\" in Spike.sh." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/benchmark-email-classic-to-spike-sh" --- # Connect Benchmark Email Classic to Spike.sh When **New Contact** fires in [Benchmark Email Classic](https://apiant.ai/connections/benchmark-email-classic), your agent runs **Add alert rule** in [Spike.sh](https://apiant.ai/connections/spike-sh). 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 Spike.sh **25** 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 Spike.sh 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 Spike.sh - When **New Contact** in Benchmark Email Classic then **Add alert rule** in Spike.sh - When **New Contact in Segment** in Benchmark Email Classic then **Add escalation** in Spike.sh 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 Spike.sh ## Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 35 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 **Acknowledge incident** Acknowledge one or more Spike.sh incidents by counter id or incident id. - Action **Add alert rule** Create a new alert routing/automation rule with conditions and actions. - Action **Add escalation** Creates a new escalation policy for a Spike.sh team, defining who is notified, through which channel, and how long to wait between steps. - Action **Add integration** Create a new integration for a team (source system that sends alerts into Spike). - Action **Add on-call** Create a new on-call schedule for a team. - Action **Add service** Create a new service in a team, with name and description. - Action **Create Incident** Creates a Spike incident through one of your integrations and sends alerts. The integration decides which service and escalation policy the incident is routed to. - Action **Delete alert rule** Archives (soft-deletes) a Spike alert rule so it no longer applies to incoming incidents. - Action **Delete escalation** Archives (soft-deletes) a Spike escalation policy by its ID. - Action **Escalate incident** Escalates one or more Spike incidents to the next step of their escalation policy. - Action **Get escalation** Get escalation policy details by id. - Action **Get incident** Fetch a single incident by counter id. - Action **Get integration** Fetches an integration by its token, including its name, type, service, escalation settings and webhook URL. An error occurs if the integration is not found. - Action **Get service** Get a Spike service's details, along with its incidents and open-incident count. - Action **List alert rules** Lists all alert rules (enabled and disabled) configured for a Spike team. - Action **List escalations** Lists the escalation policies that belong to a Spike team. - Action **List incidents** Lists the incidents for a Spike.sh team. - Action **List on-calls** Lists the on-call schedules for a team. - Action **List services** Lists the services in a Spike team. - Action **List teams** Lists every team in your Spike organisation. Use a team's ID from here wherever other Spike actions ask for a team. - Action **Resolve incident** Resolve one or more incidents by counter id array. - Action **Update alert rule** Replace an existing Spike alert rule's name, conditions and actions. - Action **Update escalation** Replaces an existing escalation policy's name, steps and start delay. The whole policy is replaced, so send every step you want to keep. - Action **Update on-call** Updates an on-call schedule's name and/or moves it to another team. Rotations and layers are not changed by this action. - Action **Update service** Updates the name and/or description of an existing Spike.sh service. ## 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) - [ **Spike.sh** Spike is an incident management system with unlimited alerts and on-call schedules](https://apiant.ai/connections/spike-sh) 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 Spike.sh - [ **HubSpot to Spike.sh** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-spike-sh) - [ **Salesforce to Spike.sh** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-spike-sh) - [ **Slack to Spike.sh** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-spike-sh) - [ **Google Sheets to Spike.sh** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-spike-sh) - [ **Gmail to Spike.sh** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-spike-sh) - [ **Google Calendar to Spike.sh** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-spike-sh) Questions ## Benchmark Email Classic and Spike.sh, 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 Spike.sh when something happens in Benchmark Email Classic? Any of Spike.sh's 25 actions, including Create Incident, Update alert rule, Update escalation and Update on-call. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Spike.sh to Benchmark Email Classic? Spike.sh has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Benchmark Email Classic. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Spike.sh's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Benchmark Email Classic or Spike.sh? 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 Spike.sh 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.