--- title: "Connect Benchmark Email Classic to STAPI - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Benchmark Email Classic, your agent runs \"Find astronomical objects by name\" in STAPI." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/benchmark-email-classic-to-stapi" --- # Connect Benchmark Email Classic to STAPI When **New Contact** fires in [Benchmark Email Classic](https://apiant.ai/connections/benchmark-email-classic), your agent runs **Find astronomical objects by name** in [STAPI](https://apiant.ai/connections/stapi). 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 STAPI **20** 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 STAPI 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 STAPI - When **New Contact** in Benchmark Email Classic then **Find astronomical objects by name** in STAPI - When **New Contact in Segment** in Benchmark Email Classic then **Find characters by name** in STAPI 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 STAPI ## Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 30 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 **Find astronomical objects by name** Search Star Trek astronomical objects by name and other attributes. - Action **Find characters by name** Search Star Trek characters by name and other attributes. - Action **Find episodes by title** Search Star Trek episodes by title and other attributes. - Action **Find locations by name** Search Star Trek locations by name and other attributes. - Action **Find movies by title** Search Star Trek movies by title and other attributes. - Action **Find organizations by name** Search Star Trek organizations by name and other attributes. - Action **Find performers by name** Search real-world performers by name and other attributes. - Action **Find series by title** Search Star Trek TV series by title and other attributes. - Action **Find spacecrafts by name** Search Star Trek spacecrafts by name and other attributes. - Action **Find species by name** Search Star Trek species by name and other attributes. - Action **Get astronomical object** Retrieve a single Star Trek astronomical object by ID. - Action **Get character** Retrieve a single Star Trek character by ID. - Action **Get episode** Retrieve a single Star Trek episode by ID. - Action **Get location** Retrieve a single Star Trek location by ID. - Action **Get movie** Retrieve a single Star Trek movie by ID. - Action **Get organization** Retrieve a single Star Trek organization by ID. - Action **Get performer** Retrieve a single real-world performer by ID. - Action **Get series** Retrieve a single Star Trek TV series by ID. - Action **Get spacecraft** Retrieve a single Star Trek spacecraft by ID. - Action **Get species** Retrieve a single Star Trek species by ID. ## 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) - [ **STAPI** STAPI (Star Trek API) is an open database of the Star Trek universe spanning the series, films and licensed...](https://apiant.ai/connections/stapi) 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 STAPI - [ **Gmail to STAPI** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-stapi) - [ **HubSpot to STAPI** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-stapi) - [ **Salesforce to STAPI** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-stapi) - [ **Slack to STAPI** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-stapi) - [ **Google Sheets to STAPI** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-stapi) - [ **Google Calendar to STAPI** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-stapi) Questions ## Benchmark Email Classic and STAPI, 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 STAPI when something happens in Benchmark Email Classic? Any of STAPI's 20 actions, including Find astronomical objects by name, Find characters by name, Find episodes by title and Find locations by name. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from STAPI to Benchmark Email Classic? STAPI has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Benchmark Email Classic. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads STAPI's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Benchmark Email Classic or STAPI? 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 STAPI 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.