--- title: "Connect Benchmark Email Classic to Strava - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Benchmark Email Classic, your agent runs \"Update activity\" in Strava." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/benchmark-email-classic-to-strava" --- # Connect Benchmark Email Classic to Strava When **New Contact** fires in [Benchmark Email Classic](https://apiant.ai/connections/benchmark-email-classic), your agent runs **Update activity** in [Strava](https://apiant.ai/connections/strava). 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 Strava **14** 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 Strava 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 Strava - When **New Contact** in Benchmark Email Classic then **Update activity** in Strava - When **New Contact in Segment** in Benchmark Email Classic then **Get segment** in Strava 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 Strava ## Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 24 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 **Get activity** Returns the full details of one of the authenticated athlete's Strava activities, including distance, times, elevation, laps, splits and segment efforts. - Action **Get athlete** Returns the profile of the Strava athlete whose account is connected, including name, location, follower counts, clubs, bikes and shoes. - Action **Get athlete stats** Returns an athlete's activity totals — recent (last 4 weeks), year-to-date and all-time ride, run and swim stats, plus their longest ride and biggest climb. Only activities visible to Everyone are counted. - Action **Get club** Returns the full details of a Strava club, including its name, location, sport type, member count and your membership status. - Action **Get gear** Returns a piece of the athlete's equipment (a bike or pair of shoes) by its id, including brand, model, description and total distance. - Action **Get route** Returns a Strava route by its id, including its name, distance, elevation gain, map and segments. Private routes require read_all access. - Action **Get segment** Returns a Strava segment's details, including distance, grade, elevation, location, and the athlete's own stats on it. - Action **List activities** Returns the connected athlete's activities, newest first, optionally limited to a time window. - Action **List activity comments** Returns the comments posted on a Strava activity, including each comment's text, author and posting time. - Action **List activity kudoers** Returns the athletes who gave kudos to a Strava activity. - Action **List clubs** Returns the clubs the connected Strava athlete is a member of. - Action **List routes** Returns the routes created by the authenticated Strava athlete. Private routes are included only when the connection has read_all access. - Action **List starred segments** Returns the segments the connected Strava athlete has starred. Private segments are included only when the connection has the read_all scope. - Action **Update activity** Updates an activity owned by the connected athlete, such as its name, description, sport type, gear, commute/trainer flags, tags or whether it is muted from the home feed. Returns the updated activity. ## 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) - [ **Strava** Strava is a social fitness network and app designed for cyclists and runners.](https://apiant.ai/connections/strava) 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 Strava - [ **HubSpot to Strava** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-strava) - [ **Salesforce to Strava** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-strava) - [ **Slack to Strava** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-strava) - [ **Google Sheets to Strava** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-strava) - [ **Gmail to Strava** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-strava) - [ **Google Calendar to Strava** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-strava) Questions ## Benchmark Email Classic and Strava, 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 Strava when something happens in Benchmark Email Classic? Any of Strava's 14 actions, including Update activity, Get activity, Get athlete and Get athlete stats. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Strava to Benchmark Email Classic? Strava has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Benchmark Email Classic. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Strava's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Benchmark Email Classic or Strava? 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 Strava 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.