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title: "Connect Benchmark Email Classic and Vacation Tracker - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Benchmark Email Classic, your agent runs \"Get user\" in Vacation Tracker."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/benchmark-email-classic-to-vacation-tracker"
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# Connect Benchmark Email Classic and Vacation Tracker

When **New Contact** fires in [Benchmark Email Classic](https://apiant.ai/connections/benchmark-email-classic), your agent runs **Get user** in [Vacation Tracker](https://apiant.ai/connections/vacation-tracker), or **Leave Updated** in Vacation Tracker to **Add Contact to List** in Benchmark Email Classic. 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 Vacation Tracker **7** triggers Vacation Tracker **13** 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 Vacation Tracker 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 and Vacation Tracker can do together

### From Benchmark Email Classic to Vacation Tracker

- When **New Contact** in Benchmark Email Classic then **Get user** in Vacation Tracker
- When **New Contact in Segment** in Benchmark Email Classic then **Add leave** in Vacation Tracker

### From Vacation Tracker to Benchmark Email Classic

- When **Leave Updated** in Vacation Tracker then **Add Contact to List** in Benchmark Email Classic
- When **New Leave Added** in Vacation Tracker 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 Vacation Tracker

## Triggers and actions 13 triggers · 23 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.

- Trigger

**Leave Cancelled**

Triggers when a leave is cancelled in Vacation Tracker.

- Trigger

**Leave Deleted**

Triggers when a leave is deleted in Vacation Tracker.

- Trigger

**Leave Request Approved**

Triggers when a leave is approved in Vacation Tracker.

- Trigger

**Leave Request Denied**

Triggers when an approver or admin denies a leave request.

- Trigger

**Leave Updated**

Triggers when an open or approved leave is changed, for example its dates, leave type or reason.

- Trigger

**New Leave Added**

Triggers when an approved leave is added for a user, or when a leave request is approved automatically.

- Trigger

**New Leave Request Created**

Triggers when a user requests a leave that needs approval.

- Action

**Add leave**

Creates a leave in Vacation Tracker: a leave request for the acting user, or an already approved leave for a user you manage.

- Action

**Cancel leave**

Cancels an open or approved leave.

- Action

**Delete leave**

Deletes a leave of a user the API key's owner manages and returns the deleted leave.

- Action

**Get department**

Returns a single department with its ID, name, default flag and creation time.

- Action

**Get leave**

Returns a single leave by its ID, including its dates, status, user and leave type.

- Action

**Get location**

Returns a single location with its name, time zone, default flag and creation time.

- Action

**Get user**

Returns a single Vacation Tracker user with their name, email, location, department, status and labels.

- Action

**List departments**

Returns every department in your Vacation Tracker company, with each department's ID, name, default flag and creation time.

- Action

**List leaves**

Returns the leaves that overlap a date range, optionally filtered by status.

- Action

**List leave types**

Returns all of the company's leave types, active and inactive, with their IDs, names and colors.

- Action

**List locations**

Returns every location in your Vacation Tracker company that the API key can see, with each location's name, time zone and default flag.

- Action

**List users**

Returns the users in your Vacation Tracker company, optionally filtered by status, location, department or label.

- Action

**Update leave**

Changes the dates, times, leave type, reason or substitute approver of an open or approved leave. Fields left blank keep their current value.

## 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)
- [ **Vacation Tracker** Vacation Tracker is a PTO tracker that helps teams track leave, see who’s off, and approve time off fast.](https://apiant.ai/connections/vacation-tracker)

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 Vacation Tracker

- [ **HubSpot to Vacation Tracker** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-vacation-tracker)
- [ **Salesforce to Vacation Tracker** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-vacation-tracker)
- [ **Slack to Vacation Tracker** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-vacation-tracker)
- [ **Google Sheets to Vacation Tracker** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-vacation-tracker)
- [ **Gmail to Vacation Tracker** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-vacation-tracker)
- [ **Google Calendar to Vacation Tracker** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-vacation-tracker)

Questions

## Benchmark Email Classic and Vacation Tracker, 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.

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### What can your agent do in Vacation Tracker when something happens in Benchmark Email Classic?

Any of Vacation Tracker's 13 actions, including Update leave, Add leave, Get department and Get leave. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

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### Can it also run from Vacation Tracker to Benchmark Email Classic?

Yes. When something happens in Vacation Tracker, your agent can act in Benchmark Email Classic too. This page covers both directions: Vacation Tracker'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 Vacation Tracker?

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 Vacation Tracker 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.
