Integration
Connect Bento and Method CRM
When New Tag fires in Bento, your agent runs Add Contact to Existing Entity in Method CRM, or New Activity in Method CRM to Update email template in Bento. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
Build solutions, not workarounds.
What do you want Bento and Method CRM to do together?
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https://mcp.apiant.aiOne 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.
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Claude Code
Run this in the directory you want to work in.
claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Example flows
What Bento and Method CRM can do together
From Bento to Method CRM
When New Tag in Bento
then Add Contact to Existing Entity in Method CRM
From Method CRM to Bento
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 Bento and Method CRM
Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 37 actions
- New Tag
Triggers when a new tag is created on your Bento site.
- Add broadcast
Creates a broadcast email draft in Bento, optionally scheduled and approved for sending to tagged or segmented subscribers.
- Create Field
Creates a custom subscriber field on your Bento site.
- Create or Update User
Creates a Bento subscriber, or updates the name of an existing one, by email address.
- Create or Update User and Apply Tag
Creates or updates a Bento subscriber by email and applies one or more tags, without triggering Flows.
- Create or Update User and Apply Tag (Trigger Flows)
Applies a tag to a Bento subscriber (creating them if needed) through an event, so any Flows listening for that tag start.
- Create Tag
Creates a tag on your Bento site.
- Delete tag
Discards a tag in Bento by name (running it on an already-discarded tag restores it).
- Fetch Site Metrics
Returns your Bento site's user, subscriber and unsubscriber counts.
- Fetch Subscriber
Returns a Bento subscriber's details, tags and custom fields by email address.
- Get email template
Returns one email template, including its name, subject and HTML content.
- Get segment
Returns one segment, including its name, description and filter definition.
- Import subscribers
Queues up to 1,000 subscribers for import or update in Bento. Imports do not trigger automations.
- List Broadcasts
Returns one page of Bento broadcasts with the chosen status, including their send stats.
- List Fields
Returns every custom subscriber field on your Bento site.
- List segments
Returns all segments in your Bento site.
- List sequences
Returns the sequences on your Bento site, including each sequence's email templates.
- List Tags
Returns every tag on your Bento site.
- List workflows
Returns all workflows on the Bento site, with their name, status and email templates.
- Remove Tag from Subscriber
Removes a tag from a Bento subscriber by email.
- Track Subscribe Event
Subscribes or unsubscribes a Bento subscriber by email.
- Update email template
Updates the subject, HTML content, or editor type of a Bento email template.
- Update Subscriber Field
Sets one custom field value on a Bento subscriber.
- Validate Email
Checks whether an email address looks valid and deliverable.
- New Activity
Triggers when a new activity is added in Method CRM.
- New Contact
Triggers when a new contact is added in Method CRM.
- New Customer or Customer Lead (QuickBooks Only)
Triggers when a new customer or customer lead is added to a QuickBooks-synced Method account.
- New Customer/Vendor or Customer/Vendor Lead (Xero Only)
Triggers when a new customer/vendor or customer/vendor lead is added in a Xero-synced Method account.
- New Opportunity
Triggers when a new opportunity is created in Method CRM.
- New Vendor
Triggers when a new vendor is added in Method CRM.
- Add Activity
Creates an activity record in your Method CRM account, using the fields your Activity table defines (including custom fields).
- Add Contact to Existing Entity
Creates a contact in Method CRM linked to an existing customer, vendor or lead.
- Add Customer or Customer Lead (QuickBooks Only)
Creates a customer or customer lead in a QuickBooks-synced Method CRM account.
- Add Customer/Vendor or Customer/Vendor Lead (Xero Only)
Creates a customer/vendor or customer/vendor lead in a Method CRM account synced with Xero.
- Add Generic Entry
Creates a new record (entry) in any Method CRM table, using the field values you supply, and returns the new record's id.
- Add Opportunity
Creates a new opportunity in your Method CRM account.
- Delete record
Deletes a record from a Method CRM table, such as a contact, customer or activity.
- Find Contact
Finds contacts in Method CRM matching your filter criteria, such as an email or name, and returns up to 100 matching contacts.
- Find Customer or Customer Lead (QuickBooks Only)
Finds customers or customer leads in a QuickBooks-synced Method account by name, returning the matching records.
- Find Customer/Vendor or Customer/Vendor Lead (Xero Only)
Finds customers, vendors, or customer/vendor leads by name in a Xero-synced Method account.
- Find records by criteria
Finds records in a Method CRM table that match your filter criteria, returning up to 100 matches.
- Find Vendor
Finds vendors in your Method account that match the criteria you give, returning the first match and the full list of matches.
- Get record
Returns one record from a Method CRM table, such as a contact, customer or invoice, by its record ID.
- Update record
Updates the chosen fields of an existing record in any Method table, such as a contact, customer or invoice.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Bento and Method CRM, answered
What can start an automation from Bento?
Any of Bento's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Tag. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in Method CRM when something happens in Bento?
Any of Method CRM's 14 actions, including Update record, Add Activity, Add Contact to Existing Entity and Add Customer or Customer Lead (QuickBooks Only). Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Method CRM to Bento?
Yes. When something happens in Method CRM, your agent can act in Bento too. This page covers both directions: Method CRM's triggers and Bento's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Bento or Method CRM?
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 Bento and Method CRM 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.