Integration
Connect Bento to NGP VAN
When New Tag fires in Bento, your agent runs Add Contact History in NGP VAN. 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.
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What do you want Bento and NGP VAN to do together?
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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 can start in NGP VAN
When New Tag in Bento
then Add Contact History in NGP VAN
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 NGP VAN
Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 44 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.
- Add a Contribution
Creates a contribution (donation) for a contact in NGP VAN, credited to a designation.
- Add Activist Codes
Applies or removes one or more activist codes on a person in NGP VAN.
- Add Canvass Responses
Records a canvass interaction on a person in NGP VAN: either a result code such as Not Home, or script responses such as activist codes, survey answers and volunteer activities.
- Add Contact History
Records a contact attempt (contact history) on a person in NGP VAN with a result code such as Not Home or Wrong Number, plus optional context like contact type, date and phone.
- Add Note to Contact
Adds a free-text note to a person in NGP VAN, optionally with a note category and a contact history record.
- Add Survey Responses
Records one or more survey question answers on a person in VAN, optionally with details of how and when they were canvassed.
- Create Financial Batch
Creates a financial batch in NGP VAN for grouping contributions under a designation.
- Create or Update Contact
Finds the matching person in NGP VAN and updates them with the values provided, or creates a new person when no match is found. Returns the person's VAN ID.
- Create or Update Contact With a Contribution
Finds a matching contact (creating one if none exists, otherwise updating it) and records a contribution for that contact. Returns the contact's VAN ID and the new contribution ID.
- Delete code from contact
Removes a single code (tag) from a contact in NGP VAN.
- Delete contact
Deletes (suppresses) a contact record in NGP VAN by its VANID.
- Find Contact
Finds the person in NGP VAN who matches the VAN ID, name, date of birth, phone numbers or email addresses you provide, and returns that person's full record.
- Find Financial Batch
Finds financial batches whose names contain the given text.
- Get contact
Returns a person record from NGP VAN by VAN ID, with optional phones, emails, addresses, custom fields and other details.
- List activist codes
Returns the activist codes available in your VAN committee, optionally filtered by status, name or type.
- List campaigns
Returns the campaigns in your NGP VAN account, with each campaign's name, type and status.
- List notes
Returns the notes recorded on a person (contact) in NGP VAN.
- Merge contacts
Merges a source contact into a target contact, keeping the target's values on conflicts and deleting the source.
- Subscribe Email
Finds or creates a contact by email address and marks that email as subscribed.
- Tag a Contact
Applies a tag or source code to an existing contact.
- Update note
Updates the text, view restriction and category of an existing note on a person in NGP VAN.
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 NGP VAN, 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 NGP VAN when something happens in Bento?
Any of NGP VAN's 21 actions, including Create Financial Batch, Create or Update Contact, Create or Update Contact With a Contribution and Update note. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from NGP VAN to Bento?
NGP VAN has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Bento. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads NGP VAN's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for Bento or NGP VAN?
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 NGP VAN 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.