--- title: "Connect Better Uptime to SimpleTexting - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New incident\" fires in Better Uptime, your agent runs \"Create/Update a Contact\" in SimpleTexting." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/better-uptime-to-simpletexting" --- # Connect Better Uptime to SimpleTexting When **New incident** fires in [Better Uptime](https://apiant.ai/connections/better-uptime), your agent runs **Create/Update a Contact** in [SimpleTexting](https://apiant.ai/connections/simpletexting). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Better Uptime **1** trigger Better Uptime **10** actions SimpleTexting **4** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Better Uptime and SimpleTexting 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 Better Uptime can start in SimpleTexting - When **New incident** in Better Uptime then **Create/Update a Contact** in SimpleTexting - When **New incident** in Better Uptime then **Send a Message** in SimpleTexting 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 Better Uptime and SimpleTexting ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 14 actions - Trigger **New incident** Polling trigger for new incidents. - Action **Add heartbeat** Create a heartbeat. - Action **Add incident** Create an incident. - Action **Add monitor** Create a monitor. - Action **Delete monitor** Delete a monitor. - Action **Get incident** Get an incident by id. - Action **Get monitor** Get a monitor by id. - Action **List heartbeats** List heartbeats. - Action **List incidents** List incidents. - Action **List monitors** List monitors (paginated). - Action **Update monitor** Update a monitor. - Action **Create/Update a Contact** Creates a SimpleTexting contact, or updates the existing contact with the same phone number, and optionally adds it to one or more lists. - Action **Remove a Contact** Deletes a contact from your SimpleTexting account, identified by the contact's ID or phone number. - Action **Send a Campaign** Creates and sends a text message campaign to one or more of your SimpleTexting lists or segments. - Action **Send a Message** Sends an SMS or MMS text message to a single contact's phone number. ## Each app on its own - [ **Better Uptime** Uptime and incident monitoring service that checks websites, APIs, and servers, alerts on-call teams, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/better-uptime) - [ **SimpleTexting** SimpleTexting is a text messaging platform that helps you reach your customers using one of the most...](https://apiant.ai/connections/simpletexting) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Better Uptime - [ **Better Uptime to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/better-uptime-to-hubspot) - [ **Better Uptime to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/better-uptime-to-salesforce) - [ **Better Uptime to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/better-uptime-to-slack) - [ **Better Uptime to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/better-uptime-to-google-sheets) - [ **Better Uptime to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/better-uptime-to-gmail) - [ **Better Uptime to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/better-uptime-to-google-calendar) ## More into SimpleTexting - [ **HubSpot to SimpleTexting** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-simpletexting) - [ **Salesforce to SimpleTexting** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-simpletexting) - [ **Slack to SimpleTexting** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-simpletexting) - [ **Google Sheets to SimpleTexting** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-simpletexting) - [ **Gmail to SimpleTexting** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-simpletexting) - [ **Google Calendar to SimpleTexting** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-simpletexting) Questions ## Better Uptime and SimpleTexting, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Better Uptime? Any of Better Uptime's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New incident. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in SimpleTexting when something happens in Better Uptime? Any of SimpleTexting's 4 actions, including Create/Update a Contact, Send a Campaign, Send a Message and Remove a Contact. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from SimpleTexting to Better Uptime? SimpleTexting has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Better Uptime. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads SimpleTexting's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Better Uptime or SimpleTexting? 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 Better Uptime and SimpleTexting 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.