--- title: "Connect BigMailer and OpenAI - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in BigMailer, your agent runs \"Create message\" in OpenAI, or \"New batch\" in OpenAI to \"Add/Update Contact\" in BigMailer." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/bigmailer-to-openai" --- # Connect BigMailer and OpenAI When **New Contact** fires in [BigMailer](https://apiant.ai/connections/bigmailer), your agent runs **Create message** in [OpenAI](https://apiant.ai/connections/openai), or **New batch** in OpenAI to **Add/Update Contact** in BigMailer. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. BigMailer **1** trigger BigMailer **35** actions OpenAI **5** triggers OpenAI **69** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want BigMailer and OpenAI 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 BigMailer and OpenAI can do together ### From BigMailer to OpenAI - When **New Contact** in BigMailer then **Create message** in OpenAI - When **New Contact** in BigMailer then **Create assistant** in OpenAI ### From OpenAI to BigMailer - When **New batch** in OpenAI then **Add/Update Contact** in BigMailer - When **New file** in OpenAI then **Create a bulk campaign** in BigMailer 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 BigMailer and OpenAI ## Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 104 actions - Trigger **New Contact** Triggered when a new contact is created in a BigMailer brand. - Action **Add/Update Contact** Creates a BigMailer contact, or updates the existing contact with that email address. Custom fields for the selected brand can be mapped alongside list membership and unsubscribe settings. - Action **Create a bulk campaign** Creates a bulk email campaign in a BigMailer brand — name, subject, sender, content, recipient lists, tracking and optional schedule. - Action **Create an RSS campaign** Creates an RSS-to-email campaign in a BigMailer brand: watches a feed URL and emails new items on the schedule you choose. - Action **Create a transactional campaign** Creates a transactional campaign in a BigMailer brand — the reusable email template and settings you later send one-off emails with. - Action **Create list** Creates a new contact list inside a BigMailer brand. - Action **Create segment** Creates a segment in a BigMailer brand: a saved set of conditions that picks out the contacts you want to target. - Action **Create template** Creates a reusable email or landing-page template in a BigMailer brand. - Action **Delete contact** Deletes a contact from a BigMailer brand, by contact ID or email address. - Action **Delete list** Deletes a contact list from a BigMailer brand. - Action **Delete segment** Deletes a segment from a BigMailer brand. - Action **Delete template** Deletes a template from a BigMailer brand. - Action **Get brand** Returns one BigMailer brand: its name, default sender, bounce settings, contact count and engagement stats. - Action **Get bulk campaign** Returns one bulk campaign from a BigMailer brand, including its content, recipients and send statistics. - Action **Get contact** Returns one BigMailer contact by ID or email address, including its custom field values. - Action **Get list** Returns one contact list from a BigMailer brand. - Action **Get RSS campaign** Returns one RSS campaign from a BigMailer brand, including its feed URL, schedule and content. - Action **Get segment** Returns one segment from a BigMailer brand, including the conditions that define it. - Action **Get template** Returns one template from a BigMailer brand, including its HTML. - Action **Get transactional campaign** Returns one transactional campaign from a BigMailer brand, including its content and send statistics. - Action **List brands** Lists the brands in your BigMailer account. - Action **List bulk campaigns** Lists the bulk campaigns in a BigMailer brand. - Action **List contacts** Lists the contacts in a BigMailer brand, optionally limited to one list. - Action **List lists** Lists the contact lists in a BigMailer brand. - Action **List RSS campaigns** Lists the RSS campaigns in a BigMailer brand. - Action **List segments** Lists the segments in a BigMailer brand. - Action **List senders** Lists the sending identities in a BigMailer brand. - Action **List templates** Lists the templates in a BigMailer brand. - Action **List transactional campaigns** Lists the transactional campaigns in a BigMailer brand. - Action **Update a bulk campaign** Updates an existing bulk campaign in a BigMailer brand. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update an RSS campaign** Updates an existing RSS campaign in a BigMailer brand. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update a transactional campaign** Updates an existing transactional campaign in a BigMailer brand. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update brand** Updates an existing BigMailer brand — its name, default sender name and email, website URL, unsubscribe text, bounce thresholds, contact limit and logo. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update list** Renames an existing contact list inside a BigMailer brand. - Action **Update segment** Updates an existing BigMailer segment — its name, match operator (all/any) and its list of conditions. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update template** Updates an existing BigMailer template — its name, type, HTML content and account-wide sharing. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Trigger **New batch** List your organization's batches. - Trigger **New file** Returns a list of files. - Trigger **New model** Lists the currently available models. - Trigger **New vector store** Returns a list of vector stores. - Trigger **New video** List recently generated videos for the current project. - Action **Cancel batch** Cancels an in-progress batch. - Action **Cancel run** Cancels a run that is in_progress. - Action **Cancel vector store file batch** Cancel a vector store file batch. - Action **Content moderation** Classifies text for hate, harassment, self-harm, sexual, and violence categories using the Moderations API. - Action **Count input tokens** Returns input token counts of the request. - Action **Create assistant** Create an assistant with a model and instructions. - Action **Create chat completion** Sends a list of chat messages to a model via the Chat Completions API and returns the assistant's reply. - Action **Create completion** Creates a completion for the provided prompt and parameters. - Action **Create embedding** Generates a vector embedding for input text using an embeddings model (e.g. text-embedding-3-small). - Action **Create message** Create a message. - Action **Create run** Create a run. - Action **Creates and executes a batch from an uploaded file of requests** Creates and executes a batch from an uploaded file of requests - Action **Create thread** Create a thread. - Action **Create thread and run** Create a thread and run it in one request. - Action **Create vector store** Create a vector store. - Action **Create vector store file** Create a vector store file by attaching a File to a vector store. - Action **Create vector store file batch** Create a vector store file batch. - Action **Create video edit job** Create a new video generation job by editing a source or existing generated video. - Action **Create video extension** Create an extension of a completed video. - Action **Create video generation job** Create a new video generation job from a prompt and optional reference assets. - Action **Create video remix** Create a remix of a completed video using a refreshed prompt. - Action **Delete assistant** Delete an assistant. - Action **Delete eval run** Delete an eval run. - Action **Delete file** Delete a file and remove it from all vector stores. - Action **Delete message** Deletes a message. - Action **Delete thread** Delete a thread. - Action **Delete vector store** Delete a vector store. - Action **Delete vector store file** Delete a vector store file (removes from store, file itself not deleted). - Action **Delete video** Permanently delete a completed or failed video and its stored assets. - Action **Download video content** Download the generated video bytes or a derived preview asset. - Action **Edit image** Creates an edited or extended image given one or more source images and a prompt. - Action **Generate image** Generates an image from a text prompt using gpt-image-1 / DALL-E and returns the image URL or base64 data. - Action **Generate speech** Converts text into spoken audio using a TTS model and the selected voice. Returns audio bytes. - Action **Get assistant** Retrieves an assistant. - Action **Get batch** Retrieves a batch. - Action **Get file** Returns information about a specific file. - Action **Get file content** Returns the contents of the specified file. - Action **Get message** Retrieve a message. - Action **Get model** Retrieves a model instance. - Action **Get run** Retrieves a run. - Action **Get run step** Retrieves a run step. - Action **Get thread** Retrieves a thread. - Action **Get vector store** Retrieves a vector store. - Action **Get vector store file** Retrieves a vector store file. - Action **Get vector store file batch** Retrieves a vector store file batch. - Action **Get vector store file content** Retrieve the parsed contents of a vector store file. - Action **Get video** Fetch the latest metadata for a generated video. - Action **List conversation items** List all items for a conversation with the given ID. - Action **List files** Lists files that have been uploaded to your OpenAI account. - Action **List messages** Returns a list of messages for a given thread. - Action **List models** Lists the models currently available to your account. - Action **List runs** Returns a list of runs belonging to a thread. - Action **List run steps** Returns a list of run steps belonging to a run. - Action **List vector store file batch files** Returns a list of vector store files in a batch. - Action **List vector store files** Returns a list of vector store files. - Action **OpenAI agent message** Runs one AI agent turn on OpenAI and returns the model's reply. The turn is billed to the OpenAI account connected on this step, and the agent can call the account's AI tool automations. - Action **Retrieve response** Retrieves a previously created model response by its Response ID. - Action **Search vector store** Search a vector store for relevant chunks based on a query and filter. - Action **Send model a message** Sends a message to an OpenAI model via the Responses API and emits its response. Returns a Response ID usable as previous_response_id for multi-turn conversations. - Action **Submit tool outputs to run** Submit tool outputs when a run requires action. - Action **Transcribe audio** Transcribes audio into the input language. - Action **Translate audio** Translates audio into English. - Action **Update assistant** Modifies an assistant. - Action **Update message** Modifies a message. - Action **Update run** Modifies a run. - Action **Update thread** Modifies a thread. - Action **Update vector store** Modifies a vector store. - Action **Update vector store file attributes** Update attributes on a vector store file. - Action **Upload file** Upload a file that can be used across various endpoints. ## Each app on its own - [ **BigMailer** BigMailer is email marketing software for agencies and developers.](https://apiant.ai/connections/bigmailer) - [ **OpenAI** OpenAI's platform for text generation (Responses + Chat Completions), image generation (gpt-image-1 /...](https://apiant.ai/connections/openai) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from BigMailer - [ **BigMailer to MINDBODY** MINDBODY is a powerful business management software that combines your scheduling, task automation...](https://apiant.ai/connect/bigmailer-to-mindbody) - [ **BigMailer to BridgeDb** bridgedb webservices](https://apiant.ai/connect/bigmailer-to-bridgedb) - [ **BigMailer to Salesmap** SalesMap is a data-driven CRM for sales growth.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bigmailer-to-salesmap) - [ **BigMailer to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bigmailer-to-hubspot) - [ **BigMailer to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bigmailer-to-salesforce) - [ **BigMailer to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/bigmailer-to-slack) ## More into OpenAI - [ **Mailchimp to OpenAI** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-openai) - [ **ActiveCampaign to OpenAI** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-openai) - [ **Asana to OpenAI** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-openai) - [ **JIRA to OpenAI** Atlassian JIRA Cloud — issue tracking and project management.](https://apiant.ai/connect/jira-to-openai) - [ **Twilio to OpenAI** Cloud communications platform for sending SMS/MMS messages, making and managing voice calls, and looking up...](https://apiant.ai/connect/twilio-to-openai) - [ **Intercom to OpenAI** Intercom is a customer communications platform for support, engagement, and marketing.](https://apiant.ai/connect/intercom-to-openai) Questions ## BigMailer and OpenAI, answered ### ### What can start an automation from BigMailer? Any of BigMailer's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Contact. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in OpenAI when something happens in BigMailer? Any of OpenAI's 69 actions, including Create assistant, Create chat completion, Create completion and Create embedding. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from OpenAI to BigMailer? Yes. When something happens in OpenAI, your agent can act in BigMailer too. This page covers both directions: OpenAI's triggers and BigMailer's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for BigMailer or OpenAI? 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 BigMailer and OpenAI 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.