Integration
Connect BriefTape and Help Scout
When something happens in BriefTape or Help Scout, your agent does the next thing in the other. Describe it 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 BriefTape and Help Scout to do together?
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Connect your AI client
Give your AI client this address.
https://mcp.apiant.aiAny 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.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 BriefTape and Help Scout can do together
From BriefTape to Help Scout
When New news story in BriefTape
then Add Customer Email in Help Scout
When New news story in BriefTape
then Create Customer in Help Scout
From Help Scout to BriefTape
When New Conversation in Help Scout
then Find news stories by ticker in BriefTape
When New Customer in Help Scout
then Get story in BriefTape
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 BriefTape and Help Scout
Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 23 actions
Trigger
New news storyTriggered when a new news story is created
Action
Find news stories by tickerFinds the AI-summarized SEC filing news stories tagged with a stock ticker.
Action
Get storyRetrieves one news story, including its source filing link.
Action
List categoriesLists all active news story categories with their story counts.
Action
List news storiesLists the latest AI-summarized news stories, optionally filtered by ticker or category.
Trigger
New ConversationPolls for newly created conversations across mailboxes.
Trigger
New CustomerPolls for newly created customers.
Trigger
New MailboxPolls for newly created mailboxes.
Trigger
New UserPolls for newly added users (team members).
Action
Add Customer EmailAdd an email address to a customer.
Action
Create CustomerCreate a new customer record.
Action
Create NoteAdd an internal note thread to a conversation.
Action
Create Thread (Reply)Add a reply thread to an existing conversation.
Action
Delete ConversationDelete a conversation by ID.
Action
Get ConversationRetrieve a single conversation by ID.
Action
Get CustomerRetrieve a single customer by ID.
Action
Get MailboxRetrieve a single mailbox by ID.
Action
Get UserRetrieve a single user by ID.
Action
List ConversationsList conversations, optionally filtered by mailbox, status, tag, or query.
Action
List Conversation ThreadsList all threads on a conversation.
Action
List CustomersList customers, optionally filtered by email, mailbox, or query.
Action
List MailboxesList all mailboxes in the account.
Action
List Mailbox FoldersList the folders within a mailbox.
Action
List TagsList all tags in the account.
Action
List UsersList all users (team members) in the account.
Action
Update ConversationUpdate a conversation's subject, status, mailbox, assignee, or owner via JSON Patch.
Action
Update Conversation TagsReplace the tags on a conversation.
Action
Update CustomerUpdate a customer's profile fields.
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
BriefTape and Help Scout, answered
What can start an automation from BriefTape?
Any of BriefTape's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New news story. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in Help Scout when something happens in BriefTape?
Any of Help Scout's 19 actions, including Create Customer, Create Note, Create Thread (Reply) and Update Conversation. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Help Scout to BriefTape?
Yes. When something happens in Help Scout, your agent can act in BriefTape too. This page covers both directions: Help Scout's triggers and BriefTape's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for BriefTape or Help Scout?
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.
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.