Integration
Connect Buttondown to Clever Elements
When New Draft fires in Buttondown, your agent runs Find subscriber by email in Clever Elements. 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 Buttondown and Clever Elements to do together?
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Connect your AI client
Give your AI client this address.
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.
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 Buttondown can start in Clever Elements
When New Draft in Buttondown
then Find subscriber by email in Clever Elements
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 Buttondown and Clever Elements
Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 43 actions
- New Draft
Triggers when a new draft is created.
- New Scheduled Email
Triggers when a new email is scheduled.
- Newsletters
Triggers when a new newsletter is created.
- New Tag
Triggers when a new tag is created.
- Add Segment
Create a new subscriber segment.
- Add Survey
Create a new survey.
- Create Draft
Creates a draft.
- Create Email
Creates an email.
- Create Subscriber
Creates a subscriber.
- Delete Automation
Delete an automation by id.
- Delete Email
Delete an email by id.
- Delete Newsletter
Delete a newsletter by id.
- Delete Segment
Delete a subscriber segment by id.
- Delete Subscriber
Remove a subscriber by id or email address.
- Delete Survey
Delete a survey by id.
- Delete Tag
Delete a tag by id.
- Find Tag
Finds a tag given its name.
- Get Automation
Retrieve a single automation by id.
- Get Email
Retrieve a single email by id.
- Get Newsletter
Retrieve a single newsletter by id.
- Get Segment
Retrieve a single subscriber segment by id.
- Get Survey
Retrieve a single survey by id.
- Get Tag
Retrieve a single tag by id.
- List Automations
List all automations configured on the account.
- List Segments
List all subscriber segments.
- List Surveys
List all surveys on the account.
- Publish Email
Publish a drafted email so it is sent and made public.
- Update Automation
Update an automation's configuration.
- Update Email
Update an existing email's content or metadata.
- Update Newsletter
Update a newsletter's settings.
- Update Segment
Update a subscriber segment's definition.
- Update Survey
Update a survey's configuration.
- Update Tag
Update a tag's name or metadata.
- Add list
Creates a new subscriber list in your Clever Elements account, with an optional description.
- Add Subscriber
Adds a subscriber to a Clever Elements subscriber list without double opt-in, optionally setting personalization fields. An existing subscriber's personalization fields are overwritten.
- Add subscriber field
Creates a new subscriber (personalization) field in your Clever Elements account.
- Delete list
Deletes a subscriber list from your Clever Elements account. Subscribers on the list are kept in the account.
- Delete subscriber
Deletes a subscriber from your Clever Elements account by subscriber ID.
- Find subscriber by email
Finds a subscriber by email address and returns their subscriber ID, personalization field values and the newsletters they have received.
- Get list details
Returns one subscriber list's details by list ID: its name, description, and subscriber and unsubscriber counts. Fails if the list is not found.
- Get subscriber
Returns a subscriber's subscription status on each list: the list ID with the times they subscribed and unsubscribed.
- List lists
Returns every subscriber list in the Clever Elements account, with each list's ID and name.
- List subscriber fields
Returns every subscriber personalization (custom) field defined in the Clever Elements account, with its ID, name, description and type.
- List subscribers
Returns every subscriber on a Clever Elements list, with each subscriber's ID, email address and subscribe/unsubscribe times.
- Unsubscribe Subscriber From All List
Unsubscribes a subscriber from every subscriber list in the Clever Elements account. The subscriber record itself is kept.
- Unsubscribe Subscriber From List
Unsubscribes a subscriber from one Clever Elements list. The subscriber stays in the account and on any other lists.
- Update Subscriber
Updates an existing subscriber's personalization fields in a Clever Elements list, identified by email address.
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
Buttondown and Clever Elements, answered
What can start an automation from Buttondown?
Any of Buttondown's 4 triggers in the catalog, including New Draft, New Scheduled Email, New Tag and Newsletters. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in Clever Elements when something happens in Buttondown?
Any of Clever Elements's 14 actions, including Update Subscriber, Add list, Add Subscriber and Add subscriber field. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Clever Elements to Buttondown?
Clever Elements has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Buttondown. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Clever Elements's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for Buttondown or Clever Elements?
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 Buttondown and Clever Elements 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.