--- title: "Connect Buttondown and CrewForm - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Draft\" fires in Buttondown, your agent runs \"Send Task to AI Agent\" in CrewForm." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/buttondown-to-crewform" --- # Connect Buttondown and CrewForm When **New Draft** fires in [Buttondown](https://apiant.ai/connections/buttondown), your agent runs **Send Task to AI Agent** in [CrewForm](https://apiant.ai/connections/crewform), or **AI Agent Task Failed** in CrewForm to **Create Email** in Buttondown. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Buttondown **4** triggers Buttondown **29** actions CrewForm **1** trigger CrewForm **10** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Buttondown and CrewForm 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 Buttondown and CrewForm can do together ### From Buttondown to CrewForm - When **New Draft** in Buttondown then **Send Task to AI Agent** in CrewForm - When **New Scheduled Email** in Buttondown then **Update task** in CrewForm ### From CrewForm to Buttondown - When **AI Agent Task Failed** in CrewForm then **Create Email** in Buttondown - When **AI Agent Task Failed** in CrewForm then **Update Email** in Buttondown 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 CrewForm ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 39 actions - Trigger **New Draft** Triggers when a new draft is created. - Trigger **New Scheduled Email** Triggers when a new email is scheduled. - Trigger **Newsletters** Triggers when a new newsletter is created. - Trigger **New Tag** Triggers when a new tag is created. - Action **Add Segment** Create a new subscriber segment. - Action **Add Survey** Create a new survey. - Action **Create Draft** Creates a draft. - Action **Create Email** Creates an email. - Action **Create Subscriber** Creates a subscriber. - Action **Delete Automation** Delete an automation by id. - Action **Delete Email** Delete an email by id. - Action **Delete Newsletter** Delete a newsletter by id. - Action **Delete Segment** Delete a subscriber segment by id. - Action **Delete Subscriber** Remove a subscriber by id or email address. - Action **Delete Survey** Delete a survey by id. - Action **Delete Tag** Delete a tag by id. - Action **Find Tag** Finds a tag given its name. - Action **Get Automation** Retrieve a single automation by id. - Action **Get Email** Retrieve a single email by id. - Action **Get Newsletter** Retrieve a single newsletter by id. - Action **Get Segment** Retrieve a single subscriber segment by id. - Action **Get Survey** Retrieve a single survey by id. - Action **Get Tag** Retrieve a single tag by id. - Action **List Automations** List all automations configured on the account. - Action **List Segments** List all subscriber segments. - Action **List Surveys** List all surveys on the account. - Action **Publish Email** Publish a drafted email so it is sent and made public. - Action **Update Automation** Update an automation's configuration. - Action **Update Email** Update an existing email's content or metadata. - Action **Update Newsletter** Update a newsletter's settings. - Action **Update Segment** Update a subscriber segment's definition. - Action **Update Survey** Update a survey's configuration. - Action **Update Tag** Update a tag's name or metadata. - Trigger **AI Agent Task Failed** Triggers when a CrewForm AI agent task fails. - Action **Add agent** Creates a new AI agent in your CrewForm workspace with the model, instructions and settings you choose. - Action **Delete agent** Deletes an AI agent from your CrewForm workspace. - Action **Delete task** Deletes a task from your CrewForm workspace. - Action **Get agent** Returns a single CrewForm agent by its id, including its model, prompt and settings. - Action **Get task** Returns a single CrewForm task by its id, including its title, status, priority, assigned agent and results. - Action **List agents** Returns all AI agents in your CrewForm workspace, with each agent's name, model, prompt and settings. - Action **List tasks** Returns the tasks in your CrewForm workspace, newest first, optionally only those with a given status. - Action **Send Task to AI Agent** Creates a task in CrewForm assigned to an AI agent, which dispatches it to that agent to work on right away. Returns the created task. - Action **Update agent** Updates an existing CrewForm agent's name, model, prompt, temperature, tools, status or configuration. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update task** Updates an existing CrewForm task's title, description, priority, status, assigned agent or team, or metadata. ## Each app on its own - [ **Buttondown** Buttondown is an easy way to start and grow your newsletter.](https://apiant.ai/connections/buttondown) - [ **CrewForm** CrewForm is a AI team builder. Create specialised agents — researchers, writers, coders — orchestrate them...](https://apiant.ai/connections/crewform) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Buttondown - [ **Buttondown to HelloSalut** HelloSalut returns the word for "hello" in a visitor's own language.](https://apiant.ai/connect/buttondown-to-hellosalut) - [ **Buttondown to Zoho Campaigns** Zoho Campaigns lets you send email and social media campaigns to your subscribers.](https://apiant.ai/connect/buttondown-to-zoho-campaigns) - [ **Buttondown to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/buttondown-to-hubspot) - [ **Buttondown to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/buttondown-to-salesforce) - [ **Buttondown to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/buttondown-to-slack) - [ **Buttondown to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/buttondown-to-google-sheets) ## More into CrewForm - [ **ActiveCampaign to CrewForm** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-crewform) - [ **Airtable to CrewForm** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-crewform) - [ **Asana to CrewForm** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-crewform) - [ **ClickUp to CrewForm** ClickUp is an all-in-one app to plan, track, and manage your work in a beautifully intuitive environment.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clickup-to-crewform) - [ **Brevo to CrewForm** Brevo is the leading CRM suite designed to cultivate long-term customer relationships and help businesses...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brevo-to-crewform) - [ **Calendly to CrewForm** Calendly is a scheduling automation platform for eliminating the back-and-forth emails to find the perfect...](https://apiant.ai/connect/calendly-to-crewform) Questions ## Buttondown and CrewForm, 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 CrewForm when something happens in Buttondown? Any of CrewForm's 10 actions, including Send Task to AI Agent, Update agent, Update task and Add agent. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from CrewForm to Buttondown? Yes. When something happens in CrewForm, your agent can act in Buttondown too. This page covers both directions: CrewForm's triggers and Buttondown's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Buttondown or CrewForm? 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 CrewForm 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.