# Connect Buttondown and DecisionRules

When **New Draft** fires in [Buttondown](https://apiant.ai/connections/buttondown), your agent runs **Add folder** in [DecisionRules](https://apiant.ai/connections/decisionrules), or **New Rules** in DecisionRules 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 DecisionRules **1** trigger DecisionRules **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 DecisionRules to do together?

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`https://mcp.apiant.ai`

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.

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### Zed

Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.

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### 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.

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### 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.

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Example flows

## What Buttondown and DecisionRules can do together

### From Buttondown to DecisionRules

- When **New Draft** in Buttondown then **Add folder** in DecisionRules
- When **New Scheduled Email** in Buttondown then **Add rule** in DecisionRules

### From DecisionRules to Buttondown

- When **New Rules** in DecisionRules then **Create Email** in Buttondown
- When **New Rules** in DecisionRules 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 DecisionRules

## 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

**New Rules**

Fires once for each new rule or rule flow added to the DecisionRules space.

- Action

**Add folder**

Create a folder under a node.

- Action

**Add rule**

Create a rule in a space.

- Action

**Add rule version**

Create a new version of a rule.

- Action

**Add tags to rule**

Add tags to a rule.

- Action

**Delete rule**

Delete a rule or rule version.

- Action

**Get rule**

Gets the latest version of a rule by its ID or alias, regardless of publication status.

- Action

**List folders**

Get the root folder tree.

- Action

**List rules**

List rules in a space.

- Action

**Update rule**

Update a rule version.

- Action

**Update rule status**

Publish/pending/archive a rule version.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Buttondown** Buttondown is an easy way to start and grow your newsletter.](https://apiant.ai/connections/buttondown)
- [ **DecisionRules** DecisionRules is a no-code business rule engine that lets you automate and manage complex decision logic...](https://apiant.ai/connections/decisionrules)

Reviews

## What our customers say

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- [ **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)
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- [ **Buttondown to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/buttondown-to-google-sheets)

## More into DecisionRules

- [ **ActiveCampaign to DecisionRules** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-decisionrules)
- [ **Airtable to DecisionRules** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-decisionrules)
- [ **Asana to DecisionRules** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-decisionrules)
- [ **ClickUp to DecisionRules** 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-decisionrules)
- [ **Brevo to DecisionRules** Brevo is the leading CRM suite designed to cultivate long-term customer relationships and help businesses...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brevo-to-decisionrules)
- [ **Calendly to DecisionRules** Calendly is a scheduling automation platform for eliminating the back-and-forth emails to find the perfect...](https://apiant.ai/connect/calendly-to-decisionrules)

Questions

## Buttondown and DecisionRules, answered

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### 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.

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### What can your agent do in DecisionRules when something happens in Buttondown?

Any of DecisionRules's 10 actions, including Update rule, Update rule status, Add folder and Add rule. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

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### Can it also run from DecisionRules to Buttondown?

Yes. When something happens in DecisionRules, your agent can act in Buttondown too. This page covers both directions: DecisionRules's triggers and Buttondown's actions are listed here as well.

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### Do I have to build a connector for Buttondown or DecisionRules?

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.

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### 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.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
