Integration
Connect Buttondown to Emelia
When New Draft fires in Buttondown, your agent runs Add Contact to a Campaign in Emelia. 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 Emelia 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 Emelia
When New Draft in Buttondown
then Add Contact to a Campaign in Emelia
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 Emelia
Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 45 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 campaign
Creates a new email campaign in Emelia with the given name and time zone.
- Add Contact to a Campaign
Adds a contact to an Emelia campaign.
- Add Contact to a List
Adds a single contact to an Emelia list (and to any campaigns using that list), optionally updating it if it already exists.
- Add Contact to Blacklist
Adds an email address or an entire domain to your Emelia blacklist so it is never contacted by your campaigns.
- Add list
Creates a new, empty contact list in Emelia.
- Delete contact
Deletes a contact (and its company data) from an Emelia contact list; the removal also propagates to campaigns using that list.
- Get campaign
Returns the full configuration of an Emelia campaign, including the contact lists attached to it and excluded from it.
- Get campaign statistics
Returns sending, open, click and reply statistics for an Emelia campaign, overall and per step.
- Get contact
Returns a single contact from an Emelia contact list.
- List Campaign Contacts
Returns the contacts enrolled in an email campaign, optionally filtered by an engagement event or a search term.
- List campaigns
Returns all campaigns in your Emelia account.
- List contacts
Returns the contacts in an Emelia contact list, optionally filtered by search text or an exact email or LinkedIn URL.
- Search Contact
Searches a contact list for contacts by exact email, LinkedIn URL, or free text, and returns the matches.
- Set a Custom Field to a Contact
Sets the value of a custom field on a contact in an Emelia campaign, identified by email or LinkedIn profile URL.
- Test Webhook
Sends a test call to an existing Emelia webhook.
- Update contact
Updates an Emelia contact's values; fields you don't send stay unchanged, and changes propagate to campaigns using the contact's list.
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 Emelia, 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 Emelia when something happens in Buttondown?
Any of Emelia's 16 actions, including Update contact, Add campaign, Add Contact to a Campaign and Add Contact to a List. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Emelia to Buttondown?
Emelia has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Buttondown. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Emelia's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for Buttondown or Emelia?
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 Emelia 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.