Integration
Connect Buttondown and GAIL
When New Draft fires in Buttondown, your agent runs Add contact list in GAIL, or New Call in List in GAIL to Create Email in Buttondown. 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 GAIL to do together?
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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 and GAIL can do together
From Buttondown to GAIL
When New Draft in Buttondown
then Add contact list in GAIL
From GAIL to 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 GAIL
Triggers and actions 5 triggers ยท 51 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.
- New Call in List
Triggers when a new processed call appears in your organization's call list.
- Add contact list
Creates a new contact list in GAIL with a name and description.
- Add contacts to contact list
Adds one or more existing contacts to a contact list.
- Add contact to campaign
Adds an existing contact to a campaign so it is queued for outreach by the campaign's sequences.
- Add do not call entry
Adds a phone number to your Gail Do Not Call list so it is no longer contacted. If the number is already listed, returns the existing entry.
- Agency Details
Returns the details of the GAIL organization (agency) tied to the connected account, including its name, phone numbers, schedule, address, owner and FAQs.
- Create Contact
Creates a new contact in GAIL with name, emails, phone numbers, business name and extra details.
- Delete do not call entry
Removes a phone number from the Do Not Call list by deleting its entry, so the number can be called and messaged again.
- Find Contact by Phone
Returns the contacts that match the specified phone number.
- Find conversations
Searches conversations (chat, SMS, GPT and WhatsApp) by text, optionally filtered by type or user.
- Get call
Returns a processed call by its ID, including the phone numbers, duration, status, and linked contact and campaign. An error occurs if the call is not found.
- Get call transcript
Returns the full transcript of a call: what the caller and the AI agent said, with timings, plus any tool calls made during the call.
- Get campaign
Returns a single campaign, including its sequences, contact lists, redialing rules and contact thresholds.
- Get contact
Returns one GAIL contact by its ID, including names, emails, phone numbers, contact lists and custom variable data. An error occurs if the contact is not found.
- Get conversation
Returns a single conversation (chat, SMS, GailGPT or WhatsApp) by its ID, including its status, outcome and extracted data.
- List calls
Returns the identifiers of all processed calls in your organization, newest first.
- List campaigns
Returns all campaigns in the GAIL organization, including their status, sequences and contact lists.
- List contact lists
Returns all contact lists in your Gail account, optionally with the number of contacts in each.
- List contacts
Returns the contacts in your Gail account, optionally narrowed to those matching a name, phone number or email.
- Make Outbound Call
Starts a single outbound AI phone call to a phone number using a saved script or an inline script.
- Send SMS
Sends an SMS text message to a phone number from your GAIL account.
- Start campaign
Starts a campaign so it begins outreach to its contacts. Returns the campaign with its updated status.
- Stop campaign
Stops a running campaign so its pending calls and messages are no longer processed; calls already in progress finish. Returns the updated campaign.
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 GAIL, 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 GAIL when something happens in Buttondown?
Any of GAIL's 22 actions, including Create Contact, Send SMS, Add contact list and Add contacts to contact list. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from GAIL to Buttondown?
Yes. When something happens in GAIL, your agent can act in Buttondown too. This page covers both directions: GAIL's triggers and Buttondown's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Buttondown or GAIL?
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 GAIL 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.