--- title: "Connect Buttondown and GAIL - APIANT.ai" description: "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." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/buttondown-to-gail" --- # Connect Buttondown and GAIL When **New Draft** fires in [Buttondown](https://apiant.ai/connections/buttondown), your agent runs **Add contact list** in [GAIL](https://apiant.ai/connections/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. Buttondown **4** triggers Buttondown **29** actions GAIL **1** trigger GAIL **22** 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 GAIL 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 GAIL can do together ### From Buttondown to GAIL - When **New Draft** in Buttondown then **Add contact list** in GAIL - When **New Scheduled Email** in Buttondown then **Add contacts to contact list** in GAIL ### From GAIL to Buttondown - When **New Call in List** in GAIL then **Create Email** in Buttondown - When **New Call in List** in GAIL 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 GAIL ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers ยท 51 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 Call in List** Triggers when a new processed call appears in your organization's call list. - Action **Add contact list** Creates a new contact list in GAIL with a name and description. - Action **Add contacts to contact list** Adds one or more existing contacts to a contact list. - Action **Add contact to campaign** Adds an existing contact to a campaign so it is queued for outreach by the campaign's sequences. - Action **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. - Action **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. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a new contact in GAIL with name, emails, phone numbers, business name and extra details. - Action **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. - Action **Find Contact by Phone** Returns the contacts that match the specified phone number. - Action **Find conversations** Searches conversations (chat, SMS, GPT and WhatsApp) by text, optionally filtered by type or user. - Action **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. - Action **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. - Action **Get campaign** Returns a single campaign, including its sequences, contact lists, redialing rules and contact thresholds. - Action **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. - Action **Get conversation** Returns a single conversation (chat, SMS, GailGPT or WhatsApp) by its ID, including its status, outcome and extracted data. - Action **List calls** Returns the identifiers of all processed calls in your organization, newest first. - Action **List campaigns** Returns all campaigns in the GAIL organization, including their status, sequences and contact lists. - Action **List contact lists** Returns all contact lists in your Gail account, optionally with the number of contacts in each. - Action **List contacts** Returns the contacts in your Gail account, optionally narrowed to those matching a name, phone number or email. - Action **Make Outbound Call** Starts a single outbound AI phone call to a phone number using a saved script or an inline script. - Action **Send SMS** Sends an SMS text message to a phone number from your GAIL account. - Action **Start campaign** Starts a campaign so it begins outreach to its contacts. Returns the campaign with its updated status. - Action **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. ## Each app on its own - [ **Buttondown** Buttondown is an easy way to start and grow your newsletter.](https://apiant.ai/connections/buttondown) - [ **GAIL** GAIL is a tool built for the Financial Services industry that will help you sell more, serve Customers 24/7...](https://apiant.ai/connections/gail) 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 is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/buttondown-to-google-sheets) ## More into GAIL - [ **ActiveCampaign to GAIL** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-gail) - [ **Airtable to GAIL** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-gail) - [ **Asana to GAIL** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-gail) - [ **ClickUp to GAIL** 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-gail) - [ **Discord to GAIL** Discord is an all-in-one voice and text chat for gamers.](https://apiant.ai/connect/discord-to-gail) - [ **Freshdesk to GAIL** Freshdesk is a cloud-based customer support and helpdesk platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/freshdesk-to-gail) 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.