--- title: "Connect Buttondown to HelloSalut - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Draft\" fires in Buttondown, your agent runs \"Get greeting\" in HelloSalut." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/buttondown-to-hellosalut" --- # Connect Buttondown to HelloSalut When **New Draft** fires in [Buttondown](https://apiant.ai/connections/buttondown), your agent runs **Get greeting** in [HelloSalut](https://apiant.ai/connections/hellosalut). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Buttondown **4** triggers Buttondown **29** actions HelloSalut **1** action 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 HelloSalut 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) Buttondown holds your drafts, scheduled emails and tags; HelloSalut returns the word for "hello" in a given language or for a visitor's IP. Joining them lets a newsletter that writes for readers in several languages pull the right greeting and write it into the email in Buttondown, without keeping a translation list of your own. Example flows ## What Buttondown can start in HelloSalut - When **New Draft** in Buttondown then **Get greeting** in HelloSalut 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 HelloSalut ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 30 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. - Action **Get greeting** Return the word for "hello" in a given language/country. ## Each app on its own - [ **Buttondown** Buttondown is an easy way to start and grow your newsletter.](https://apiant.ai/connections/buttondown) - [ **HelloSalut** HelloSalut returns the word for "hello" in a visitor's own language.](https://apiant.ai/connections/hellosalut) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Buttondown - [ **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) - [ **Buttondown to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/buttondown-to-gmail) ## More into HelloSalut - [ **Filestage to HelloSalut** Share, review and approve all your files in one place and enjoy a faster, more productive approval process](https://apiant.ai/connect/filestage-to-hellosalut) - [ **HubSpot to HelloSalut** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-hellosalut) - [ **Salesforce to HelloSalut** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-hellosalut) - [ **Slack to HelloSalut** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-hellosalut) - [ **Google Sheets to HelloSalut** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-hellosalut) - [ **Gmail to HelloSalut** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-hellosalut) Questions ## Buttondown and HelloSalut, answered ### ### How does the agent know which language to ask HelloSalut for? It takes the language from something already in Buttondown, such as a tag name, a newsletter setting or a field on the draft, using Find Tag or Get Newsletter when it needs to read that value. HelloSalut then returns the hello for that language code. ### ### Can the greeting be written back into the email itself? Yes. After HelloSalut returns the greeting, the agent can use Update Email in Buttondown to put it into the draft's content or metadata, and it tests every scenario, including the case where no language is set. ### ### What can start an automation from Buttondown? Any of Buttondown's 4 triggers in the catalog, including New Draft, New Scheduled Email, Newsletters and New Tag. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in HelloSalut when something happens in Buttondown? Any of HelloSalut's 1 action, including Get greeting. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from HelloSalut to Buttondown? HelloSalut has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Buttondown. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads HelloSalut's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Buttondown or HelloSalut? 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 HelloSalut 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.