--- title: "Connect Buttondown and Paystack - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Draft\" fires in Buttondown, your agent runs \"Send Simple Invoice\" in Paystack, or \"New Chargeback\" in Paystack to \"Create Email\" in Buttondown." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/buttondown-to-paystack" --- # Connect Buttondown and Paystack When **New Draft** fires in [Buttondown](https://apiant.ai/connections/buttondown), your agent runs **Send Simple Invoice** in [Paystack](https://apiant.ai/connections/paystack), or **New Chargeback** in Paystack 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 Paystack **11** triggers Paystack **17** 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 Paystack 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 Paystack can do together ### From Buttondown to Paystack - When **New Draft** in Buttondown then **Send Simple Invoice** in Paystack - When **New Scheduled Email** in Buttondown then **Add Product** in Paystack ### From Paystack to Buttondown - When **New Chargeback** in Paystack then **Create Email** in Buttondown - When **New Invoice** in Paystack 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 Paystack ## Triggers and actions 15 triggers · 46 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 **Abandoned Transaction** Triggers when a customer starts a payment but does not complete it, leaving an abandoned transaction. - Trigger **Cancelled Subscription** Triggers when a subscription is cancelled. - Trigger **New Chargeback** Triggers when a customer files a new chargeback (transaction dispute) on your Paystack account. - Trigger **New Invoice** Triggered when a new invoice (payment request) is created in Paystack. - Trigger **New Order** Triggered when a new order is created on your Paystack storefronts or products. - Trigger **New Payment Page Transaction** Triggers when a customer pays through one of your Paystack payment pages. Returns the transaction with its amount, customer, and the page it came from. - Trigger **New Refund** Triggered when a new refund is created in your Paystack account. - Trigger **New Subscription** Triggers when a new subscription is created on your Paystack integration. - Trigger **New Transaction** Triggers when a new transaction is created on your Paystack integration, optionally limited by status, channel, customer and more. - Trigger **New Transfer** Triggered when a new transfer is created on your Paystack business. - Trigger **Subsciption Renewal** Triggers when a subscription renews, meaning a further payment has been made after its first one. - Action **Add Product** Creates a new product on your Paystack integration and returns the created product. - Action **Cancel Subscription** Cancels an active Paystack subscription so the customer is no longer charged on renewal. - Action **Check Terminal Status** Returns whether a Paystack Terminal is online and available to receive an event, so you can check it before sending one. - Action **Create Refund** Creates a refund for a previously completed Paystack transaction, in full or for part of its amount. Returns the new refund and its status. - Action **Create Subscription** Creates a subscription that puts a customer on one of your plans, and returns the new subscription's id, code and email token. - Action **Create Virtual Terminal** Creates a Virtual Terminal on your Paystack integration, with the WhatsApp numbers that should receive its payment notifications. - Action **Find Customer** Returns the Paystack customer matching an email address or customer code, including their transactions, subscriptions and saved authorizations. - Action **Find Order** Returns the details of a Paystack order, including its customer, items and payment status, for the order ID you supply. - Action **Find Transaction** Returns the transaction that matches a transaction reference, including its status, amount, customer and payment authorization. - Action **Find Transfer** Returns the transfer that matches the specified transfer reference, including its status, amount and recipient. - Action **Get Customer Totals** Returns how many transactions a Paystack customer has made and the total value of those transactions, along with the customer's full record. - Action **Initialize Transaction** Creates a new pending Paystack transaction and returns the checkout link to send your customer to, along with its access code and reference. - Action **Initiate a Direct Debit Request** Starts linking a bank account to a customer for Direct Debit and returns the link the customer opens to authorize the mandate. - Action **Remove Phone Number From Virtual Terminal** Removes one or more WhatsApp phone numbers from a Paystack Virtual Terminal, so they stop receiving its payment notifications. - Action **Resolve Account Number** Returns the account name registered to a bank account number, so you can confirm who an account belongs to before paying it. - Action **Send Simple Invoice** Creates a payment request that issues an invoice to a customer and, by default, emails it to them. Returns the new invoice, including its request code. - Action **Share Link for Updating Subscription Card** Returns a link you can share with a customer so they can update the card on their subscription. ## Each app on its own - [ **Buttondown** Buttondown is an easy way to start and grow your newsletter.](https://apiant.ai/connections/buttondown) - [ **Paystack** Paystack helps African merchants accept one-time and recurring payments online with a modern, safe, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/paystack) 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 Paystack - [ **HubSpot to Paystack** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-paystack) - [ **Google Sheets to Paystack** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-paystack) - [ **Gmail to Paystack** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-paystack) - [ **Google Calendar to Paystack** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-paystack) - [ **Google Drive to Paystack** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-paystack) - [ **Mailchimp to Paystack** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-paystack) Questions ## Buttondown and Paystack, 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 Paystack when something happens in Buttondown? Any of Paystack's 17 actions, including Create Refund, Create Subscription, Create Virtual Terminal and Send Simple Invoice. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Paystack to Buttondown? Yes. When something happens in Paystack, your agent can act in Buttondown too. This page covers both directions: Paystack's triggers and Buttondown's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Buttondown or Paystack? 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 Paystack 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.