--- title: "Connect Buttondown and Recruiterflow - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Draft\" fires in Buttondown, your agent runs \"Add contact\" in Recruiterflow." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/buttondown-to-recruiterflow" --- # Connect Buttondown and Recruiterflow When **New Draft** fires in [Buttondown](https://apiant.ai/connections/buttondown), your agent runs **Add contact** in [Recruiterflow](https://apiant.ai/connections/recruiterflow), or **Deal Stage Changed** in Recruiterflow 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 Recruiterflow **6** triggers Recruiterflow **19** 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 Recruiterflow 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 Recruiterflow can do together ### From Buttondown to Recruiterflow - When **New Draft** in Buttondown then **Add contact** in Recruiterflow - When **New Scheduled Email** in Buttondown then **Add deal** in Recruiterflow ### From Recruiterflow to Buttondown - When **Deal Stage Changed** in Recruiterflow then **Create Email** in Buttondown - When **New Candidate Created** in Recruiterflow 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 Recruiterflow ## Triggers and actions 10 triggers · 48 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 **Deal Stage Changed** Triggers when a deal moves to a new pipeline stage in Recruiterflow. - Trigger **New Candidate Created** Triggers when a new candidate is added to Recruiterflow. - Trigger **New Contact Created** Triggers when a new contact is added in Recruiterflow. - Trigger **New Deal Created** Triggers when a new deal is created in Recruiterflow. - Trigger **Placement Record Created** Triggers when a new placement record is created in Recruiterflow. - Trigger **Placement Record Updated** Triggers when a placement record is created or edited in Recruiterflow. - Action **Add call** Logs a call in Recruiterflow against candidates, clients, contacts, deals or jobs. - Action **Add candidate note** Adds a note to a candidate record in Recruiterflow. - Action **Add candidate to job** Adds a candidate to a job's pipeline, under the Sourced stage by default or as Applied. - Action **Add contact** Creates a contact in Recruiterflow and returns the new contact's id. - Action **Add deal** Creates a new deal in Recruiterflow with its amount, stage, owner, linked contacts and custom field values. - Action **Get candidate** Returns a candidate's full profile, including contact details, jobs, files, notes and custom fields. - Action **Get client** Returns a client company's full details, including contacts, open and closed jobs, notes and custom fields. - Action **Get contact** Returns a contact's full record, including company, notes and custom fields. - Action **Get deal** Returns the details of a single Recruiterflow deal, including its pipeline stage, owner, client company, amount and custom fields. - Action **List candidates** Returns all candidates in the Recruiterflow account, optionally with their files and notes. - Action **List contacts** Returns the contacts in your Recruiterflow account with their details and custom fields. - Action **List jobs** Returns the jobs in your Recruiterflow account, optionally only open ones, with their details and custom fields. - Action **List users** Returns all users in the Recruiterflow account, with their names, emails and roles. - Action **Update candidate** Updates an existing candidate in Recruiterflow. Any field you fill in replaces that field's current value; fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Update candidate stage** Moves a candidate to a stage in a job's pipeline in Recruiterflow. - Action **Update client** Updates an existing client company in Recruiterflow, including its details, location, tags and custom fields. - Action **Update contact** Updates an existing contact in Recruiterflow. Only the fields you fill in are changed; a filled-in field replaces its existing value. - Action **Update deal** Updates an existing Recruiterflow deal's name, amount, stage, dates, owner, linked contacts and custom fields. - Action **Update job** Updates an existing job in Recruiterflow, such as its title, status, openings, salary range, locations, hiring team or custom fields. ## Each app on its own - [ **Buttondown** Buttondown is an easy way to start and grow your newsletter.](https://apiant.ai/connections/buttondown) - [ **Recruiterflow** Recruiterflow is a modern recruiting software that helps ambitious recruiting and staffing businesses to be...](https://apiant.ai/connections/recruiterflow) 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](https://apiant.ai/connect/buttondown-to-google-sheets) ## More into Recruiterflow - [ **HubSpot to Recruiterflow** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-recruiterflow) - [ **Google Sheets to Recruiterflow** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-recruiterflow) - [ **Gmail to Recruiterflow** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-recruiterflow) - [ **Google Calendar to Recruiterflow** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-recruiterflow) - [ **Google Drive to Recruiterflow** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-recruiterflow) - [ **Mailchimp to Recruiterflow** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-recruiterflow) Questions ## Buttondown and Recruiterflow, 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 Recruiterflow when something happens in Buttondown? Any of Recruiterflow's 19 actions, including Update candidate, Update candidate stage, Update client and Update contact. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Recruiterflow to Buttondown? Yes. When something happens in Recruiterflow, your agent can act in Buttondown too. This page covers both directions: Recruiterflow's triggers and Buttondown's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Buttondown or Recruiterflow? 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 Recruiterflow 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.