# Connect Buttondown and Reply When **New Draft** fires in [Buttondown](https://apiant.ai/connections/buttondown), your agent runs **Add contact list** in [Reply](https://apiant.ai/connections/reply), or **New Email Opened** in Reply 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 Reply **7** triggers Reply **16** 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 Reply to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` 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 Reply can do together ### From Buttondown to Reply - When **New Draft** in Buttondown then **Add contact list** in Reply - When **New Scheduled Email** in Buttondown then **Add note to contact** in Reply ### From Reply to Buttondown - When **New Email Opened** in Reply then **Create Email** in Buttondown - When **New Emails Sent** in Reply 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 Reply ## Triggers and actions 11 triggers · 45 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 **Inbox Category Set for Reply** Triggers when an email reply in Reply is given an inbox category, automatically or by a user. - Trigger **New Email Opened** Triggers when a contact opens a tracked email sent from Reply. - Trigger **New Emails Sent** Triggers when Reply sends an email from a sequence step. - Trigger **New Link Clicked** Triggers when a recipient clicks a tracked link in an email sent from Reply. - Trigger **New Person Bounce** Triggers when an email sent from Reply bounces or is rejected by the recipient's mail server. - Trigger **New Person Opt Out** Triggers when a contact opts out of outreach in Reply (unsubscribe link, manual opt-out, or marked Do Not Contact). - Trigger **Prospect Finished** Triggers when a contact's participation in a Reply sequence ends — completed, replied, bounced, opted out, or finished manually. - Action **Add contact list** Creates a new contact list in Reply, optionally shared with your team. - Action **Add note to contact** Adds a note to a contact's timeline in Reply. - Action **Add sequence** Creates a new sequence in Reply with its steps, schedule, sending accounts and settings. - Action **Create\Update Person** Creates a Reply contact, or updates the existing contact with the same email address. - Action **Delete contact** Deletes a contact from your Reply account. - Action **Find contacts by criteria** Returns the contacts that match a search term and/or field rules, optionally scoped to a contact list, sequence or sequence step. - Action **Get contact** Returns one Reply contact by its id, including profile details, owner, opt-out, call and meeting status, stage and custom fields. - Action **Get sequence** Returns one sequence in full: name, status, owner, schedule, settings, connected email and LinkedIn accounts, and its steps. - Action **List contact lists** Returns the contact lists you own plus those shared with your team, optionally filtered by name. - Action **List contacts** Returns your Reply contacts, optionally narrowed to one email address or LinkedIn profile URL. - Action **List inbox categories** Returns the inbox categories you can file conversations under. - Action **List Sequence Contacts** Returns the contacts enrolled in a sequence, with each contact's status, current step, added date, opt-out and call status. - Action **List sequences** Returns the sequences in your Reply account, optionally filtered by status, owner, folder, archive state or name. - Action **Mark as Finished** Marks one or more contacts as finished in every sequence they are in, so they receive no further sequence steps. - Action **Remove Person From Campaign** Removes a contact from a sequence so they stop progressing through it. The contact and their history stay in your Reply account. - Action **Send Test Webhook Event** Sends a test event from an existing Reply webhook subscription to its configured URL. ## Each app on its own - [ **Buttondown** Buttondown is an easy way to start and grow your newsletter.](https://apiant.ai/connections/buttondown) - [ **Reply** Reply is a sales automation platform that puts outreach on autopilot, while still making each communication...](https://apiant.ai/connections/reply) 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 Reply - [ **HubSpot to Reply** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-reply) - [ **Google Sheets to Reply** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-reply) - [ **Gmail to Reply** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-reply) - [ **Google Calendar to Reply** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-reply) - [ **Google Drive to Reply** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-reply) - [ **Mailchimp to Reply** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-reply) Questions ## Buttondown and Reply, 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 Reply when something happens in Buttondown? Any of Reply's 16 actions, including Create\Update Person, Send Test Webhook Event, Add contact list and Add note to contact. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Reply to Buttondown? Yes. When something happens in Reply, your agent can act in Buttondown too. This page covers both directions: Reply's triggers and Buttondown's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Buttondown or Reply? 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. ### ### 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.