--- title: "Connect Buttondown to Tidio - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Draft\" fires in Buttondown, your agent runs \"Add ticket\" in Tidio. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/buttondown-to-tidio" --- # Connect Buttondown to Tidio When **New Draft** fires in [Buttondown](https://apiant.ai/connections/buttondown), your agent runs **Add ticket** in [Tidio](https://apiant.ai/connections/tidio). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Buttondown **4** triggers Buttondown **29** actions Tidio **14** 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 Tidio 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 can start in Tidio - When **New Draft** in Buttondown then **Add ticket** in Tidio - When **New Scheduled Email** in Buttondown then **Send message on behalf of contact** in Tidio 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 Tidio ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 43 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 **Add ticket** Creates a new ticket in Tidio on behalf of a contact, identified by their email address, with a subject and first message. - Action **Delete contact** Permanently deletes a Tidio contact. A deleted contact cannot be recovered. - Action **Delete ticket** Permanently deletes a Tidio ticket by its ID. - Action **Get contact** Returns a single Tidio contact by its ID, including name, email, phone, location, consent status and the contact's custom properties. - Action **Get ticket** Returns a single Tidio ticket with its details and full message history. - Action **List contact messages** Returns the full conversation for a contact: every message from the contact, chat operators and chatbots, plus a link to view the conversation in Tidio. - Action **List contacts** Returns the contacts in your Tidio project with all their properties, optionally filtered by email address. - Action **List departments** Returns all departments (teams of operators) in your Tidio project, with each department's ID and name. - Action **List operators** Returns every operator (chat agent) in your Tidio project, with their name, email, role and active status. - Action **List tickets** Returns all tickets in your Tidio project with their subject, status, priority, contact and assignment, without messages. - Action **Reply to ticket** Adds a reply message to an existing Tidio ticket, written either by an operator or by the ticket's contact, as a public reply or an internal note. - Action **Send message on behalf of contact** Sends a message into a contact's Tidio conversation as if the contact had written it, routing it to the assigned operator and any matching bot rules. - Action **Update contact** Updates an existing Tidio contact's name, email, phone, newsletter consent, external ID and custom contact properties. Only the values you fill in are changed. - Action **Update ticket** Updates an existing Tidio ticket's status, priority, assignment, tags or custom field values. Fields left blank are not changed. ## Each app on its own - [ **Buttondown** Buttondown is an easy way to start and grow your newsletter.](https://apiant.ai/connections/buttondown) - [ **Tidio** Tidio uniquely merges live chat, Bots, and Marketing Automation in one place to let you easily communicate...](https://apiant.ai/connections/tidio) 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 Tidio - [ **HubSpot to Tidio** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-tidio) - [ **Salesforce to Tidio** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-tidio) - [ **Slack to Tidio** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-tidio) - [ **Google Sheets to Tidio** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-tidio) - [ **Gmail to Tidio** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-tidio) - [ **Google Calendar to Tidio** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-tidio) Questions ## Buttondown and Tidio, 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 Tidio when something happens in Buttondown? Any of Tidio's 14 actions, including Send message on behalf of contact, Update contact, Update ticket and Add ticket. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Tidio to Buttondown? Tidio has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Buttondown. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Tidio's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Buttondown or Tidio? 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 Tidio 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.