--- title: "Connect Cakemail and Clientary - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Cakemail, your agent runs \"Add contact\" in Clientary, or \"New Expense\" in Clientary to \"Add Suppressed Email\" in Cakemail." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/cakemail-to-clientary" --- # Connect Cakemail and Clientary When **New Contact** fires in [Cakemail](https://apiant.ai/connections/cakemail), your agent runs **Add contact** in [Clientary](https://apiant.ai/connections/clientary), or **New Expense** in Clientary to **Add Suppressed Email** in Cakemail. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Cakemail **8** triggers Cakemail **2** actions Clientary **3** triggers Clientary **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 Cakemail and Clientary 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 Cakemail and Clientary can do together ### From Cakemail to Clientary - When **New Contact** in Cakemail then **Add contact** in Clientary - When **New Email Bounce** in Cakemail then **Create Invoice** in Clientary ### From Clientary to Cakemail - When **New Expense** in Clientary then **Add Suppressed Email** in Cakemail - When **New Invoice** in Clientary then **Find Contact by Email** in Cakemail 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 Cakemail and Clientary ## Triggers and actions 11 triggers · 16 actions - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new Contact is added. - Trigger **New Email Bounce** Triggers when an email bounces. - Trigger **New Email Click** Triggers when a new Email Click is tracked. - Trigger **New Email Open** Triggers when a new Email Open is tracked. - Trigger **New List** Triggers when a List is created. - Trigger **New Suppressed Email** Triggers when a new Suppressed Email is added. - Trigger **Unsubscribed Contact** Triggers when a Contact is unsubscribed. - Trigger **Updated Contact** Triggers when a Contact is updated. - Action **Add Suppressed Email** Adds an email address to the Cakemail suppression list so no further mail is sent to it. - Action **Find Contact by Email** Returns the contacts on a Cakemail list whose email address matches the one you supply. - Trigger **New Expense** Triggers when a new expense is recorded in your Clientary account during the current fiscal year. - Trigger **New Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice is created in Clientary, optionally limited to invoices in a given status or matching a search. - Trigger **New Staff** Triggers when a new staff user is added to your Clientary account. - Action **Add comment** Posts a comment on an invoice, estimate, project, task, proposal or contract and notifies the people involved. - Action **Add contact** Creates a new contact (an individual person) under an existing Clientary client. - Action **Add contract** Creates a contract for a client in Clientary, optionally starting from a contract template, with its sections and signers. - Action **Add proposal** Creates a proposal for a client in Clientary, optionally starting from a proposal template, with its sections and signers. - Action **Add retainer** Creates a retainer for a client in Clientary: an up-front payment request kept apart from ordinary invoices. - Action **Client** Creates a new client in Clientary with its name, address, tax id, website and description. - Action **Create Estimate** Creates an estimate in Clientary, optionally for a client, with its dates, taxes, notes and line items. - Action **Create Invoice** Creates an invoice in Clientary, optionally for a client, with dates, currency, taxes, notes and line items. - Action **Create Lead** Creates a new lead (a prospective client) in Clientary. - Action **Create Task** Creates a new task (a to-do item) in Clientary, optionally on a project and assigned to a staff member. - Action **Expense** Creates a new expense in Clientary, optionally assigned to a client or project. - Action **Get client** Returns a single Clientary client by its ID, including its contact and address details. - Action **List comments** Returns the comments on one Clientary invoice, estimate, project, task, proposal or contract, newest first. - Action **Update contract** Updates an existing Clientary contract: its subject, date, client, status, signers or sections. Only a draft contract can be changed; void and reopen a sent contract first. ## Each app on its own - [ **Cakemail** Cakemail provides all the tools you need to deliver the emails people want.](https://apiant.ai/connections/cakemail) - [ **Clientary** Online invoicing and time tracking for small businesses and freelancers.](https://apiant.ai/connections/clientary) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Cakemail - [ **Cakemail to Texto (SMS)** Texto (SMS) is a SMS messaging platform built for Australian businesses, supporting bulk SMS campaigns and...](https://apiant.ai/connect/cakemail-to-texto-sms) - [ **Cakemail to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cakemail-to-hubspot) - [ **Cakemail to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cakemail-to-salesforce) - [ **Cakemail to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/cakemail-to-slack) - [ **Cakemail to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/cakemail-to-google-sheets) - [ **Cakemail to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/cakemail-to-gmail) ## More into Clientary - [ **ActiveCampaign to Clientary** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-clientary) - [ **Airtable to Clientary** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-clientary) - [ **Asana to Clientary** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-clientary) - [ **ClickUp to Clientary** ClickUp is an all-in-one app to plan, track, and manage your work in a beautifully intuitive environment.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clickup-to-clientary) - [ **Brevo to Clientary** Brevo is the leading CRM suite designed to cultivate long-term customer relationships and help businesses...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brevo-to-clientary) - [ **Calendly to Clientary** Calendly is a scheduling automation platform for eliminating the back-and-forth emails to find the perfect...](https://apiant.ai/connect/calendly-to-clientary) Questions ## Cakemail and Clientary, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Cakemail? Any of Cakemail's 8 triggers in the catalog, including New Contact, New Email Bounce, New Email Click and New Email Open. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Clientary when something happens in Cakemail? Any of Clientary's 14 actions, including Create Estimate, Create Invoice, Create Lead and Create Task. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Clientary to Cakemail? Yes. When something happens in Clientary, your agent can act in Cakemail too. This page covers both directions: Clientary's triggers and Cakemail's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Cakemail or Clientary? 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 Cakemail and Clientary 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.