--- title: "Connect Cakemail and Dastra - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Cakemail, your agent runs \"Create a Task\" in Dastra, or \"New Task\" in Dastra to \"Add Suppressed Email\" in Cakemail." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/cakemail-to-dastra" --- # Connect Cakemail and Dastra When **New Contact** fires in [Cakemail](https://apiant.ai/connections/cakemail), your agent runs **Create a Task** in [Dastra](https://apiant.ai/connections/dastra), or **New Task** in Dastra 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 Dastra **1** trigger Dastra **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 Cakemail and Dastra 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 Dastra can do together ### From Cakemail to Dastra - When **New Contact** in Cakemail then **Create a Task** in Dastra - When **New Email Bounce** in Cakemail then **Update task** in Dastra ### From Dastra to Cakemail - When **New Task** in Dastra then **Add Suppressed Email** in Cakemail - When **New Task** in Dastra 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 Dastra ## Triggers and actions 9 triggers · 19 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 Task** Triggers when a new task is created in the chosen Dastra workspace. - Action **Add asset** Creates an asset (software, building, network, data store and so on) in a Dastra workspace and returns the new asset record. - Action **Add data processing** Creates a new data processing activity in your Dastra record of processing activities, in the organizational unit you choose. - Action **Attach an Actor to a Data Processing** Links one or more actors (vendors, internal services, third parties, data controllers) to a data processing activity in your Dastra register, as recipients, data controllers, stakeholders or referents. - Action **Create an Actor** Creates an actor (a vendor, partner, processor or other third party) in a Dastra workspace and returns the new actor record. - Action **Create a Task** Creates a task in a Dastra workspace, with its priority, dates, assignee, project and links to other Dastra records. - Action **Delete actor** Deletes an actor (a controller, processor or other third party) from a Dastra workspace. - Action **Delete task** Deletes a task from a Dastra workspace. - Action **Get actor** Returns one actor (vendor, processor, controller or other third party) from a Dastra workspace by its id, including its contact details, tags, contracts and custom field values. - Action **Get data processing** Returns a data processing activity from your Dastra register of processing activities, including its purposes, recipients, data subject rights and custom fields. - Action **Get task** Returns a single Dastra task by its id, including its state, priority, deadline, assignee and custom field values. - Action **List assets** Returns the assets (software, buildings, networks, data stores and other resources) in a Dastra workspace, optionally filtered by type, state, owner, tag, organizational unit or a search text. - Action **List tasks** Returns the tasks in a Dastra workspace, optionally filtered by state, priority, assignee, project, linked object, dates or search text. - Action **Search Actor** Returns the actors (vendors, data controllers, third parties and other organizations or people) in a Dastra workspace that match the search text and filters. - Action **Search Data Processing** Searches the data processing activities in a Dastra workspace by text and optional filters, returning every matching activity with its full record. - Action **Update actor** Updates an existing actor (vendor, partner or person) in a Dastra workspace. Fields you leave blank keep their current values. - Action **Update data processing** Updates an existing data processing activity in a Dastra workspace, changing only the fields you fill in, and returns the updated record. - Action **Update task** Updates an existing Dastra task. Fields you leave blank keep their current values. ## Each app on its own - [ **Cakemail** Cakemail provides all the tools you need to deliver the emails people want.](https://apiant.ai/connections/cakemail) - [ **Dastra** Dastra is a simple and guided data protection solution to make your entire organization accountable for...](https://apiant.ai/connections/dastra) 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 Dastra - [ **ActiveCampaign to Dastra** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-dastra) - [ **Airtable to Dastra** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-dastra) - [ **Asana to Dastra** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-dastra) - [ **ClickUp to Dastra** 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-dastra) - [ **Brevo to Dastra** Brevo is the leading CRM suite designed to cultivate long-term customer relationships and help businesses...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brevo-to-dastra) - [ **Calendly to Dastra** Calendly is a scheduling automation platform for eliminating the back-and-forth emails to find the perfect...](https://apiant.ai/connect/calendly-to-dastra) Questions ## Cakemail and Dastra, 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 Dastra when something happens in Cakemail? Any of Dastra's 17 actions, including Create an Actor, Create a Task, Update actor and Update data processing. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Dastra to Cakemail? Yes. When something happens in Dastra, your agent can act in Cakemail too. This page covers both directions: Dastra's triggers and Cakemail's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Cakemail or Dastra? 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 Dastra 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.