--- title: "Connect Cakemail and Flatfile - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Cakemail, your agent runs \"Create Document\" in Flatfile, or \"New Agent\" in Flatfile to \"Add Suppressed Email\" in Cakemail." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/cakemail-to-flatfile" --- # Connect Cakemail and Flatfile When **New Contact** fires in [Cakemail](https://apiant.ai/connections/cakemail), your agent runs **Create Document** in [Flatfile](https://apiant.ai/connections/flatfile), or **New Agent** in Flatfile 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 Flatfile **8** triggers Flatfile **4** 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 Flatfile 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 Flatfile can do together ### From Cakemail to Flatfile - When **New Contact** in Cakemail then **Create Document** in Flatfile - When **New Email Bounce** in Cakemail then **Upload File** in Flatfile ### From Flatfile to Cakemail - When **New Agent** in Flatfile then **Add Suppressed Email** in Cakemail - When **New App** in Flatfile 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 Flatfile ## Triggers and actions 16 triggers · 6 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 Agent** Triggers when a new agent is created. - Trigger **New App** Triggers when a new app is created. - Trigger **New Document** Triggers when a new document is created in a space. - Trigger **New Event** Triggers when a new event occurs in Flatfile. - Trigger **New Prompt** Triggers when a new prompt is created. - Trigger **New Sheet** Trigger when a new sheet is created in a Flatfile workbook. - Trigger **New User** Triggers when a new user is created. - Trigger **New Workbook** Trigger when a new workbook is created in Flatfile. - Action **Create Document** Creates a new document in Flatfile. - Action **Create Prompt** Creates a new AI prompt in Flatfile. - Action **Get Document** Retrieves a single document from a Flatfile space by its ID. - Action **Upload File** Uploads a file to Flatfile. ## Each app on its own - [ **Cakemail** Cakemail provides all the tools you need to deliver the emails people want.](https://apiant.ai/connections/cakemail) - [ **Flatfile** Flatfile is an AI-powered data import and exchange platform that helps teams and businesses seamlessly...](https://apiant.ai/connections/flatfile) 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 is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](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 Flatfile - [ **Gmail to Flatfile** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-flatfile) - [ **Shopify to Flatfile** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/shopify-to-flatfile) - [ **ActiveCampaign to Flatfile** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-flatfile) - [ **Airtable to Flatfile** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-flatfile) - [ **Asana to Flatfile** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-flatfile) - [ **ClickUp to Flatfile** 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-flatfile) Questions ## Cakemail and Flatfile, 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 Flatfile when something happens in Cakemail? Any of Flatfile's 4 actions, including Create Document, Create Prompt, Upload File and Get Document. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Flatfile to Cakemail? Yes. When something happens in Flatfile, your agent can act in Cakemail too. This page covers both directions: Flatfile's triggers and Cakemail's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Cakemail or Flatfile? 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 Flatfile 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.