--- title: "Connect Chargebee to SMSAPI - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Payment Method\" fires in Chargebee, your agent runs \"Create Contact\" in SMSAPI." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/chargebee-to-smsapi" --- # Connect Chargebee to SMSAPI When **New Payment Method** fires in [Chargebee](https://apiant.ai/connections/chargebee), your agent runs **Create Contact** in [SMSAPI](https://apiant.ai/connections/smsapi). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Chargebee **2** triggers Chargebee **16** actions SMSAPI **11** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Chargebee and SMSAPI 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 Chargebee can start in SMSAPI - When **New Payment Method** in Chargebee then **Create Contact** in SMSAPI - When **Payment Method Updates** in Chargebee then **Send Text Message** in SMSAPI 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 Chargebee and SMSAPI ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 27 actions - Trigger **New Payment Method** Triggers when a payment method is added. - Trigger **Payment Method Updates** Triggers when a payment method is updated. - Action **Cancel Subscription** Cancels a Chargebee subscription immediately, at the end of the term, or on a specific date. - Action **Change Next Billing Date** Updates next billing date of a subscription. - Action **Create Customer** Creates a customer in Chargebee, optionally with a billing address and a payment source (card, bank account, payment method token or payment intent). - Action **Create Subscription** Creates a new subscription for an existing Chargebee customer from one or more item prices, and returns the subscription along with the customer, card and any invoice it generated. - Action **Delete Customer Card** Deletes the card on file for a customer. Chargebee turns off auto collection for the customer and fires a card_deleted event. Succeeds without error when the customer has no card. - Action **Fetch Customer Subscription Details** Retrieves a subscription by ID, along with the customer who owns it and their card on file. - Action **Fetch Subscription Invoice Details** Fetches the invoices raised for one subscription, most recent first by default, with optional filters on status, dates and more. - Action **Find Existing Subscription** Returns up to 100 subscriptions that match all of the specified criteria, such as subscription ID, customer ID, plan item or status. - Action **Finds an Existing Customer** Finds customers whose details exactly match the criteria you supply (email, name, company, phone, ID and more). Returns up to 100 matches and the first match on its own. - Action **Get Invoice** Retrieves a single Chargebee invoice by its ID. - Action **List Invoices** Returns all invoices in the Chargebee site. - Action **Reactivate Subscription** Restores a cancelled subscription to active, or to trial when a trial end is given. - Action **Record Offline Payment for an Invoice** Records a payment received outside Chargebee (cash, check, bank transfer, etc.) against an invoice. The invoice must be in payment_due, posted or not_paid status. - Action **Update Card Payment Source** Changes the cardholder name, expiry date or billing address on a customer's saved card. - Action **Update Customer** Updates the details of an existing Chargebee customer, including custom fields. Billing address and VAT number are changed through Chargebee's separate billing-info update, not this action. - Action **Update Subscription** Updates a subscription in Chargebee. - Action **Add Blacklisted Number** Adds a phone number to the account's blacklist so no SMS messages are sent to it, optionally until an expiration date. - Action **Add Sender Name** Adds a new sender name to the SMSAPI account. The name starts inactive until SMSAPI verifies it. - Action **Check HLR Lookup** Checks a mobile number against the HLR (Home Location Register). The lookup is accepted immediately; the detailed network result is sent to the HLR callback URL set in the SMSAPI Customer Portal. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a contact in the SMSAPI contact database. - Action **Delete Blacklisted Number** Removes a single number from the SMSAPI blacklist, so messages can be sent to it again. - Action **Delete Contact** Deletes a contact from the SMSAPI contact database by its ID. - Action **Get Account Balance** Returns the current credit balance (points) and profile details of the connected SMSAPI account. - Action **List Blacklisted Numbers** Lists the phone numbers on the account's blacklist (numbers SMS sending is blocked to), with each entry's id, number, date added and expiration date. - Action **List Sender Names** Lists every sender name on the SMSAPI account with its status (ACTIVE / INACTIVE), whether it is the default, and when it was created. - Action **Send Text Message** Sends an SMS to one or more phone numbers through SMSAPI. - Action **Send Text Message to Group** Sends an SMS to every contact in a group from the SMSAPI contacts database. ## Each app on its own - [ **Chargebee** Chargebee is a subscription management and recurring billing solution used by businesses to customize...](https://apiant.ai/connections/chargebee) - [ **SMSAPI** SMSAPI allows you to send text messages automatically. Messages can be fully personalized.](https://apiant.ai/connections/smsapi) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Chargebee - [ **Chargebee to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/chargebee-to-hubspot) - [ **Chargebee to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/chargebee-to-salesforce) - [ **Chargebee to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/chargebee-to-slack) - [ **Chargebee to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/chargebee-to-google-sheets) - [ **Chargebee to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/chargebee-to-gmail) - [ **Chargebee to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/chargebee-to-google-calendar) ## More into SMSAPI - [ **Transloadit to SMSAPI** Transloadit is a file encoding service that helps you handle file uploads, resize, crop and watermark...](https://apiant.ai/connect/transloadit-to-smsapi) - [ **HubSpot to SMSAPI** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-smsapi) - [ **Salesforce to SMSAPI** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-smsapi) - [ **Slack to SMSAPI** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-smsapi) - [ **Google Sheets to SMSAPI** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-smsapi) - [ **Gmail to SMSAPI** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-smsapi) Questions ## Chargebee and SMSAPI, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Chargebee? Any of Chargebee's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Payment Method and Payment Method Updates. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in SMSAPI when something happens in Chargebee? Any of SMSAPI's 11 actions, including Create Contact, Send Text Message, Send Text Message to Group and Add Blacklisted Number. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from SMSAPI to Chargebee? SMSAPI has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Chargebee. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads SMSAPI's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Chargebee or SMSAPI? 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 Chargebee and SMSAPI 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.