--- title: "Connect Cheddar to Customer.io - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Bill Reminder\" fires in Cheddar, your agent runs \"Send transactional email\" in Customer.io." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/cheddar-to-customer-io" --- # Connect Cheddar to Customer.io When **New Bill Reminder** fires in [Cheddar](https://apiant.ai/connections/cheddar), your agent runs **Send transactional email** in [Customer.io](https://apiant.ai/connections/customer-io). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Cheddar **8** triggers Customer.io **10** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Cheddar and Customer.io 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 Cheddar can start in Customer.io - When **New Bill Reminder** in Cheddar then **Send transactional email** in Customer.io - When **New Subscription** in Cheddar then **Create Anonymous Event** in Customer.io 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 Cheddar and Customer.io ## Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 10 actions - Trigger **New Bill Reminder** The bill reminder event occurs prior to recurring invoice execution according to your configuration. Up to two reminder events are possible. - Trigger **New Customer Delete** A customer record was deleted. - Trigger **New Subscription** The New Subscription event occurs when a new customer is created in Cheddar. - Trigger **New Subscription Billable** The subscription billable event occurs prior to recurring invoice execution. Last chance to update item quantities, add custom charges/credits, etc. - Trigger **New Subscription Cancellation** Subscription was canceled. - Trigger **New Subscription Change** Subscription pricing plan change occured (upgrade/downgrade). - Trigger **New Subscription Reactivation** A previously canceled subscription has been reactivated. - Trigger **New Transaction** A transaction has been executed or a transaction's status has changed. - Action **Create Anonymous Event** Records an event that isn't tied to a known person yet, such as a page view or an action by a visitor. Include an anonymous id to link the event to a person later. - Action **Create Event** Records an event for a person in Customer.io, which can trigger campaigns or update segments. - Action **Delete person** Deletes a person from your Customer.io workspace, identified by their id, email address or Customer.io id. - Action **Get person** Look up a customer's attributes by customer_id. - Action **List segments** List all manual and data-driven segments in the workspace. - Action **Merge people** Merges a duplicate person into a primary person. The secondary person's attributes and activity move to the primary person, and the secondary person is deleted. - Action **Remove people from segment** Removes people from a manual segment in Customer.io. Data-driven segments can't be changed this way. - Action **Send API-triggered broadcast** Trigger an API-triggered broadcast campaign to send immediately. - Action **Send transactional email** Send a one-off transactional email via a transactional message template. - Action **Suppress person** Deletes a person from your Customer.io workspace and suppresses their identifiers so nobody can be added again with the same id, email or phone. Activity attributed to them is redacted. ## Each app on its own - [ **Cheddar** Recurring billing, SaaS subscription management, automated communication, and market intelligence.](https://apiant.ai/connections/cheddar) - [ **Customer.io** With Customer.io you can send email, SMS, and push based on what people do or don't do in your app.](https://apiant.ai/connections/customer-io) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Cheddar - [ **Cheddar to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cheddar-to-hubspot) - [ **Cheddar to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cheddar-to-salesforce) - [ **Cheddar to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/cheddar-to-slack) - [ **Cheddar to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cheddar-to-google-sheets) - [ **Cheddar to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/cheddar-to-gmail) - [ **Cheddar to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/cheddar-to-google-calendar) ## More into Customer.io - [ **HubSpot to Customer.io** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-customer-io) - [ **Wistia to Customer.io** Wistia makes it easy to host, track, and measure video engagement online.](https://apiant.ai/connect/wistia-to-customer-io) - [ **Salesforce to Customer.io** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-customer-io) - [ **Slack to Customer.io** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-customer-io) - [ **Google Sheets to Customer.io** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-customer-io) - [ **Gmail to Customer.io** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-customer-io) Questions ## Cheddar and Customer.io, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Cheddar? Any of Cheddar's 8 triggers in the catalog, including New Bill Reminder, New Customer Delete, New Subscription and New Subscription Billable. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Customer.io when something happens in Cheddar? Any of Customer.io's 10 actions, including Create Anonymous Event, Create Event, Send API-triggered broadcast and Send transactional email. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Customer.io to Cheddar? Customer.io has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Cheddar. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Customer.io's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Cheddar or Customer.io? 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 Cheddar and Customer.io without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in Customer.io 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.