--- title: "Connect Clerk and Dotdigital - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New User\" fires in Clerk, your agent runs \"Create Contact Data Field\" in Dotdigital, or \"Contact Created\" in Dotdigital to \"Create User\" in Clerk." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/clerk-to-dotdigital" --- # Connect Clerk and Dotdigital When **New User** fires in [Clerk](https://apiant.ai/connections/clerk), your agent runs **Create Contact Data Field** in [Dotdigital](https://apiant.ai/connections/dotdigital), or **Contact Created** in Dotdigital to **Create User** in Clerk. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Clerk **1** trigger Clerk **6** actions Dotdigital **5** triggers Dotdigital **9** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Clerk and Dotdigital 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 Clerk and Dotdigital can do together ### From Clerk to Dotdigital - When **New User** in Clerk then **Create Contact Data Field** in Dotdigital - When **New User** in Clerk then **Create or Update Contact (Deprecated)** in Dotdigital ### From Dotdigital to Clerk - When **Contact Created** in Dotdigital then **Create User** in Clerk - When **Campaign Activity** in Dotdigital then **Update User** in Clerk 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 Clerk and Dotdigital ## Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 15 actions - Trigger **New User** Triggers when a new user is created in Clerk. - Action **Ban User** Ban a user, preventing them from signing in. - Action **Create Invitation** Invite a new user to the Clerk instance by email; they receive a sign-up link. - Action **Create User** Creates a new user in Clerk. - Action **Delete User** Deletes a user from Clerk. - Action **Unban User** Remove a ban on a user, restoring their ability to sign in. - Action **Update User** Updates an existing user in Clerk. - Trigger **Campaign Activity** Triggers when a contact's activity (opens, clicks, replies, bounces, unsubscribes) on the selected email campaign changes. - Trigger **Campaign Opens** Triggers when a contact opens the selected email campaign. - Trigger **Contact Created** Triggers when a new contact is created in your Dotdigital account. - Trigger **Contact Suppressed** Triggers when a contact is suppressed in your Dotdigital account (unsubscribed, bounced, complained or blocked), with the reason. - Trigger **Contact Unsubscribed** Triggers when a contact unsubscribes from your Dotdigital account. - Action **Create a List** Creates a new contact list (address book) in Dotdigital. - Action **Create Contact Data Field** Creates a new contact data field in your Dotdigital account, such as a birthday or loyalty tier, for storing information about contacts. - Action **Create or Update Contact (Deprecated)** Creates a contact, or updates the existing contact with the same email address, and adds it to the All contacts list. Uses Dotdigital's deprecated contact API; prefer Create or Update Contact for new automations. - Action **Refresh Segment** Starts a refresh of a Dotdigital segment so its membership is recalculated, and returns the refresh status. - Action **Resubscribe Contact** Resubscribes a previously unsubscribed contact to your account, sending them a re-subscription challenge email when Dotdigital requires one. - Action **Send Email Campaign** Sends an email campaign to lists, segments or individual contacts, either immediately or at a scheduled date and time. - Action **Send SMS** Sends a single SMS message to a mobile number, unless that number has opted out of SMS. Long messages over 160 characters are charged as multiple messages. - Action **Send Transactional Email** Sends a transactional email, such as an order confirmation or password reset, with your own HTML or plain-text content. Not for marketing content. - Action **Unsubscribe Contact** Unsubscribes a contact from the whole Dotdigital account by email address, and returns the suppressed contact with the date and reason. ## Each app on its own - [ **Clerk** Clerk is a user authentication and management platform that lets developers add sign-in, profiles, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/clerk) - [ **Dotdigital** Dotdigital is a customer experience and data platform (CXDP) that empowers marketers to create highly...](https://apiant.ai/connections/dotdigital) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Clerk - [ **Clerk to LinkedIn** LinkedIn is a professional networking platform enabling job seekers, companies, and thought leaders to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/clerk-to-linkedin) - [ **Clerk to Facebook** Facebook is a social media and advertising platform used by individuals and businesses to connect, share...](https://apiant.ai/connect/clerk-to-facebook) - [ **Clerk to Anthropic** Anthropic builds Claude, a family of large language models.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clerk-to-anthropic) - [ **Clerk to GoHighLevel** All-in-one sales and marketing platform agencies white-label and resell to their clients — contacts...](https://apiant.ai/connect/clerk-to-gohighlevel) - [ **Clerk to Supabase** Supabase is an open-source backend-as-a-service providing a Postgres database, authentication, storage, and...](https://apiant.ai/connect/clerk-to-supabase) - [ **Clerk to ElevenLabs** ElevenLabs is an AI audio research and deployment company.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clerk-to-elevenlabs) ## More into Dotdigital - [ **ActiveCampaign to Dotdigital** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-dotdigital) - [ **Airtable to Dotdigital** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-dotdigital) - [ **Asana to Dotdigital** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-dotdigital) - [ **ClickUp to Dotdigital** 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-dotdigital) - [ **Discord to Dotdigital** Discord is an all-in-one voice and text chat for gamers.](https://apiant.ai/connect/discord-to-dotdigital) - [ **Brevo to Dotdigital** Brevo is the leading CRM suite designed to cultivate long-term customer relationships and help businesses...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brevo-to-dotdigital) Questions ## Clerk and Dotdigital, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Clerk? Any of Clerk's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New User. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Dotdigital when something happens in Clerk? Any of Dotdigital's 9 actions, including Create a List, Create Contact Data Field, Create or Update Contact (Deprecated) and Send Email Campaign. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Dotdigital to Clerk? Yes. When something happens in Dotdigital, your agent can act in Clerk too. This page covers both directions: Dotdigital's triggers and Clerk's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Clerk or Dotdigital? 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 Clerk and Dotdigital 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.