--- title: "Connect Communi App and Dotdigital - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Announcement\" fires in Communi App, your agent runs \"Create Contact Data Field\" in Dotdigital." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/communi-app-to-dotdigital" --- # Connect Communi App and Dotdigital When **New Announcement** fires in [Communi App](https://apiant.ai/connections/communi-app), your agent runs **Create Contact Data Field** in [Dotdigital](https://apiant.ai/connections/dotdigital), or **Contact Created** in Dotdigital to **Add message** in Communi App. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Communi App **10** triggers Communi App **27** 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 Communi App 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 Communi App and Dotdigital can do together ### From Communi App to Dotdigital - When **New Announcement** in Communi App then **Create Contact Data Field** in Dotdigital - When **New Event** in Communi App then **Create or Update Contact (Deprecated)** in Dotdigital ### From Dotdigital to Communi App - When **Contact Created** in Dotdigital then **Add message** in Communi App - When **Campaign Activity** in Dotdigital then **Add user** in Communi App 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 Communi App and Dotdigital ## Triggers and actions 15 triggers · 36 actions - Trigger **New Announcement** Triggered when a new announcement is created in a group. - Trigger **New Event** Triggered when a new event is created in the selected group. - Trigger **New Job Ad** Triggered when a new job ad is created in a group. - Trigger **New message** Triggers when a new message is posted in a Communi App conversation, such as a group chat, event chat or direct message. - Trigger **New Offer** Triggered when a new offer is created. - Trigger **New poll** Triggers when a new poll is created in Communi App. - Trigger **New Quest** Triggered when a new quest is created. - Trigger **New Recommendation** Triggers when a new recommendation is created in a group, including derived kinds such as videos, prayers and parishes unless narrowed by type. - Trigger **New user** Triggers when a new user appears in your CommuniApp. - Trigger **New Video** Triggers when a new video is posted in a Communi App group. - Action **Add article** Creates a new article (such as a book or product recommendation) in your Communi App. Returns the created article. - Action **Add group** Creates a new group in your CommuniApp, such as a subgroup or badge group, and returns the created group. - Action **Add message** Sends a new message to a CommuniApp conversation, such as a group, event or direct user chat, and returns the created message. - Action **Add poll** Creates a poll with 2 to 12 answer options. To show it to members, embed the new poll in a chat message afterwards. - Action **Add tag** Creates a new tag in your CommuniApp and returns the created tag. - Action **Add user** Creates a new user in the CommuniApp community and returns the created user record. - Action **Create Announcement** Creates a new announcement in your Communi app and returns the created announcement. - Action **Create Event** Creates a new event in your CommuniApp community and returns the created event. - Action **Create Offer** Creates a new offer in your Communi app, such as an item or service offered to the community, and returns the created offer. - Action **Create Quest** Creates a new quest, a post where a community member asks for something, and returns the created quest. - Action **Create Recommendation** Creates a recommendation in the community app, such as a link or resource shared with members, and returns the new record. - Action **Delete event** Deletes an event by its ID. - Action **Delete offer** Deletes an offer by its ID. - Action **Delete user** Permanently deletes a user from the Communi App. This cannot be undone. - Action **Get event** Returns a single event by its ID, including its title, description, location, dates and publishing status. An error occurs if the event is not found. - Action **Get offer** Returns a single offer from your community by its ID, including its text, picture, status and publishing dates. - Action **Get poll** Returns a single poll by its ID, including its title, description, answer options and publishing status. An error occurs if the poll is not found. - Action **Get user** Returns a single user's profile by ID. The fields included depend on the chosen detail level and your role. - Action **List articles** Returns the articles on your CommuniApp book table, optionally narrowed to recommended or official articles, a group, a status or a search term. - Action **List events** Returns the events of a group, including announcements, job ads, workshops and info posts, with optional filters for status, type, text search, date and location. - Action **List groups** Returns the groups you can access in Communi App, including communities, subgroups, admin groups and badge groups. - Action **List messages** Returns the chat messages you have access to, optionally limited to one conversation such as a direct message, group chat or event chat. - Action **List offers** Returns the offers in your Communi App, optionally narrowed to one group, a status or a search text. - Action **List polls** Returns the polls you can access, optionally narrowed by group, status or search text. - Action **List users** Returns the users visible to the connected account, optionally narrowed by a text search and group. - Action **Update event** Updates an existing event's details, such as its title, description, time, location and publication status, and returns the updated event. - Action **Update offer** Updates an existing offer in your Communi App community and returns the updated offer. - 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 - [ **Communi App** Communi is an app for all communities are looking for ways to better connect and integrate new people.](https://apiant.ai/connections/communi-app) - [ **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 Communi App - [ **Communi App to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/communi-app-to-hubspot) - [ **Communi App to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/communi-app-to-salesforce) - [ **Communi App to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/communi-app-to-slack) - [ **Communi App to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/communi-app-to-google-sheets) - [ **Communi App to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/communi-app-to-gmail) - [ **Communi App to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/communi-app-to-google-calendar) ## 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 ## Communi App and Dotdigital, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Communi App? Any of Communi App's 10 triggers in the catalog, including New Announcement, New Event, New Job Ad and New message. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Dotdigital when something happens in Communi App? 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 Communi App? Yes. When something happens in Dotdigital, your agent can act in Communi App too. This page covers both directions: Dotdigital's triggers and Communi App's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Communi App 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 Communi App 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.