--- title: "Connect CustomGPT.ai and Help Scout - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Conversation\" fires in CustomGPT.ai, your agent runs \"Update Conversation\" in Help Scout." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/customgpt-ai-to-help-scout" --- # Connect CustomGPT.ai and Help Scout When **New Conversation** fires in [CustomGPT.ai](https://apiant.ai/connections/customgpt-ai), your agent runs **Update Conversation** in [Help Scout](https://apiant.ai/connections/help-scout), or **New Conversation** in Help Scout to **Create Conversation** in CustomGPT.ai. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. CustomGPT.ai **1** trigger CustomGPT.ai **7** actions Help Scout **4** triggers Help Scout **19** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want CustomGPT.ai and Help Scout 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 CustomGPT.ai and Help Scout can do together ### From CustomGPT.ai to Help Scout - When **New Conversation** in CustomGPT.ai then **Update Conversation** in Help Scout - When **New Conversation** in CustomGPT.ai then **Get Conversation** in Help Scout ### From Help Scout to CustomGPT.ai - When **New Conversation** in Help Scout then **Create Conversation** in CustomGPT.ai - When **New Customer** in Help Scout then **Export Conversation Leads** in CustomGPT.ai 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 CustomGPT.ai and Help Scout ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 26 actions - Trigger **New Conversation** Trigger when a new conversation is added. - Action **Create Conversation** Creates a new conversation - Action **Export Conversation** Export conversation as file - Action **Export Conversation Leads** Export leads collected during a conversation as a file. - Action **Find Agent** Find Agent by name. - Action **Find Conversation** Find conversation by name. - Action **Update Agent** Update existing Agent - Action **Update Settings** Update project settings - Trigger **New Conversation** Polls for newly created conversations across mailboxes. - Trigger **New Customer** Polls for newly created customers. - Trigger **New Mailbox** Polls for newly created mailboxes. - Trigger **New User** Polls for newly added users (team members). - Action **Add Customer Email** Add an email address to a customer. - Action **Create Customer** Create a new customer record. - Action **Create Note** Add an internal note thread to a conversation. - Action **Create Thread (Reply)** Add a reply thread to an existing conversation. - Action **Delete Conversation** Delete a conversation by ID. - Action **Get Conversation** Retrieve a single conversation by ID. - Action **Get Customer** Retrieve a single customer by ID. - Action **Get Mailbox** Retrieve a single mailbox by ID. - Action **Get User** Retrieve a single user by ID. - Action **List Conversations** List conversations, optionally filtered by mailbox, status, tag, or query. - Action **List Conversation Threads** List all threads on a conversation. - Action **List Customers** List customers, optionally filtered by email, mailbox, or query. - Action **List Mailboxes** List all mailboxes in the account. - Action **List Mailbox Folders** List the folders within a mailbox. - Action **List Tags** List all tags in the account. - Action **List Users** List all users (team members) in the account. - Action **Update Conversation** Update a conversation's subject, status, mailbox, assignee, or owner via JSON Patch. - Action **Update Conversation Tags** Replace the tags on a conversation. - Action **Update Customer** Update a customer's profile fields. ## Each app on its own - [ **CustomGPT.ai** CustomGPT.ai is a no-code platform that lets you build AI chatbots using your own business content, designed...](https://apiant.ai/connections/customgpt-ai) - [ **Help Scout** Help Scout is a help desk and shared inbox platform for customer support teams.](https://apiant.ai/connections/help-scout) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from CustomGPT.ai - [ **CustomGPT.ai to Ipbase** REST API for IP geolocation, ASN lookup, and reverse-IP domain lookup, including bot and proxy threat...](https://apiant.ai/connect/customgpt-ai-to-ipbase) - [ **CustomGPT.ai to Mailrelay** Mailrelay is an advanced email marketing platform with powerful features.](https://apiant.ai/connect/customgpt-ai-to-mailrelay) - [ **CustomGPT.ai to WiseTeam** WiseTeam is a team collaboration tool to organize tasks and keep projects on track.](https://apiant.ai/connect/customgpt-ai-to-wiseteam) - [ **CustomGPT.ai to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/customgpt-ai-to-hubspot) - [ **CustomGPT.ai to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/customgpt-ai-to-salesforce) - [ **CustomGPT.ai to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/customgpt-ai-to-slack) ## More into Help Scout - [ **ActiveCampaign to Help Scout** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-help-scout) - [ **Beanstalk to Help Scout** Beanstalk is a code hosting and deployment workflow tool for Git and Subversion.](https://apiant.ai/connect/beanstalk-to-help-scout) - [ **BigML to Help Scout** BigML is a machine learning platform for building, evaluating, and running predictive models.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bigml-to-help-scout) - [ **Caspio to Help Scout** Caspio is a low-code database platform for building online database applications.](https://apiant.ai/connect/caspio-to-help-scout) - [ **Cliniko to Help Scout** Cliniko is a practice management platform — manage patients, appointments, invoices, contacts, and...](https://apiant.ai/connect/cliniko-to-help-scout) - [ **CNBC to Help Scout** Get the latest business news, stock market, financial and earnings stories from CNBC's public RSS feeds.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cnbc-to-help-scout) Questions ## CustomGPT.ai and Help Scout, answered ### ### What can start an automation from CustomGPT.ai? Any of CustomGPT.ai's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Conversation. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Help Scout when something happens in CustomGPT.ai? Any of Help Scout's 19 actions, including Create Customer, Create Note, Create Thread (Reply) and Update Conversation. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Help Scout to CustomGPT.ai? Yes. When something happens in Help Scout, your agent can act in CustomGPT.ai too. This page covers both directions: Help Scout's triggers and CustomGPT.ai's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for CustomGPT.ai or Help Scout? 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 CustomGPT.ai and Help Scout 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.