Integration
Connect Direct Mail and Hostaway
When New Contact fires in Direct Mail, your agent runs Create Task in Hostaway, or New Listing in Hostaway to Add or Update Contact in Direct Mail. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
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What do you want Direct Mail and Hostaway to do together?
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Claude Code
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Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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.
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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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)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.
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What Direct Mail and Hostaway can do together
From Direct Mail to Hostaway
When New Contact in Direct Mail
then Create Task in Hostaway
From Hostaway to Direct Mail
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 Direct Mail and Hostaway
Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 35 actions
- New Contact
Triggers when a new contact is added to a Direct Mail address group.
- Sent Campaign
Triggers when an email campaign is sent from a Direct Mail project (a new campaign report appears).
- Updated Contact
Triggers when a contact in a Direct Mail address group is added or changes, including being unsubscribed or hard bounced.
- Add or Update Contact
Adds a contact to a Direct Mail address group; Direct Mail merges it with an existing contact that has the same email address.
- Delete Contact
Removes the contact with the given email address from a Direct Mail address group.
- Find Contact
Finds a contact in a Direct Mail address group by email address.
- Get report
Returns a campaign report from a Direct Mail project, including its delivery statistics and links to recipients, opens and clicks.
- List address groups
Returns every address group (mailing list) in a Direct Mail project, with its name, UUID, blacklist flag and address count.
- List projects
Returns every Direct Mail project your API key has been granted access to.
- List reports
Returns the campaign reports in a Direct Mail project, with send date, status and open, click, bounce and unsubscribe counts.
- Unsubscribe Contact
Marks the contact with the given email address as unsubscribed in a Direct Mail address group.
- Update Contact
Updates the contact with the given email address in a Direct Mail address group.
- New Listing
Triggers when a new listing is added to Hostaway.
- New Reservation
Triggers when a new reservation is created in Hostaway, from any channel.
- New Review
Triggers when a new review is received.
- New Task
Triggers when a new task is created in Hostaway.
- New / Updated Reservation
Triggers when a reservation is created or changed, such as new dates, a new status or a guest update.
- Add Host Note to Reservation
Sets the host note on a reservation, replacing any note already there.
- Cancel Reservation
Cancels a reservation.
- Create Expense
Records an expense or extra against a listing, for owner statements.
- Create Listing
Creates a listing.
- Create Reservation
Creates a reservation on a listing for a guest and dates.
- Create Task
Creates a task, such as a cleaning or maintenance job, optionally tied to a listing or reservation.
- Delete Listing
Deletes a listing.
- Delete Task
Deletes a task.
- Find a Reservation
Returns a reservation by its Hostaway reservation ID, with the guest, dates, price and status.
- Get Listing
Returns a listing by its ID.
- Get Listing Calendar
Returns a listing's availability, price and stay rules for each day in a date range.
- Get Task
Returns a task by its ID.
- List Conversation Messages
Returns the messages in a guest conversation.
- List Conversations
Returns guest conversations, newest first.
- List Listings
Returns the listings in the account, optionally filtered by name, city or country.
- List Reservation Custom Fields
Returns the reservation custom fields defined in the account, with the IDs used to set their values.
- List Reviews
Returns guest and host reviews, optionally for one listing or reservation.
- List Tasks
Returns tasks, optionally for one reservation or status.
- List Users
Returns the users in the Hostaway account.
- Reply to Review
Posts a public host reply to a guest review.
- Search Reservations
Finds reservations by listing, guest, channel or arrival and departure dates.
- Update Listing
Updates the name, address, price or capacity of a listing. Blank fields are left unchanged.
- Update Listing Calendar
Blocks or opens days on a listing calendar, or changes their price and stay rules.
- Update Reservation
Updates the dates, guest details, price or notes of a reservation. Blank fields are left unchanged.
- Update Reservation Custom Fields
Sets values for reservation custom fields you created in Hostaway.
- Update Task
Updates a task. Blank fields are left unchanged.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Direct Mail and Hostaway, answered
What can start an automation from Direct Mail?
Any of Direct Mail's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Contact, Updated Contact and Sent Campaign. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in Hostaway when something happens in Direct Mail?
Any of Hostaway's 26 actions, including Create Expense, Create Listing, Create Reservation and Create Task. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Hostaway to Direct Mail?
Yes. When something happens in Hostaway, your agent can act in Direct Mail too. This page covers both directions: Hostaway's triggers and Direct Mail's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Direct Mail or Hostaway?
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 Direct Mail and Hostaway 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.