Integration
Connect Direct Mail and Playbook Creative
When New Contact fires in Direct Mail, your agent runs Create Asset in Playbook Creative, or Asset Added in Playbook Creative 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 Playbook Creative 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 Playbook Creative can do together
From Direct Mail to Playbook Creative
When New Contact in Direct Mail
then Create Asset in Playbook Creative
From Playbook Creative 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 Playbook Creative
Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 27 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.
- Asset Added
Triggers when a new asset is added to the chosen Playbook board. Returns the asset, the board and the organization it belongs to.
- Asset Updated in Board
Triggers when an asset on a chosen Playbook board is updated, returning the asset and what changed.
- Create Asset
Creates an asset in a Playbook workspace, either from a file URL (fetched by Playbook or saved as a link) or as a text note, optionally placing it on a board.
- Create Board
Creates a new board in a Playbook workspace, optionally nested under an existing board as a sub-board.
- Create Organization
Creates a new Playbook organization (workspace) with the given name and returns its id and slug.
- Delete asset
Deletes an asset from a Playbook workspace.
- Delete board
Deletes a board from a Playbook workspace.
- Find Asset
Searches a Playbook workspace for assets matching the words you enter, best match first, with optional filters for media type, boards, tags, statuses, uploader and more.
- Find Board
Returns the boards in a Playbook workspace whose title matches the text you search for.
- Get asset
Returns one asset from a Playbook workspace, including its title, media type, tags, status, custom field values and preview URLs.
- Get board
Returns one Playbook board, including its title, description, asset count, published-page state and preview assets.
- List assets
Returns the assets in a Playbook workspace, optionally limited to one board, one uploader, or assets uploaded after a given time.
- List boards
Returns the boards in a Playbook workspace, optionally filtered by title and sorted by title or creation date.
- List organizations
Returns every Playbook organization (workspace) the connected user belongs to, with each one's name, slug, plan and usage limits.
- List users
Returns the members of a Playbook workspace, optionally narrowed to those whose name or email matches a search.
- Move Asset
Moves one or more assets into a different board in a Playbook workspace.
- Update Asset
Updates an existing Playbook asset's title, board placement, status, tags or custom field values, and can save a new version of it.
- Update Asset Status
Sets the status of an asset in a Playbook workspace and returns the updated asset.
- Update asset tags
Adds and/or removes tags on a Playbook asset, leaving its other tags untouched, and returns the updated asset.
- Update board
Updates a board's title, description, or parent board in a Playbook workspace and returns the updated board.
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 Playbook Creative, 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 Playbook Creative when something happens in Direct Mail?
Any of Playbook Creative's 18 actions, including Create Asset, Create Board, Create Organization and Update Asset. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Playbook Creative to Direct Mail?
Yes. When something happens in Playbook Creative, your agent can act in Direct Mail too. This page covers both directions: Playbook Creative's triggers and Direct Mail's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Direct Mail or Playbook Creative?
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 Playbook Creative 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.