Integration
Connect Direct Mail and SmartEmailing
When New Contact fires in Direct Mail, your agent runs Add Contact list in SmartEmailing, or New Contact in SmartEmailing 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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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.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)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 SmartEmailing can do together
From Direct Mail to SmartEmailing
When New Contact in Direct Mail
then Add Contact list in SmartEmailing
From SmartEmailing 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 SmartEmailing
Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 26 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 Contact
Triggers when a new contact is added to your SmartEmailing account.
- Updated Contact
Triggers when an existing contact is updated in SmartEmailing.
- Add Contact list
Creates a new contact list in SmartEmailing.
- Add Custom field
Creates a new contact custom field in SmartEmailing with the given name and type.
- Create or Update Contact
Creates a contact in SmartEmailing, or updates the existing contact with the same email address, optionally adding it to contact lists.
- Delete Contact
Permanently deletes a contact and anonymizes its data (GDPR forget). This cannot be undone.
- Get Contact
Returns a single contact by email address or ID, including contact list memberships and custom field values.
- Get Contact list
Returns a single contact list by its ID with all its properties, such as name, sender details and engagement rates.
- List Contact lists
Returns all contact lists in your SmartEmailing account.
- List Contacts
Returns contacts in your SmartEmailing account, optionally filtered by email, name, company and other contact details, including their list memberships and custom field values.
- List Contacts in list
Returns the contacts that belong to a contact list, with their details and list memberships.
- List Custom fields
Returns the custom field definitions set up in your SmartEmailing account, optionally with their options.
- List Newsletters
Returns your finished newsletters with their sender details, send times and open, click and unsubscribe counts.
- Send custom email
Sends a SmartEmailing email or email template to one recipient, with optional subject, preheader and dynamic content overrides.
- Send transactional email
Sends a transactional email (no unsubscribe link) to one recipient, either from a saved email/template or from a subject and body you supply.
- Trigger event
Fires a named event for a contact, starting any SmartEmailing automation scenarios listening for that event name.
- Unsubscribe Contact
Unsubscribes a contact from a chosen contact list.
- Update Contact email address
Changes a contact's email address in SmartEmailing, moving all of the contact's data to the new address.
- Update Contact list
Updates an existing contact list's name, public name, sender name, sender email or reply-to address. Only the values you provide are changed.
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 SmartEmailing, 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 SmartEmailing when something happens in Direct Mail?
Any of SmartEmailing's 17 actions, including Create or Update Contact, Send custom email, Send transactional email and Update Contact email address. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from SmartEmailing to Direct Mail?
Yes. When something happens in SmartEmailing, your agent can act in Direct Mail too. This page covers both directions: SmartEmailing's triggers and Direct Mail's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Direct Mail or SmartEmailing?
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 SmartEmailing 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.