Integration
Connect Direct Mail and Tolstoy
When New Contact fires in Direct Mail, your agent runs Get Inbox Email in Tolstoy, or New Response in Tolstoy to Add or Update Contact in Direct Mail. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
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What do you want Direct Mail and Tolstoy to do together?
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Claude Code
Run this in the directory you want to work in.
claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
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)Grok
Open grok.com/connectors, choose New Connector, then Custom, and paste the address. Grok signs you in in your browser.
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.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)Example flows
What Direct Mail and Tolstoy can do together
From Direct Mail to Tolstoy
When New Contact in Direct Mail
then Get Inbox Email in Tolstoy
From Tolstoy 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 Tolstoy
Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 36 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 Response
Triggers when a shopper submits answers, preferences or an email through a Tolstoy AI widget.
- Add Media to Playlist
Adds one media-library item to a playlist.
- Approve Media Draft
Approves a completed Studio draft so it becomes a media-library item.
- Archive Media
Archives a media-library item.
- Delete Playlist
Deletes a media-library playlist; its media stay in the library.
- Get Brand Profile
Returns the brand profile of a store: name, website, description, audience, colors and fonts.
- Get Credit Balance
Returns the credits the account has left and has spent this period, per product.
- Get Inbox Email
Returns one email of the workspace inbox in full: sender, subject, text and HTML.
- Get Model
Returns one fashion model with its images and measurements.
- Get Product
Returns one Shopify product from the store's Tolstoy catalog: title, description, variants and images.
- Get Products Count
Returns the total number of products in the store, drafts and unpublished products included.
- Get Shopper Assistant Profile
Returns the profile of the store's AI shopping assistant: name, role, goal and tone.
- Get Usage
Returns the plan names, monthly credit allowance and credits spent this period.
- List Collection Products
Returns the products in one Shopify collection.
- List Collections
Returns the store's Shopify collections with their product counts.
- List Folders
Returns the Studio projects and the folders inside them.
- List Inbox Emails
Returns the emails in the workspace's brand-newsletter inbox, newest first.
- List Models
Returns the workspace's fashion models and Tolstoy's stock models.
- List Playlists
Returns the media library's playlists.
- List Stores
Returns the Shopify stores connected to the Tolstoy workspace, with the store URL each other operation needs.
- List Themes
Returns the store's Shopify themes; role MAIN is the live theme.
- List Tracked Brands
Returns the competitor brands the workspace tracks in Ad Spy.
- List Video Templates
Returns the newest saved Remotion video templates in the workspace.
- Remove Media from Playlist
Removes one media-library item from a playlist.
- Rename Folder
Renames a Studio project or folder.
- Rename Playlist
Renames a media-library playlist.
- Search Products
Searches the store's products by keyword, product ID, variant ID or SKU and returns one page of matching products.
- Unarchive Media
Restores an archived media-library item.
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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Direct Mail and Tolstoy, 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 Tolstoy when something happens in Direct Mail?
Any of Tolstoy's 27 actions, including Add Media to Playlist, Approve Media Draft, Get Brand Profile and Get Credit Balance. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Tolstoy to Direct Mail?
Yes. When something happens in Tolstoy, your agent can act in Direct Mail too. This page covers both directions: Tolstoy's triggers and Direct Mail's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Direct Mail or Tolstoy?
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 Tolstoy 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.