--- title: "Connect Dotdigital and Formstack Documents - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Contact Created\" fires in Dotdigital, your agent runs \"Create Document\" in Formstack Documents." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/dotdigital-to-formstack-documents" --- # Connect Dotdigital and Formstack Documents When **Contact Created** fires in [Dotdigital](https://apiant.ai/connections/dotdigital), your agent runs **Create Document** in [Formstack Documents](https://apiant.ai/connections/formstack-documents), or **New Merged Document** in Formstack Documents to **Create Contact Data Field** in Dotdigital. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Dotdigital **5** triggers Dotdigital **9** actions Formstack Documents **1** trigger Formstack Documents **15** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Dotdigital and Formstack Documents 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 Dotdigital and Formstack Documents can do together ### From Dotdigital to Formstack Documents - When **Contact Created** in Dotdigital then **Create Document** in Formstack Documents - When **Campaign Activity** in Dotdigital then **Update Document** in Formstack Documents ### From Formstack Documents to Dotdigital - When **New Merged Document** in Formstack Documents then **Create Contact Data Field** in Dotdigital - When **New Merged Document** in Formstack Documents then **Create or Update Contact (Deprecated)** in Dotdigital 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 Dotdigital and Formstack Documents ## Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 24 actions - Trigger **Campaign Activity** Triggers when a contact's activity (opens, clicks, replies, bounces, unsubscribes) on the selected email campaign changes. - Trigger **Campaign Opens** Triggers when a contact opens the selected email campaign. - Trigger **Contact Created** Triggers when a new contact is created in your Dotdigital account. - Trigger **Contact Suppressed** Triggers when a contact is suppressed in your Dotdigital account (unsubscribed, bounced, complained or blocked), with the reason. - Trigger **Contact Unsubscribed** Triggers when a contact unsubscribes from your Dotdigital account. - Action **Create a List** Creates a new contact list (address book) in Dotdigital. - Action **Create Contact Data Field** Creates a new contact data field in your Dotdigital account, such as a birthday or loyalty tier, for storing information about contacts. - Action **Create or Update Contact (Deprecated)** Creates a contact, or updates the existing contact with the same email address, and adds it to the All contacts list. Uses Dotdigital's deprecated contact API; prefer Create or Update Contact for new automations. - Action **Refresh Segment** Starts a refresh of a Dotdigital segment so its membership is recalculated, and returns the refresh status. - Action **Resubscribe Contact** Resubscribes a previously unsubscribed contact to your account, sending them a re-subscription challenge email when Dotdigital requires one. - Action **Send Email Campaign** Sends an email campaign to lists, segments or individual contacts, either immediately or at a scheduled date and time. - Action **Send SMS** Sends a single SMS message to a mobile number, unless that number has opted out of SMS. Long messages over 160 characters are charged as multiple messages. - Action **Send Transactional Email** Sends a transactional email, such as an order confirmation or password reset, with your own HTML or plain-text content. Not for marketing content. - Action **Unsubscribe Contact** Unsubscribes a contact from the whole Dotdigital account by email address, and returns the suppressed contact with the date and reason. - Trigger **New Merged Document** Triggers when a merged/populated document is created. - Action **Combine Files** Joins several files into one PDF or Word document. Give it the files in the order you want them, either as links or as base64 content, and it returns the combined file. - Action **Convert File to PDF** Turns a Word, Excel, PowerPoint, image or HTML file into a PDF. Point it at the file with a link or supply the file content, and it returns the PDF. - Action **Copy Document** Makes a copy of one of your Formstack Documents templates under a new name, and returns the new document with its merge key, merge URL and available merge fields. - Action **Create Data Route** Creates a data route in Formstack Documents — a single endpoint that sends one set of data to several documents at once, following the rules you give it. Returns the new route with the URL to post data to. - Action **Create Data Route Merge** Sends one set of data into a Formstack Documents data route, which merges it into every document the route's rules select. Optionally returns the finished documents in the response. - Action **Create Document** Creates a new document template in Formstack Documents from HTML or from an uploaded PDF, Word, Excel or PowerPoint file, and returns its merge URL and the merge fields found in it. - Action **Delete Data Route** Deletes a data route from Formstack Documents. The documents the route pointed at are not deleted. - Action **Delete Document** Deletes a document template from Formstack Documents. - Action **Get Data Route** Returns one Formstack Documents data route, with its name, its merge URL and the rules that decide which documents the data goes to. - Action **Get Document** Returns one document template from Formstack Documents, with its name, type, output format, merge URL and — for HTML templates — the template's HTML. - Action **Get Document Fields** Returns the merge fields found in a Formstack Documents template, so you know which names to send when merging data into it. - Action **List Data Routes** Returns your Formstack Documents data routes, each with its name, key and the URL to send data to. - Action **List Documents** Returns your Formstack Documents templates, each with its name, type, output format and merge URL. - Action **Update Data Route** Updates a Formstack Documents data route — its name, folder, or the rules that decide which documents receive the data. Anything you leave blank stays as it is. - Action **Update Document** Updates a Formstack Documents template — its name, folder, output format, filename or the template content itself. Anything you leave blank stays as it is; the template type cannot be changed. ## Each app on its own - [ **Dotdigital** Dotdigital is a customer experience and data platform (CXDP) that empowers marketers to create highly...](https://apiant.ai/connections/dotdigital) - [ **Formstack Documents** Introducing Formstack Documents, formerly WebMerge.](https://apiant.ai/connections/formstack-documents) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Dotdigital - [ **Dotdigital to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/dotdigital-to-hubspot) - [ **Dotdigital to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/dotdigital-to-salesforce) - [ **Dotdigital to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/dotdigital-to-slack) - [ **Dotdigital to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/dotdigital-to-google-sheets) - [ **Dotdigital to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/dotdigital-to-gmail) - [ **Dotdigital to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/dotdigital-to-google-calendar) ## More into Formstack Documents - [ **Shopify to Formstack Documents** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/shopify-to-formstack-documents) - [ **Airtable to Formstack Documents** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-formstack-documents) - [ **Trello to Formstack Documents** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/trello-to-formstack-documents) - [ **ClickUp to Formstack Documents** ClickUp is an all-in-one app to plan, track, and manage your work in a beautifully intuitive environment.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clickup-to-formstack-documents) - [ **Discord to Formstack Documents** Discord is an all-in-one voice and text chat for gamers.](https://apiant.ai/connect/discord-to-formstack-documents) - [ **Brevo to Formstack Documents** Brevo is the leading CRM suite designed to cultivate long-term customer relationships and help businesses...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brevo-to-formstack-documents) Questions ## Dotdigital and Formstack Documents, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Dotdigital? Any of Dotdigital's 5 triggers in the catalog, including Contact Created, Campaign Activity, Campaign Opens and Contact Suppressed. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Formstack Documents when something happens in Dotdigital? Any of Formstack Documents's 15 actions, including Create Data Route, Create Data Route Merge, Create Document and Update Data Route. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Formstack Documents to Dotdigital? Yes. When something happens in Formstack Documents, your agent can act in Dotdigital too. This page covers both directions: Formstack Documents's triggers and Dotdigital's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Dotdigital or Formstack Documents? 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 Dotdigital and Formstack Documents 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.