--- title: "Connect Dotdigital and TidyCal - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Contact Created\" fires in Dotdigital, your agent runs \"Add contact\" in TidyCal." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/dotdigital-to-tidycal" --- # Connect Dotdigital and TidyCal When **Contact Created** fires in [Dotdigital](https://apiant.ai/connections/dotdigital), your agent runs **Add contact** in [TidyCal](https://apiant.ai/connections/tidycal), or **New Booking** in TidyCal 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 TidyCal **8** triggers TidyCal **17** 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 TidyCal 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 TidyCal can do together ### From Dotdigital to TidyCal - When **Contact Created** in Dotdigital then **Add contact** in TidyCal - When **Campaign Activity** in Dotdigital then **Update contact** in TidyCal ### From TidyCal to Dotdigital - When **New Booking** in TidyCal then **Create Contact Data Field** in Dotdigital - When **New Booking Type** in TidyCal 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 TidyCal ## Triggers and actions 13 triggers · 26 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 **Cancelled Booking** Triggers when a booking in your TidyCal account is cancelled. Returns the cancelled booking with its contact, times and booking type. - Trigger **New Booking** Triggers when a new booking is made in your TidyCal account. - Trigger **New Booking Type** Triggers when a new booking type (event type) is created in your TidyCal account. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is added to your TidyCal account. - Trigger **New Team** Triggers when a new team you have access to appears in your TidyCal account. - Trigger **New Team Booking** Triggers when a new booking is made on one of a team's booking types. - Trigger **New Team User** Triggers when a user is added to a TidyCal team. - Trigger **Rescheduled Booking** Triggers when one of your bookings is rescheduled, returning the booking with its new time and the time it was previously scheduled for. - Action **Add booking** Creates a booking on one of your TidyCal booking types for a guest, either a single session or several sessions of a package. - Action **Add booking type** Creates a new booking type (a bookable meeting template) in your TidyCal account. - Action **Add contact** Creates a new contact in your TidyCal account with a name, email and optional timezone. - Action **Add guest to booking** Adds a guest to an existing upcoming booking. The guest gets their own linked booking at the same time and location and receives a confirmation email. - Action **Cancel booking** Cancels a TidyCal booking, optionally with a reason and without notifying the booker and host. Returns the cancelled booking. - Action **Delete booking type** Deletes a booking type from your TidyCal account. Team-managed copies of a booking type cannot be deleted. - Action **Get booking** Returns a single TidyCal booking by its ID, including its contact, booking-question answers, payment, add-ons, refund status and hosts. - Action **Get booking type** Returns a single booking type, including its title, duration, price, booking URL and availability settings. - Action **Get contact** Returns a single TidyCal contact by its id, including name, email, phone number, timezone and timestamps. - Action **List available timeslots** Returns the open times a client can book for one of your booking types between two dates, with how many bookings each slot can still take. - Action **List bookings** Returns the bookings on your TidyCal account, optionally limited to a date range, to cancelled bookings only, or including team bookings. - Action **List booking types** Returns every booking type (event type) on the connected TidyCal account, including its title, duration, price and booking URL. - Action **List contacts** Returns the contacts in your TidyCal account, optionally only those whose name or email starts with given text. - Action **List teams** Returns the TidyCal teams the connected account has access to, with each team's id, name and created/updated times. - Action **Reschedule booking** Moves an existing TidyCal booking to a new start time, keeping the booking type's duration. Returns the updated booking. - Action **Update booking type** Updates an existing booking type in TidyCal. Only the details you fill in are changed; everything else keeps its current value. - Action **Update contact** Updates an existing TidyCal contact's name, email, phone number or timezone. Only the fields you fill in are 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) - [ **TidyCal** TidyCal is simple and easy calendar management and booking tool.](https://apiant.ai/connections/tidycal) 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 TidyCal - [ **HubSpot to TidyCal** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-tidycal) - [ **Salesforce to TidyCal** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-tidycal) - [ **Slack to TidyCal** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-tidycal) - [ **Google Sheets to TidyCal** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-tidycal) - [ **Gmail to TidyCal** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-tidycal) - [ **Google Calendar to TidyCal** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-tidycal) Questions ## Dotdigital and TidyCal, 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 TidyCal when something happens in Dotdigital? Any of TidyCal's 17 actions, including Update booking type, Update contact, Add booking and Add booking type. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from TidyCal to Dotdigital? Yes. When something happens in TidyCal, your agent can act in Dotdigital too. This page covers both directions: TidyCal's triggers and Dotdigital's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Dotdigital or TidyCal? 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 TidyCal 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.