--- title: "Connect Emailchef and Filevine - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Emailchef, your agent runs \"Create Contact\" in Filevine, or \"New Contact\" in Filevine to \"Add / Update Contact\" in Emailchef." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/emailchef-to-filevine" --- # Connect Emailchef and Filevine When **New Contact** fires in [Emailchef](https://apiant.ai/connections/emailchef), your agent runs **Create Contact** in [Filevine](https://apiant.ai/connections/filevine), or **New Contact** in Filevine to **Add / Update Contact** in Emailchef. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Emailchef **2** triggers Emailchef **19** actions Filevine **2** triggers Filevine **20** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Emailchef and Filevine 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 Emailchef and Filevine can do together ### From Emailchef to Filevine - When **New Contact** in Emailchef then **Create Contact** in Filevine - When **Contact Unsubscribed** in Emailchef then **Add project contact** in Filevine ### From Filevine to Emailchef - When **New Contact** in Filevine then **Add / Update Contact** in Emailchef - When **New Project** in Filevine then **Import contacts** in Emailchef 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 Emailchef and Filevine ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 39 actions - Trigger **Contact Unsubscribed** Triggers when a contact unsubscribes from your list. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is added to your list. - Action **Add blocking** Add an email to the blocklist. - Action **Add custom field** Create a custom field in a list. - Action **Add / Update Contact** Adds a new contact or updates an existing one with the provided data. - Action **Create New List** Creates a new contact list in your account. - Action **Delete blocking** Remove an email from the blocklist. - Action **Delete campaign** Delete a campaign. - Action **Delete custom field** Delete a custom field. - Action **Delete list** Delete a list. - Action **Find Contact in List** Finds an existing contact within a specific list by their email address. - Action **Get contact** Get a contact by id. - Action **Get list** Get a list by id. - Action **Import contacts** Bulk import contacts into a list. - Action **List blockings** Lists the account's blocked email addresses, each with email, type and added_date. - Action **List contacts** List contacts. - Action **List custom fields** List custom fields of a list. - Action **List lists** List all contact lists. - Action **Unsubscribe Contact in List** Unsubscribes a contact from a specific list using their Contact ID. - Action **Update custom field** Update a custom field. - Action **Update list** Update a list. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is added in Filevine. - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new project (case) is created in Filevine. - Action **Add appointment** Creates a calendar appointment on a Filevine project with a title, start and end time, and attendees. - Action **Add invoice** Creates a new invoice on a Filevine project from its billable billing items. - Action **Add project contact** Adds an existing contact to a Filevine project, optionally with the role they play on that project. - Action **Add project deadline** Creates a new deadline (such as a statute of limitations or court date) on a Filevine project. - Action **Add task** Creates a task on a Filevine project and assigns it to a user, with an optional subject and due date. - Action **Create Collection Item** Adds a new item to a collection section (for example a list of medical providers) on a Filevine project. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a new contact card (a person or organization) in Filevine. - Action **Find Collection Item** Gets one collection item from a Filevine project by its item ID. - Action **Find Contact** Finds the first Filevine contact matching an email, full name, phone or search term. - Action **Find Document** Finds the first Filevine document matching a search term, optionally within one project. - Action **Find Form** Gets the field values of a form section on a Filevine project. - Action **Find Phase** Finds a phase of a Filevine project type by name and returns its ID. - Action **Find Project** Finds the first active Filevine project matching a name, project number or search term. - Action **Find Project Type** Finds a Filevine project type by name and returns its ID. - Action **Find User** Finds the first Filevine user in your org matching a name, email or username. - Action **Get Project** Returns a Filevine project's details, including its name, type, phase, client, team and project URL. - Action **Toggle Section** Shows or hides a section on a Filevine project. - Action **Update Collection Item** Updates fields on an existing collection item in a Filevine project. - Action **Update Contact** Updates an existing contact's details, such as name, email, phone numbers, addresses and person types. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Update Project** Updates an existing Filevine project's name, description, number or incident date. ## Each app on its own - [ **Emailchef** Emailchef is an email marketing platform that allows you to create, send and analyze mass emails and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/emailchef) - [ **Filevine** Filevine is a modern case management system for law firms.](https://apiant.ai/connections/filevine) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Emailchef - [ **Emailchef to Smartsheet via API Token** Smartsheet is a work management and collaboration platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/emailchef-to-smartsheet-via-api-token) - [ **Emailchef to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/emailchef-to-hubspot) - [ **Emailchef to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/emailchef-to-salesforce) - [ **Emailchef to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/emailchef-to-slack) - [ **Emailchef to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/emailchef-to-google-sheets) - [ **Emailchef to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/emailchef-to-gmail) ## More into Filevine - [ **ActiveCampaign to Filevine** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-filevine) - [ **Airtable to Filevine** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-filevine) - [ **Asana to Filevine** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-filevine) - [ **ClickUp to Filevine** 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-filevine) - [ **Discord to Filevine** Discord is an all-in-one voice and text chat for gamers.](https://apiant.ai/connect/discord-to-filevine) - [ **Brevo to Filevine** Brevo is the leading CRM suite designed to cultivate long-term customer relationships and help businesses...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brevo-to-filevine) Questions ## Emailchef and Filevine, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Emailchef? Any of Emailchef's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Contact and Contact Unsubscribed. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Filevine when something happens in Emailchef? Any of Filevine's 20 actions, including Create Collection Item, Create Contact, Update Collection Item and Update Contact. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Filevine to Emailchef? Yes. When something happens in Filevine, your agent can act in Emailchef too. This page covers both directions: Filevine's triggers and Emailchef's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Emailchef or Filevine? 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 Emailchef and Filevine 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.