--- title: "Connect Emailchef to scale up - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Emailchef, your agent runs \"Set Metric Value by Name\" in scale up." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/emailchef-to-scale-up" --- # Connect Emailchef to scale up When **New Contact** fires in [Emailchef](https://apiant.ai/connections/emailchef), your agent runs **Set Metric Value by Name** in [scale up](https://apiant.ai/connections/scale-up). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Emailchef **2** triggers Emailchef **19** actions scale up **3** 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 scale up 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 can start in scale up - When **New Contact** in Emailchef then **Set Metric Value by Name** in scale up - When **Contact Unsubscribed** in Emailchef then **Set Metric Value From Dropdown** in scale up 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 scale up ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 22 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. - Action **Get Metric** Returns a metric (KPI) with its current value, unit, interval and scope. - Action **Set Metric Value by Name** Sets a new value on a Scale Up metric (KPI), found by its name or title. - Action **Set Metric Value From Dropdown** Sets a new value on a metric you choose from a list of your scale up metrics. ## 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) - [ **scale up** The scale up app is a tool that enables entrepreneurs to learn the scale up framework and to implement it...](https://apiant.ai/connections/scale-up) 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](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 scale up - [ **HubSpot to scale up** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-scale-up) - [ **Salesforce to scale up** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-scale-up) - [ **Slack to scale up** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-scale-up) - [ **Google Sheets to scale up** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-scale-up) - [ **Gmail to scale up** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-scale-up) - [ **Google Calendar to scale up** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-scale-up) Questions ## Emailchef and scale up, 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 scale up when something happens in Emailchef? Any of scale up's 3 actions, including Get Metric, Set Metric Value by Name and Set Metric Value From Dropdown. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from scale up to Emailchef? scale up has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Emailchef. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads scale up's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Emailchef or scale up? 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 scale up 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.