--- title: "Connect Emailchef to Shift4 - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Emailchef, your agent runs \"Add customer\" in Shift4." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/emailchef-to-shift4" --- # Connect Emailchef to Shift4 When **New Contact** fires in [Emailchef](https://apiant.ai/connections/emailchef), your agent runs **Add customer** in [Shift4](https://apiant.ai/connections/shift4). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Emailchef **2** triggers Emailchef **19** actions Shift4 **21** 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 Shift4 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 Shift4 - When **New Contact** in Emailchef then **Add customer** in Shift4 - When **Contact Unsubscribed** in Emailchef then **Update customer** in Shift4 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 Shift4 ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 40 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 **Add card** Saves a credit or debit card to an existing Shift4 customer, either from a card token / successful charge, or from full card details. - Action **Add charge** Creates a new charge to a customer or card. - Action **Add customer** Creates a new customer in Shift4, optionally saving a card to them as their default card. - Action **Add plan** Creates a new subscription plan that customers can be subscribed to. - Action **Add refund** Refunds an existing charge in full or in part, returning the funds to the card that was charged. - Action **Add subscription** Creates a subscription that bills a customer automatically according to a plan. - Action **Delete card** Deletes a saved card from a Shift4 customer. If the deleted card was the customer's default, the most recently added card becomes the new default. - Action **Delete customer** Deletes an existing Shift4 customer. - Action **Delete plan** Deletes a plan by ID. - Action **Delete subscription** Cancels/deletes an existing subscription by ID. - Action **Get charge** Fetches a charge by ID. - Action **Get customer** Fetches a customer by ID. - Action **Get dispute** Fetches a dispute by ID. - Action **Get plan** Fetches a plan by ID. - Action **Get refund** Retrieves an existing Shift4 refund by its id. - Action **Get subscription** Fetches a subscription by ID. - Action **List cards** Lists the saved cards of a Shift4 customer, most recently created first. - Action **List refunds** Returns all refunds. - Action **Update charge** Updates an existing Shift4 charge's customer, description, shipping, billing, fraud status or metadata. Fields left blank are unchanged. - Action **Update customer** Updates an existing Shift4 customer. Any field left blank is left unchanged. - Action **Update subscription** Updates an existing subscription. Any field left blank is left unchanged. ## 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) - [ **Shift4** Payment processing platform with a REST API for card and alternative payment transactions across e-commerce...](https://apiant.ai/connections/shift4) 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 Shift4 - [ **Instagram to Shift4** Instagram is a social media platform for sharing photos, videos, and stories.](https://apiant.ai/connect/instagram-to-shift4) - [ **HubSpot to Shift4** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-shift4) - [ **Salesforce to Shift4** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-shift4) - [ **Slack to Shift4** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-shift4) - [ **Google Sheets to Shift4** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-shift4) - [ **Gmail to Shift4** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-shift4) Questions ## Emailchef and Shift4, 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 Shift4 when something happens in Emailchef? Any of Shift4's 21 actions, including Update charge, Update customer, Update subscription and Add card. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Shift4 to Emailchef? Shift4 has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Emailchef. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Shift4's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Emailchef or Shift4? 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 Shift4 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.