--- title: "Connect Emailchef and Teachworks - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Emailchef, your agent runs \"Add payment allocation\" in Teachworks." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/emailchef-to-teachworks" --- # Connect Emailchef and Teachworks When **New Contact** fires in [Emailchef](https://apiant.ai/connections/emailchef), your agent runs **Add payment allocation** in [Teachworks](https://apiant.ai/connections/teachworks), or **Lesson Completed** in Teachworks 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 Teachworks **17** triggers Teachworks **28** 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 Teachworks 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Emailchef and Teachworks can do together ### From Emailchef to Teachworks - When **New Contact** in Emailchef then **Add payment allocation** in Teachworks - When **Contact Unsubscribed** in Emailchef then **Add profile note** in Teachworks ### From Teachworks to Emailchef - When **Lesson Completed** in Teachworks then **Add / Update Contact** in Emailchef - When **New Availability** in Teachworks 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 Teachworks ## Triggers and actions 19 triggers · 47 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 **Lesson Completed** Triggers when a lesson is marked completed in Teachworks. - Trigger **New Availability** Triggers when a new availability block is added for a teacher or employee. - Trigger **New Cost Premium** Triggers when a new cost premium is created in Teachworks. - Trigger **New Employee** Triggers when a new employee (teacher or staff member) is added in Teachworks. - Trigger **New Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice is created in Teachworks. - Trigger **New Lesson** Triggers when a new lesson is scheduled in Teachworks. - Trigger **New Lesson Participant** Triggers when a student is added to a lesson as a new lesson participant. - Trigger **New Location** Triggers when a new location (or sub-location) is added in Teachworks. - Trigger **New Other Event** Triggers when a new other event (such as an open house or staff meeting) is added to the Teachworks calendar. - Trigger **New Package Balance Alert** Triggers when a customer's package balance is created or recalculated in Teachworks (for example after lessons use package units). - Trigger **New Payment** Triggers when a new payment is recorded in Teachworks. - Trigger **New Refund** Triggers when a new refund is recorded against a customer's payment in Teachworks. - Trigger **New Service** Triggers when a new service is created in Teachworks. - Trigger **New Student** Triggers when a new student is added in Teachworks. - Trigger **New Unavailability** Triggers when a new unavailability (time off) is added for an employee in Teachworks. - Trigger **New Wage Payment** Triggers when a new wage payment to an employee is recorded in Teachworks. - Trigger **New Wage Tier** Triggers when a new wage tier is created in Teachworks. - Action **Add location** Creates a new location in your Teachworks account. - Action **Add payment allocation** Allocates part or all of a payment to an invoice. - Action **Add profile note** Creates a profile note on a customer (family) or student. - Action **Add student to lesson** Adds a student to an existing scheduled lesson and returns the updated lesson with its participants. - Action **Add wage payment** Creates a wage payment for an employee in Teachworks. - Action **Complete lesson** Completes a Teachworks lesson: sets attendance status for the lesson or each participant, and records charges and lesson notes. - Action **Create Child Student** Creates a child student who belongs to a family, with their fees billed to that family. - Action **Create Employee** Creates a new employee (teacher or staff member) in Teachworks. - Action **Create Family** Creates a family customer in Teachworks. Families are billed for the lessons of their child students. - Action **Create Independent Student** Creates an independent student in Teachworks: a directly billed customer together with its associated student record. - Action **Create Lesson** Creates a single lesson in Teachworks with a teacher, service, students, location and start/end date and time. - Action **Create Payment** Creates a payment received from a customer (family or independent student). - Action **Find Child Student** Finds child students (students belonging to a family) matching the name, email, phone or other details you supply. - Action **Find Customer** Finds customers (families and independent students) matching name, email, phone, address, type or status, and returns the first match plus all matches. - Action **Find Employee** Finds employees (teachers and staff) matching the name, email, location, status or subject you give, and returns the first match plus the full list. - Action **Find Family** Finds family customers in Teachworks matching the name, email, phone, address or status you supply, returning the first match and the full list. - Action **Find Independent Student (Full Details)** Finds independent-student customers matching the search criteria and returns their full customer profile, including the student details and custom fields. - Action **Find Independent Student (Student Details)** Finds independent students matching name, email, phone, school, status or other criteria and returns their student details. - Action **Find Payment** Finds payments by customer and/or payment date, returning the first match and the full list of matching payments. - Action **Get lesson** Returns a single lesson, including its time, teacher, service, location and participants. - Action **List lessons** Returns lessons in your Teachworks account, optionally filtered by teacher, student, location, service, status or date range. - Action **Update customer** Updates an existing customer in Teachworks — a family or an independent student — including contact details, status, notification preferences and invoice schedules. - Action **Update Customer Custom Field Values** Sets the values of up to 10 custom profile fields on a Teachworks customer. - Action **Update employee** Updates an existing employee's profile, wage settings and user permissions in Teachworks. - Action **Update lesson** Updates an existing lesson's details, schedule, cost override and participants, and returns the updated lesson. - Action **Update payment** Updates an existing payment's customer, date, amount, description, payment method or Stripe transaction ID. - Action **Update student** Updates an existing child student in Teachworks, such as their name, contact details, status, billing and default teachers. - Action **Update Student Custom Field Values** Sets the values of up to 10 custom profile fields on a Teachworks student. ## 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) - [ **Teachworks** Teachworks is a simple, easy-to-use system that education companies use for managing teachers, students...](https://apiant.ai/connections/teachworks) 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. 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Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Teachworks when something happens in Emailchef? Any of Teachworks's 28 actions, including Create Child Student, Create Employee, Create Family and Create Independent Student. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Teachworks to Emailchef? Yes. When something happens in Teachworks, your agent can act in Emailchef too. This page covers both directions: Teachworks's triggers and Emailchef's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Emailchef or Teachworks? 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 Teachworks 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.