Integration
Connect FreeScout and Tableau
When Conversation Created fires in FreeScout, your agent runs Run Extract Refresh Task in Tableau, or New Data Source in Tableau to Create Customer in FreeScout. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
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What do you want FreeScout and Tableau to do together?
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https://mcp.apiant.aiOne 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.
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Claude Code
Run this in the directory you want to work in.
claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)Grok
Open grok.com/connectors, choose New Connector, then Custom, and paste the address. Grok signs you in in your browser.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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.
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What FreeScout and Tableau can do together
From FreeScout to Tableau
When Conversation Created in FreeScout
then Run Extract Refresh Task in Tableau
From Tableau to FreeScout
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 FreeScout and Tableau
Triggers and actions 9 triggers · 43 actions
- Conversation Created
Triggers when a new conversation is created in FreeScout.
- New Customer
Triggers when a new customer is created in FreeScout.
- New or Updated Conversation
Triggers when a FreeScout conversation is created or updated.
- Create Customer
Creates a FreeScout customer. If a customer with the email already exists, none is created.
- Create Thread
Adds a customer reply, agent reply or internal note to a FreeScout conversation.
- Create Timelog
Logs a finished time entry of the given duration on a FreeScout conversation (Time Tracking module).
- Create User
Creates a regular FreeScout user (no invitation email; no mailbox access by default).
- Delete Conversation
Deletes a FreeScout conversation permanently.
- Delete User
Deletes a FreeScout user.
- Get Conversation
Returns one FreeScout conversation by ID, with its threads and tags.
- Get Current User
Returns the FreeScout user who owns the API key (works only with a per-user API key).
- Get Customer
Returns one FreeScout customer by ID, with their name, company, emails and phones.
- Get Report
Returns metrics and chart data for a FreeScout report (conversations, productivity, satisfaction or time); requires the Reports module.
- Get User
Returns one FreeScout user by ID.
- List Conversations
Returns FreeScout conversations matching the filters you give, newest first.
- List Conversation Timelogs
Returns the time-tracking entries logged on a FreeScout conversation (Time Tracking module).
- List Customers
Returns FreeScout customers matching the filters you give, such as email or name.
- List Mailbox Custom Fields
Returns the custom fields defined for a FreeScout mailbox.
- List Mailboxes
Returns the FreeScout mailboxes, optionally only those a given user can access.
- List Mailbox Folders
Returns the folders of a FreeScout mailbox with their conversation counts.
- List Tags
Returns FreeScout tags, optionally only the tags on one conversation.
- List Timelogs
Returns FreeScout time-tracking entries, optionally filtered by conversation, user and date range.
- List Users
Returns FreeScout users, optionally looked up by email.
- Update Conversation
Changes a FreeScout conversation's status, assignee, mailbox, customer or subject.
- Update Conversation Custom Fields
Sets one custom field value on a FreeScout conversation. For a dropdown field, pass the option's ID.
- Update Conversation Tags
Replaces all tags on a FreeScout conversation with the list you give; missing tags are created, and an empty list removes all tags.
- Update Customer
Updates a FreeScout customer's name, contact details, company or notes.
- Update Customer Fields
Sets one customer field value on a FreeScout customer (Customer Fields module).
- List extract refresh tasks
Triggers when a new scheduled extract refresh task is added to your Tableau site.
- New Data Source
Triggers when a new data source is published to your Tableau site.
- New Job
Triggers when a new background job (such as an extract refresh) matching your filter appears on your Tableau site.
- New Project
Triggers when a new project is created on your Tableau site.
- New User
Triggers when a new user is added to your Tableau site.
- New Workbook
Triggers when a new workbook is published to your Tableau site.
- Add User to Site
Adds a user to your Tableau site with the given site role.
- Create Project
Creates a project on your Tableau site, optionally nested under a parent project.
- Create Workbook Refresh
Starts an extract refresh for a workbook and returns the refresh job.
- Delete Data Source
Deletes a published data source from your Tableau site.
- Delete Project
Deletes a project and the content inside it from your Tableau site.
- Delete Workbook
Deletes a workbook from your Tableau site.
- Find View
Finds a view (sheet or dashboard) on your Tableau site by its exact name.
- Find Workbook
Finds a workbook on your Tableau site by its exact name.
- Get Data Source
Returns one published data source's details.
- Get Job
Returns the status and progress of a background job such as an extract refresh.
- Get User
Returns one user on your Tableau site, including their site role and last sign-in.
- Get Workbook
Returns one workbook's details, including its project, owner and link.
- Refresh Data Source
Starts an extract refresh for a data source and returns the refresh job.
- Remove User from Site
Removes a user from your Tableau site.
- Run Extract Refresh Task
Runs a scheduled extract refresh task immediately and returns the started job.
- Update Project
Updates a project's name, description or parent project.
- Update User
Updates a site user's display name, email or site role.
- Update Workbook
Updates a workbook's name, description, project or owner.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
FreeScout and Tableau, answered
What can start an automation from FreeScout?
Any of FreeScout's 3 triggers in the catalog, including Conversation Created, New Customer and New or Updated Conversation. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in Tableau when something happens in FreeScout?
Any of Tableau's 18 actions, including Create Project, Create Workbook Refresh, Update Project and Update User. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Tableau to FreeScout?
Yes. When something happens in Tableau, your agent can act in FreeScout too. This page covers both directions: Tableau's triggers and FreeScout's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for FreeScout or Tableau?
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 FreeScout and Tableau 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.