Integration
Connect Freshdesk and Switchboard Canvas
When New Company fires in Freshdesk, your agent runs Create Image in Switchboard Canvas, or New Template in Switchboard Canvas to Add Note to Ticket in Freshdesk. 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.
Build solutions, not workarounds.
What do you want Freshdesk and Switchboard Canvas 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.
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.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.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)Example flows
What Freshdesk and Switchboard Canvas can do together
From Freshdesk to Switchboard Canvas
When New Company in Freshdesk
then Create Image in Switchboard Canvas
From Switchboard Canvas to Freshdesk
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 Freshdesk and Switchboard Canvas
Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 24 actions
- New Company
Triggers when a new company is created.
- New Contact
Triggers when a new contact is created.
- New Ticket
Triggers when a new ticket is created.
- Add Note to Ticket
Adds a private or public note to a ticket.
- Create Company
Creates a new company.
- Create Contact
Creates a new contact.
- Create Ticket
Creates a new ticket in Freshdesk.
- Delete Contact
Deletes a contact by ID.
- Delete Ticket
Deletes a ticket by ID.
- Get Agent
Retrieves an agent by ID.
- Get Company
Retrieves a company by ID.
- Get Contact
Retrieves a contact by ID.
- Get Ticket
Retrieves a single ticket by ID.
- List Agents
Lists all agents.
- List Companies
Lists companies.
- List Contacts
Lists contacts.
- List Ticket Conversations
Lists all conversations (replies and notes) on a ticket.
- List Tickets
Lists tickets, most recently updated first.
- Reply to Ticket
Adds a public reply to a ticket conversation.
- Search Contacts
Searches contacts using a Freshdesk query string.
- Search Tickets
Searches tickets using a Freshdesk query string.
- Update Company
Updates a company by ID.
- Update Contact
Updates a contact by ID.
- Update Ticket
Updates an existing ticket by ID.
- New Template
Triggers when a new template is added to your Switchboard Canvas account.
- Create Image
Creates an image from a template at the width and height you give, replacing template element values with your overwrites, and returns the URL of the generated image (kept for 7 days).
- List Template Elements
Returns the elements defined in a template, each with its name and type (text, image or rectangle), so you know which elements you can overwrite.
- List Templates
Returns the image templates defined in your Switchboard Canvas account, with each template's API name and display name.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
Each app on its own
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Questions
Freshdesk and Switchboard Canvas, answered
What can start an automation from Freshdesk?
Any of Freshdesk's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Company, New Contact and New Ticket. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in Switchboard Canvas when something happens in Freshdesk?
Any of Switchboard Canvas's 3 actions, including Create Image, List Template Elements and List Templates. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Switchboard Canvas to Freshdesk?
Yes. When something happens in Switchboard Canvas, your agent can act in Freshdesk too. This page covers both directions: Switchboard Canvas's triggers and Freshdesk's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Freshdesk or Switchboard Canvas?
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 Freshdesk and Switchboard Canvas 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.