--- title: "Connect Funnel-Tunnel and Zendesk Messaging - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Contact Updated\" fires in Funnel-Tunnel, your agent runs \"Send Message\" in Zendesk Messaging." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/funnel-tunnel-to-zendesk-messaging" --- # Connect Funnel-Tunnel and Zendesk Messaging When **Contact Updated** fires in [Funnel-Tunnel](https://apiant.ai/connections/funnel-tunnel), your agent runs **Send Message** in [Zendesk Messaging](https://apiant.ai/connections/zendesk-messaging), or **New Conversation Message** in Zendesk Messaging to **Create Contact** in Funnel-Tunnel. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Funnel-Tunnel **3** triggers Funnel-Tunnel **5** actions Zendesk Messaging **1** trigger Zendesk Messaging **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 Funnel-Tunnel and Zendesk Messaging 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 Funnel-Tunnel and Zendesk Messaging can do together ### From Funnel-Tunnel to Zendesk Messaging - When **Contact Updated** in Funnel-Tunnel then **Send Message** in Zendesk Messaging - When **New Product Created** in Funnel-Tunnel then **Get Conversation Messages** in Zendesk Messaging ### From Zendesk Messaging to Funnel-Tunnel - When **New Conversation Message** in Zendesk Messaging then **Create Contact** in Funnel-Tunnel - When **New Conversation Message** in Zendesk Messaging then **Find Contact** in Funnel-Tunnel 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 Funnel-Tunnel and Zendesk Messaging ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 8 actions - Trigger **Contact Updated** Triggers when an existing contact updated. - Trigger **New Product Created** Triggers when a new product created. - Trigger **Product Updated** Triggers when an existing product updated. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a contact in your Funnel-Tunnel website CRM. If a contact with the same email already exists, it is updated with the supplied values. - Action **Create Product** Creates a store product on your website, optionally updating an existing product with the same URL instead. - Action **Find Contact** Finds a contact on your website by email address and returns the contact's details. - Action **Find Product** Finds store products whose title contains the given text, optionally limited to one category. Returns the matching products and the first match. - Action **Update Product** Updates an existing product in your store. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Trigger **New Conversation Message** Triggers instantly on every new message in a Zendesk messaging conversation, from the customer or from your business. Check "author_type": it is "user" for the customer's messages, so an automation that replies should only act on those. - Action **Find Conversation** Finds a customer's messaging conversation from their messaging ID. - Action **Get Conversation Messages** Returns the most recent messages in a messaging conversation, from both the customer and the business. - Action **Send Message** Sends a reply into a customer's messaging conversation as your business. ## Each app on its own - [ **Funnel-Tunnel** Funnel-Tunnel is all-in-one software for small and medium-sized companies to successfully digitize.](https://apiant.ai/connections/funnel-tunnel) - [ **Zendesk Messaging** Read and reply to customer conversations from Zendesk messaging (the Web Widget, mobile SDK and social...](https://apiant.ai/connections/zendesk-messaging) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Funnel-Tunnel - [ **Funnel-Tunnel to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/funnel-tunnel-to-hubspot) - [ **Funnel-Tunnel to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/funnel-tunnel-to-salesforce) - [ **Funnel-Tunnel to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/funnel-tunnel-to-slack) - [ **Funnel-Tunnel to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/funnel-tunnel-to-google-sheets) - [ **Funnel-Tunnel to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/funnel-tunnel-to-gmail) - [ **Funnel-Tunnel to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/funnel-tunnel-to-google-calendar) ## More into Zendesk Messaging - [ **HubSpot to Zendesk Messaging** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-zendesk-messaging) - [ **Salesforce to Zendesk Messaging** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-zendesk-messaging) - [ **Slack to Zendesk Messaging** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-zendesk-messaging) - [ **Google Sheets to Zendesk Messaging** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-zendesk-messaging) - [ **Gmail to Zendesk Messaging** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-zendesk-messaging) - [ **Google Calendar to Zendesk Messaging** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-zendesk-messaging) Questions ## Funnel-Tunnel and Zendesk Messaging, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Funnel-Tunnel? Any of Funnel-Tunnel's 3 triggers in the catalog, including Contact Updated, New Product Created and Product Updated. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Zendesk Messaging when something happens in Funnel-Tunnel? Any of Zendesk Messaging's 3 actions, including Send Message, Find Conversation and Get Conversation Messages. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Zendesk Messaging to Funnel-Tunnel? Yes. When something happens in Zendesk Messaging, your agent can act in Funnel-Tunnel too. This page covers both directions: Zendesk Messaging's triggers and Funnel-Tunnel's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Funnel-Tunnel or Zendesk Messaging? 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 Funnel-Tunnel and Zendesk Messaging 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.