--- title: "Connect Gist to Direct Mail Manager - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Gist, your agent runs \"Add address\" in Direct Mail Manager." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/gist-to-direct-mail-manager" --- # Connect Gist to Direct Mail Manager When **New Contact** fires in [Gist](https://apiant.ai/connections/gist), your agent runs **Add address** in [Direct Mail Manager](https://apiant.ai/connections/direct-mail-manager). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Gist **10** triggers Gist **13** actions Direct Mail Manager **12** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Gist and Direct Mail Manager 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 Gist can start in Direct Mail Manager - When **New Contact** in Gist then **Add address** in Direct Mail Manager - When **New conversation** in Gist then **Add address to mailing list** in Direct Mail Manager 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 Gist and Direct Mail Manager ## Triggers and actions 10 triggers · 25 actions - Trigger **Conversation closed** Fires when a conversation is closed. Webhook topic "Conversation Closed". - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when you add a new contact. - Trigger **New conversation** Fires when a contact initiates a new conversation. Webhook topic "Contact Initiated Conversation". - Trigger **New message from contact** Fires when a contact sends a message in a conversation. Webhook topic "Message From Contact". - Trigger **Performed an Event** Triggers when a contact performs an event. - Trigger **Subscribed to a Campaign** Triggers when a contact is subscribed to a campaign. - Trigger **Tag Added to Contact** Triggers when a specific tag gets added to a contact. - Trigger **Tag Removed From Contact** Triggers when a specific tag gets removed from a contact. - Trigger **Unsubscribed From a Campaign** Triggers when a contact is unsubscribed from a campaign. - Trigger **Updated a Contact Property** Triggered every time a specified property is updated on any contact. This will also be triggered when a contact is created with this property. - Action **Add conversation** Create a new conversation in Gist's helpdesk/live-chat. - Action **Add Tag to an Existing Contact** Apply a tag to an existing contact. - Action **Assign conversation** Assign an existing conversation to a teammate or team. - Action **Close conversation** Close an existing conversation. - Action **Create or Update Contact** Creates a new Contact or updates an existing one. - Action **Delete contact** Delete a contact by id. - Action **Find a Contact** Finds an existing contact. - Action **Get a Contact** Fetches a contact by ID. An error occurs if the contact is not found. - Action **Get conversation** Retrieve a single conversation by id. - Action **List contacts** List all contacts in the workspace. - Action **List conversations** List all conversations in the workspace. - Action **Remove Tag From Existing Contact** Removes a tag from an existing contact. - Action **Reply to conversation** Add a reply message to an existing conversation. - Action **Add address** Adds a new recipient address to your Direct Mail Manager account, optionally placing it on one or more mailing lists, and returns the new address's id and verification result. - Action **Add address to mailing list** Adds an existing address to a mailing list. An address can belong to any number of mailing lists. - Action **Add mailing list** Creates a new mailing list in Direct Mail Manager and returns its ID. - Action **Delete address** Deletes an address from your Direct Mail Manager account. The deletion is a soft delete, so the address can be restored later; suppressed or locked addresses cannot be deleted. - Action **Delete mailing list** Permanently deletes a mailing list. Addresses that were on the list are kept. - Action **Get address** Returns a single address from Direct Mail Manager, including its verification status, deliverability, mailing lists, metadata and custom field values. - Action **Get mailing list** Returns a single mailing list by its ID, including its name, address count and mailable count. - Action **List addresses** Returns the addresses in your Direct Mail Manager account, optionally narrowed by name, location, verification status, creation date or a search term. - Action **List mailing lists** Returns the mailing lists in your Direct Mail Manager account, with each list's name, address counts and dates. Optionally filter by name, search text or creation date. - Action **Suppress address** Suppresses an address so no postcards are sent to it, no matter how many mailing lists it belongs to. Returns the updated address. - Action **Update address** Updates an existing address in Direct Mail Manager, including its recipient name, street address, mailing lists, metadata and custom field values. - Action **Update mailing list** Renames an existing mailing list in Direct Mail Manager and returns the updated mailing list. ## Each app on its own - [ **Gist** Gist is an all-in-one email marketing automation, live chat & help desk platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/gist) - [ **Direct Mail Manager** Direct Mail Manager makes sending postcards, letters, and checks as easy as sending an email.](https://apiant.ai/connections/direct-mail-manager) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Gist - [ **Gist to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/gist-to-hubspot) - [ **Gist to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/gist-to-salesforce) - [ **Gist to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gist-to-slack) - [ **Gist to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/gist-to-google-sheets) - [ **Gist to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gist-to-gmail) - [ **Gist to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gist-to-google-calendar) ## More into Direct Mail Manager - [ **HubSpot to Direct Mail Manager** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-direct-mail-manager) - [ **Salesforce to Direct Mail Manager** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-direct-mail-manager) - [ **Slack to Direct Mail Manager** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-direct-mail-manager) - [ **Google Sheets to Direct Mail Manager** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-direct-mail-manager) - [ **Gmail to Direct Mail Manager** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-direct-mail-manager) - [ **Google Calendar to Direct Mail Manager** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-direct-mail-manager) Questions ## Gist and Direct Mail Manager, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Gist? Any of Gist's 10 triggers in the catalog, including New Contact, New conversation, New message from contact and Tag Added to Contact. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Direct Mail Manager when something happens in Gist? Any of Direct Mail Manager's 12 actions, including Update address, Update mailing list, Add address and Add address to mailing list. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Direct Mail Manager to Gist? Direct Mail Manager has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Gist. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Direct Mail Manager's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Gist or Direct Mail Manager? 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 Gist and Direct Mail Manager 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.