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title: "Connect Gist and SQL Server - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Gist, your agent runs \"Add Row\" in SQL Server. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/gist-to-sql-server"
---

# Connect Gist and SQL Server

When **New Contact** fires in [Gist](https://apiant.ai/connections/gist), your agent runs **Add Row** in [SQL Server](https://apiant.ai/connections/sql-server), or **New or Updated Row** in SQL Server to **Add Tag to an Existing Contact** in Gist. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Gist **10** triggers Gist **13** actions SQL Server **4** triggers SQL Server **7** 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 SQL Server 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 and SQL Server can do together

### From Gist to SQL Server

- When **New Contact** in Gist then **Add Row** in SQL Server
- When **New conversation** in Gist then **Update Row** in SQL Server

### From SQL Server to Gist

- When **New or Updated Row** in SQL Server then **Add Tag to an Existing Contact** in Gist
- When **New Row** in SQL Server then **Create or Update Contact** in Gist

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 SQL Server

## Triggers and actions 14 triggers · 20 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.

- Trigger

**New or Updated Row**

Triggers when a new row is added or modified.

- Trigger

**New or Updated Row (Custom Query)**

Fires for each new or changed row returned by a SELECT statement you write against the connected SQL Server database.

- Trigger

**New Row**

Triggers when you add a new row.

- Trigger

**New Table**

Fires when a new table appears in the connected SQL Server database.

- Action

**Add Row**

Add one row to a table on the connected SQL Server database.

- Action

**Delete Row**

Delete the rows in a table whose chosen column equals a value.

- Action

**Find Row**

Find the first row in a table whose chosen column matches a value.

- Action

**Find Rows via Custom Query**

Runs a SELECT statement you write against the connected SQL Server database and returns every row it matches.

- Action

**Find Row via Custom Query**

Runs a SELECT statement you write against the connected SQL Server database and returns the first row it matches.

- Action

**Run Custom Statement**

Runs a statement you write against the connected SQL Server database that changes data rather than returning rows, and reports how many rows it changed.

- Action

**Update Row**

Change column values on every row of a table whose chosen column matches a value.

## 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)
- [ **SQL Server** Connect directly to a Microsoft SQL Server database and run SQL statements from your automations.](https://apiant.ai/connections/sql-server)

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 is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](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 SQL Server

- [ **HubSpot to SQL Server** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-sql-server)
- [ **Slack to SQL Server** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-sql-server)
- [ **Mailchimp to SQL Server** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-sql-server)
- [ **Shopify to SQL Server** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/shopify-to-sql-server)
- [ **QuickBooks Online to SQL Server** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/quickbooks-online-to-sql-server)
- [ **Pipedrive to SQL Server** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipedrive-to-sql-server)

Questions

## Gist and SQL Server, answered

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### 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.

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### What can your agent do in SQL Server when something happens in Gist?

Any of SQL Server's 7 actions, including Update Row, Add Row, Find Row and Find Rows via Custom Query. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

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### Can it also run from SQL Server to Gist?

Yes. When something happens in SQL Server, your agent can act in Gist too. This page covers both directions: SQL Server's triggers and Gist's actions are listed here as well.

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### Do I have to build a connector for Gist or SQL Server?

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.

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### Can my AI client use Gist and SQL Server 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.

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### 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.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
