# Connect Gmail to Hacknplan When **New Gmail Message** fires in [Gmail](https://apiant.ai/connections/gmail), your agent runs **Add project** in [Hacknplan](https://apiant.ai/connections/hacknplan). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Gmail **2** triggers Gmail **23** actions Hacknplan **21** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Gmail and Hacknplan 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 Gmail can start in Hacknplan - When **New Gmail Message** in Gmail then **Add project** in Hacknplan - When **Email Sent** in Gmail then **Add user to work item** in Hacknplan 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 Gmail and Hacknplan ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 44 actions - Trigger **Email Sent** Fires when an email is sent from the mailbox (optionally filtered by query). - Trigger **New Gmail Message** Fires when a new email arrives (optionally filtered by query/labels). - Action **Add Label To Email** Adds and/or removes specified gmail labels for a message; ensure `message id` and all `label ids` are valid (use 'listlabels' for custom label ids). - Action **Create Email Draft** Creates a gmail email draft, supporting to/cc/bcc, subject, plain/html body (ensure `is html=true` for html), attachments, and threading. - Action **Create Label** Creates a new label with a unique name in the specified user's gmail account. - Action **Delete Draft** Permanently deletes a specific gmail draft using its id; ensure the draft exists and the user has necessary permissions for the given `user id`. - Action **Delete Message** Permanently deletes a specific email message by its id from a gmail mailbox; for `user id`, use 'me' for the authenticated user or an email address to which the authenticated user has delegated access. - Action **Fetch Emails** Fetches a list of email messages from a gmail account, supporting filtering, pagination, and optional full content retrieval. - Action **Fetch Message By Message Id** Fetches a specific email message by its id, provided the `message id` exists and is accessible to the authenticated `user id`. - Action **Fetch Message By Thread Id** Retrieves messages from a gmail thread using its `thread id`, where the thread must be accessible by the specified `user id`. - Action **Get Attachment** Retrieves a specific attachment by id from a message in a user's gmail mailbox, requiring valid message and attachment ids. - Action **Get Contacts** Fetches contacts (connections) for the authenticated google account, allowing selection of specific data fields and pagination. - Action **Get People** Retrieves either a specific person's details (using `resource name`) or lists 'other contacts' (if `other contacts` is true), with `person fields` specifying the data to return. - Action **Get Profile** Retrieves key gmail profile information (email address, message/thread totals, history id) for a user. - Action **List Drafts** Retrieves a paginated list of email drafts from a user's gmail account. use verbose=true to get full draft details including subject, body, sender, and timestamp. - Action **List Labels** Retrieves a list of all system and user-created labels for the specified gmail account. - Action **List Threads** Retrieves a list of email threads from a gmail account, identified by `user id` (email address or 'me'), supporting filtering and pagination. - Action **Modify Thread Labels** Adds or removes specified existing label ids from a gmail thread, affecting all its messages; ensure the thread id is valid. - Action **Move To Trash** Moves an existing, non-deleted email message to the trash for the specified user. - Action **Patch Label** Patches the specified label. - Action **Remove Label** Permanently deletes a specific, existing user-created gmail label by its id for a user; cannot delete system labels. - Action **Reply To Thread** Sends a reply within a specific gmail thread using the original thread's subject, requiring a valid `thread id` and correctly formatted email addresses. supports attachments via the `attachment` parameter with valid `s3key`, `mimetype`, and `name`. - Action **Search People** Searches contacts by matching the query against names, nicknames, emails, phone numbers, and organizations, optionally including 'other contacts'. - Action **Send Draft** Sends the specified, existing draft to the recipients in the to, cc, and bcc headers. - Action **Send Email** Sends an email via gmail api using the authenticated user's google profile display name, requiring `is html=true` if the body contains html and valid `s3key`, `mimetype`, `name` for any attachment. - Action **Add board** Creates a new board (sprint) in a HacknPlan project. - Action **Add design element** Creates a new design element in a HacknPlan project's game design model. - Action **Add project** Creates a new HacknPlan project. - Action **Add user to work item** Assigns a project member to a HacknPlan work item. - Action **Add work item** Creates a new work item (task or user story) in a HacknPlan project. - Action **Add work item comment** Adds a comment to a work item in a HacknPlan project and returns the created comment. - Action **Add work item subtask** Creates a new subtask on a HacknPlan work item and returns the work item's subtasks. - Action **Add work log** Logs time worked on a HacknPlan work item, with an optional comment. - Action **Delete work item** Deletes a work item from a HacknPlan project. - Action **Find work items by criteria** Returns the work items in a Hacknplan project that match the given search text and filters such as board, milestone, stage or assignee. - Action **Get design element** Returns a single design element from a HacknPlan project's game design model, optionally with its full child hierarchy. - Action **Get project** Returns a HacknPlan project, including its name, description, owner, workspace and enabled modules. - Action **Get work item** Returns a single work item from a HacknPlan project, including its category, stage, board, assigned users and tags. - Action **List boards** Returns the boards (sprints) in a HacknPlan project, optionally including closed ones. - Action **List categories** Returns the work item categories defined in a HacknPlan project. - Action **List projects** Returns all the HacknPlan projects the connected user is a member of. - Action **List project users** Returns the users who are members of a HacknPlan project, with their role and permissions. - Action **List stages** Returns the stages (workflow columns) defined in a HacknPlan project. - Action **List work item comments** Returns the comments posted on a HacknPlan work item, with each comment's author, text and dates. - Action **List work item subtasks** Returns the subtasks of a HacknPlan work item, with each subtask's title, completion state and position. - Action **Update work item** Updates an existing work item in a HacknPlan project. Only the fields you fill in are changed. ## Each app on its own - [ **Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connections/gmail) - [ **Hacknplan** Project management platform for game development teams, with kanban boards, sprints, and design docs.](https://apiant.ai/connections/hacknplan) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Gmail - [ **Gmail to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-hubspot) - [ **Gmail to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-google-sheets) - [ **Gmail to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-google-calendar) - [ **Gmail to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **Gmail to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-pipedrive) - [ **Gmail to Notion** A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. 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Any of Hacknplan's 21 actions, including Update work item, Add board, Add design element and Add project. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Hacknplan to Gmail? Hacknplan has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Gmail. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Hacknplan's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Gmail or Hacknplan? 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 Gmail and Hacknplan 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.