--- title: "Connect Google Contacts to Clickatell - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Google Contacts, your agent runs \"Get message status\" in Clickatell." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/google-contacts-to-clickatell" --- # Connect Google Contacts to Clickatell When **New Contact** fires in [Google Contacts](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-contacts), your agent runs **Get message status** in [Clickatell](https://apiant.ai/connections/clickatell). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Google Contacts **3** triggers Google Contacts **7** actions Clickatell **2** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Google Contacts and Clickatell 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Google Contacts can start in Clickatell - When **New Contact** in Google Contacts then **Get message status** in Clickatell - When **New Group** in Google Contacts then **Get account balance** in Clickatell 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 Google Contacts and Clickatell ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 9 actions - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is added to Google Contacts. - Trigger **New Group** Triggers when a new contact group (label) is created in Google Contacts. - Trigger **New or Updated Contact** Triggers when a contact is added to Google Contacts or an existing contact is changed. - Action **Add Contact to Group** Adds an existing contact to a contact group (label). - Action **Create Contact** Creates a new contact in Google Contacts with a name, email address, phone number, company and notes. - Action **Create Group** Creates a new contact group (label) in Google Contacts. - Action **Delete Contact** Permanently deletes a contact from Google Contacts. - Action **Find Contact** Finds contacts whose name, email address, phone number or company matches the search text. - Action **Get Contact** Returns a contact's name, email addresses, phone numbers, company, notes and group memberships. - Action **Update Contact** Updates an existing Google contact's name, email address, phone number, company or notes; fields left blank are kept. - Action **Get account balance** Returns the credit balance currently available on your Clickatell account. - Action **Get message status** Returns the latest delivery status of a message sent through Clickatell, for each channel (SMS or WhatsApp) the message used. ## Each app on its own - [ **Google Contacts** Google Contacts, the address book built into Gmail, lets you keep track of all your contacts, see when you...](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-contacts) - [ **Clickatell** Clickatell is an SMS gateway and chat commerce platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/clickatell) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Google Contacts - [ **Google Contacts to ElevenLabs** ElevenLabs is an AI audio research and deployment company.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-contacts-to-elevenlabs) - [ **Google Contacts to no2bounce** Catch-all and Risky Email Validation Instant Results to Enhance Email Deliverability](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-contacts-to-no2bounce) - [ **Google Contacts to Twenty** Twenty is a modern Open-Source CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-contacts-to-twenty) - [ **Google Contacts to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-contacts-to-hubspot) - [ **Google Contacts to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-contacts-to-salesforce) - [ **Google Contacts to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-contacts-to-slack) ## More into Clickatell - [ **HubSpot to Clickatell** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-clickatell) - [ **Salesforce to Clickatell** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-clickatell) - [ **Slack to Clickatell** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-clickatell) - [ **Google Sheets to Clickatell** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-clickatell) - [ **Gmail to Clickatell** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-clickatell) - [ **Google Calendar to Clickatell** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-clickatell) Questions ## Google Contacts and Clickatell, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Google Contacts? Any of Google Contacts's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Contact, New Group and New or Updated Contact. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Clickatell when something happens in Google Contacts? Any of Clickatell's 2 actions, including Get account balance and Get message status. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Clickatell to Google Contacts? Clickatell has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Google Contacts. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Clickatell's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Google Contacts or Clickatell? 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 Google Contacts and Clickatell 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.