--- title: "Connect Google Contacts and Kenect Text Messaging - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Google Contacts, your agent runs \"Get contact\" in Kenect Text Messaging." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/google-contacts-to-kenect-text-messaging" --- # Connect Google Contacts and Kenect Text Messaging When **New Contact** fires in [Google Contacts](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-contacts), your agent runs **Get contact** in [Kenect Text Messaging](https://apiant.ai/connections/kenect-text-messaging), or **Lead Push** in Kenect Text Messaging to **Add Contact to Group** in Google Contacts. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Google Contacts **3** triggers Google Contacts **7** actions Kenect Text Messaging **1** trigger Kenect Text Messaging **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 Google Contacts and Kenect Text 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 Google Contacts and Kenect Text Messaging can do together ### From Google Contacts to Kenect Text Messaging - When **New Contact** in Google Contacts then **Get contact** in Kenect Text Messaging - When **New Group** in Google Contacts then **Add contacts to contact group** in Kenect Text Messaging ### From Kenect Text Messaging to Google Contacts - When **Lead Push** in Kenect Text Messaging then **Add Contact to Group** in Google Contacts - When **Lead Push** in Kenect Text Messaging then **Create Contact** in Google Contacts 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 Kenect Text Messaging ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 19 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. - Trigger **Lead Push** Triggers when a new conversation starts in Kenect, the closest record Kenect's API exposes to an incoming lead. - Action **Add contacts to contact group** Adds one or more contacts to an existing contact group and returns the per-contact processing status. - Action **Find contact by phone** Finds the contact at a Kenect location that has the given phone number. - Action **Get contact** Returns a single Kenect contact by its contact ID, including its phone numbers and contact groups. - Action **Get conversation** Returns one Kenect conversation with its messages, contact, assignment and read status. - Action **List contact groups** Returns the contact groups in a Kenect location, with each group's name and its contact, opt-in and opt-out counts. - Action **List contacts** Returns the contacts in your Kenect account, optionally narrowed by location, search text or status, and sorted the way you choose. - Action **List locations** Returns all the Kenect locations available to your account, including each location's name and address. - Action **List reviews** Returns all Google and Facebook reviews for the locations assigned to the connected Kenect user, including their ratings, comments and reply status. - Action **List users** Returns the users on the Kenect account, optionally only those with permissions in a chosen location. - Action **Push Lead** Submits a lead to a Kenect location, which begins a text conversation with the person making the inquiry. Returns the id of the new lead. - Action **Reply to conversation** Sends a reply in an existing Kenect conversation from a chosen location, with optional subject and attachments. - Action **Review Request** Sends a review request to a contact's phone number from a Kenect location and returns the message that was sent. ## 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) - [ **Kenect Text Messaging** Kenect is a texting platform that allows companies to send and receive texts, attachments, web leads, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/kenect-text-messaging) 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 JQ** JQ is a lightweight JSON processor that lets you use filters like map, select, and reduce to query...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-contacts-to-jq) - [ **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) ## More into Kenect Text Messaging - [ **HubSpot to Kenect Text Messaging** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-kenect-text-messaging) - [ **Google Sheets to Kenect Text Messaging** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-kenect-text-messaging) - [ **Gmail to Kenect Text Messaging** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-kenect-text-messaging) - [ **Google Calendar to Kenect Text Messaging** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-kenect-text-messaging) - [ **Google Drive to Kenect Text Messaging** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-kenect-text-messaging) - [ **ActiveCampaign to Kenect Text Messaging** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-kenect-text-messaging) Questions ## Google Contacts and Kenect Text Messaging, 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 Kenect Text Messaging when something happens in Google Contacts? Any of Kenect Text Messaging's 12 actions, including Add contacts to contact group, Find contact by phone, Get contact and Get conversation. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Kenect Text Messaging to Google Contacts? Yes. When something happens in Kenect Text Messaging, your agent can act in Google Contacts too. This page covers both directions: Kenect Text Messaging's triggers and Google Contacts's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Google Contacts or Kenect Text 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 Google Contacts and Kenect Text 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.