--- title: "Connect Google Contacts and thanks.io - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Google Contacts, your agent runs \"Lookup Address by Email\" in thanks.io." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/google-contacts-to-thanks-io" --- # Connect Google Contacts and thanks.io When **New Contact** fires in [Google Contacts](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-contacts), your agent runs **Lookup Address by Email** in [thanks.io](https://apiant.ai/connections/thanks-io), or **New Order** in thanks.io 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 thanks.io **3** triggers thanks.io **3** 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 thanks.io 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 thanks.io can do together ### From Google Contacts to thanks.io - When **New Contact** in Google Contacts then **Lookup Address by Email** in thanks.io - When **New Group** in Google Contacts then **Add Recipient** in thanks.io ### From thanks.io to Google Contacts - When **New Order** in thanks.io then **Add Contact to Group** in Google Contacts - When **Item Delivered** in thanks.io 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 thanks.io ## Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 10 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 **Item Delivered** Triggers when a postcard, letter, notecard, or giftcard is delivered to a recipient. - Trigger **New Order** Fires once for each new order placed in your thanks.io account. - Trigger **QR Code Scan** Triggers when a QR Code on a postcard, letter, or notecard is scanned. This will also trigger when a giftcard is redeemed. - Action **Add Recipient** Adds a recipient to your account and to an optional list. Only US or Canadian addresses are accepted. If no/invalid address is specified and a valid email address is, we'll attempt to look up a valid street address using the email address for a fee. - Action **Delete Recipient** Deletes a Recipient from Mailing List. - Action **Lookup Address by Email** Returns the mailing address on file for a recipient in a thanks.io mailing list, looked up by their email address. Returns an empty list of matches when no recipient in that list has the email. ## 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) - [ **thanks.io** Thanks.io is a way to automatically send ‘handwritten’ postcards, letters, notecards, and giftcards at scale...](https://apiant.ai/connections/thanks-io) 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 thanks.io - [ **Goaffpro to thanks.io** Affiliate marketing platform for ecommerce stores, managing affiliate recruiting, commissions, and referral...](https://apiant.ai/connect/goaffpro-to-thanks-io) - [ **Uploadcare to thanks.io** File system as a service to handle your web and mobile app uploads.](https://apiant.ai/connect/uploadcare-to-thanks-io) - [ **HubSpot to thanks.io** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-thanks-io) - [ **Salesforce to thanks.io** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-thanks-io) - [ **Slack to thanks.io** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-thanks-io) - [ **Google Sheets to thanks.io** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-thanks-io) Questions ## Google Contacts and thanks.io, 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 thanks.io when something happens in Google Contacts? Any of thanks.io's 3 actions, including Add Recipient, Lookup Address by Email and Delete Recipient. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from thanks.io to Google Contacts? Yes. When something happens in thanks.io, your agent can act in Google Contacts too. This page covers both directions: thanks.io's triggers and Google Contacts's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Google Contacts or thanks.io? 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 thanks.io 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.