--- title: "Connect Grafana and Salesmsg - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Dashboard\" fires in Grafana, your agent runs \"Add Tag to Contact\" in Salesmsg, or \"Contact Updated\" in Salesmsg to \"Add Team Member\" in Grafana." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/grafana-to-salesmsg" --- # Connect Grafana and Salesmsg When **New Dashboard** fires in [Grafana](https://apiant.ai/connections/grafana), your agent runs **Add Tag to Contact** in [Salesmsg](https://apiant.ai/connections/salesmsg), or **Contact Updated** in Salesmsg to **Add Team Member** in Grafana. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Grafana **1** trigger Grafana **24** actions Salesmsg **6** triggers Salesmsg **24** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Grafana and Salesmsg 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 Grafana and Salesmsg can do together ### From Grafana to Salesmsg - When **New Dashboard** in Grafana then **Add Tag to Contact** in Salesmsg - When **New Dashboard** in Grafana then **Create or Update Contact** in Salesmsg ### From Salesmsg to Grafana - When **Contact Updated** in Salesmsg then **Add Team Member** in Grafana - When **New Contact** in Salesmsg then **Create Alert Rule** in Grafana 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 Grafana and Salesmsg ## Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 48 actions - Trigger **New Dashboard** Triggers when a new dashboard is created in your Grafana instance. - Action **Add Team Member** Adds an existing Grafana user to a team. - Action **Create Alert Rule** Creates a Grafana-managed alert rule (or recording rule) in a folder and rule group, and returns the new rule. - Action **Create Annotation** Creates an annotation in Grafana, either on a specific dashboard panel or as an organization-wide annotation. Supports point-in-time and region annotations with tags. - Action **Create Folder** Creates a new folder in Grafana, optionally nested under a parent folder. - Action **Create or Update Dashboard** Creates a new dashboard or updates an existing one from a complete dashboard model, optionally placing it in a folder and recording a version-history message. - Action **Create Team** Creates a new team in your Grafana organization with a name and optional email. - Action **Delete Alert Rule** Deletes a Grafana-managed alert rule or recording rule by its UID. - Action **Delete Annotation** Deletes an annotation from Grafana by its id. - Action **Delete Dashboard** Deletes a dashboard from your Grafana instance by its unique identifier. - Action **Delete Folder** Deletes a Grafana folder along with all dashboards and alerts stored in it. - Action **Find Annotations** Returns annotations matching the given time range, dashboard, panel, user, alert, type or tags. - Action **Find Teams** Finds teams in your Grafana organization by name or partial name. - Action **Get Alert Rule** Returns a single Grafana-managed alert rule or recording rule by its UID, including its queries, labels, annotations and folder. - Action **Get Annotation** Returns a single annotation by its id, including its text, tags, time range and the dashboard and panel it belongs to. - Action **Get Dashboard** Returns a Grafana dashboard, including its full dashboard model and metadata such as its folder and URL, given the dashboard's unique identifier. - Action **Get Data Source** Returns a single Grafana data source, including its type, URL, access mode and settings, looked up by its UID. - Action **Get Folder** Returns a Grafana folder by its UID, including its title and parent folder. - Action **Get Team** Returns a Grafana team's details (name, email, organization, created and updated times) by its ID. - Action **List Data Sources** Returns all data sources configured in your Grafana organization, with their names, types and connection settings. - Action **List Folders** Returns all folders in your Grafana organization that you have permission to view, with each folder's UID, title and parent folder. - Action **Remove Team Member** Removes a user from a Grafana team. - Action **Update Alert Rule** Updates an existing Grafana alert or recording rule, replacing its title, queries, condition, labels and other settings. - Action **Update Annotation** Updates the text, tags, or time range of an existing annotation. Fields left blank keep their current values. - Action **Update Folder** Updates an existing folder's title, or moves it under a different parent folder. - Trigger **Contact Updated** Triggers when a contact in Salesmsg is created or updated. - Trigger **Missed Incoming Phone Call** Triggers when an incoming phone call to your Salesmsg number is missed. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is created in Salesmsg. - Trigger **New Contact Opted-Out** Triggers when a contact in Salesmsg is opted out of text messaging. - Trigger **New or Updated Conversation** Triggers when an open Salesmsg conversation starts or gets a new message (its latest message time changes). Returns the conversation, including its contact and inbox, not the message text. - Trigger **New Phone Call Received** Triggers when a new incoming phone call is logged in Salesmsg call history. - Action **Add broadcast** Creates a broadcast in Salesmsg that sends a message from one of your numbers to the selected contacts, now or on a schedule, or saves it as a draft. Returns the new broadcast. - Action **Add tag** Creates a new tag in your Salesmsg account that can then be applied to contacts. - Action **Add Tag to Contact** Adds an existing tag to a Salesmsg contact. - Action **Assign conversation** Assigns a conversation to a team member. Leave the user blank to set the conversation to Unassigned. - Action **Close conversation** Closes a conversation for everyone on the team. The conversation and its messages stay visible under Closed Conversations, and the closed conversation is returned. - Action **Create Note** Creates a note on a Salesmsg contact. - Action **Create or Update Contact** Creates a Salesmsg contact for a phone number, or returns the existing contact with that number, setting name and email. - Action **Delete contact** Deletes a contact from your Salesmsg account. - Action **Delete note** Permanently deletes a note from a Salesmsg contact and returns the vendor's confirmation message. - Action **Find Contact** Finds contacts whose name, email or phone number matches a search term. - Action **Find Salesmsg Member** Searches the members of your Salesmsg organization by name or email and returns the matches. - Action **Get contact** Returns a Salesmsg contact by its id, including its tags, notes and custom field values. - Action **Get conversation** Returns a conversation by its ID, including its contact participants, owner, assigned user, phone number, status dates and reassignment history. - Action **List conversations** Returns the conversations in the connected Salesmsg account that match a status filter, with each conversation's contact, owner and number details. - Action **List tags** Returns the tags in the Salesmsg account, with optional search, sorting and filtering by tag. - Action **List teams** Returns the teams (inboxes) in your Salesmsg organization, with each team's name, owner and phone number. - Action **Opt-in a contact** Opts a contact back in so messages can be sent to them again, and returns the updated contact. A contact who opted out by replying (a hard opt-out) cannot be opted in this way. - Action **Opt-Out a Contact** Opts out a Salesmsg contact so they no longer receive messages from your local and toll-free numbers. Returns the updated contact. - Action **Phone Number Lookup (PhoneCheckr)** Looks up a phone number and returns its formatted form, country, carrier and line type. - Action **Remove Tag From Contact** Removes a tag from a Salesmsg contact. - Action **Send a Group Text Message (SMS / MMS)** Sends the same SMS or MMS to several phone numbers from one Salesmsg inbox, one message per recipient. - Action **Send a Text Message (SMS / MMS)** Sends an SMS or MMS text message to a phone number from one of your Salesmsg inboxes. - Action **Update contact custom field** Updates the value of one custom field on a Salesmsg contact and returns the updated contact. - Action **Update note** Updates the text of an existing note on a Salesmsg contact. ## Each app on its own - [ **Grafana** Grafana offers application analytics visualization services and features graphing, styling, template...](https://apiant.ai/connections/grafana) - [ **Salesmsg** Salesmsg is a two-way text messaging software to allows you to send and receive text messages online from...](https://apiant.ai/connections/salesmsg) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Grafana - [ **Grafana to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grafana-to-hubspot) - [ **Grafana to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grafana-to-salesforce) - [ **Grafana to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/grafana-to-slack) - [ **Grafana to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grafana-to-mailchimp) - [ **Grafana to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grafana-to-stripe) - [ **Grafana to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grafana-to-shopify) ## More into Salesmsg - [ **HubSpot to Salesmsg** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-salesmsg) - [ **Salesforce to Salesmsg** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-salesmsg) - [ **Google Sheets to Salesmsg** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-salesmsg) - [ **Gmail to Salesmsg** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-salesmsg) - [ **Google Calendar to Salesmsg** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-salesmsg) - [ **Google Drive to Salesmsg** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-salesmsg) Questions ## Grafana and Salesmsg, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Grafana? Any of Grafana's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Dashboard. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Salesmsg when something happens in Grafana? Any of Salesmsg's 24 actions, including Create Note, Create or Update Contact, Send a Group Text Message (SMS / MMS) and Send a Text Message (SMS / MMS). Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Salesmsg to Grafana? Yes. When something happens in Salesmsg, your agent can act in Grafana too. This page covers both directions: Salesmsg's triggers and Grafana's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Grafana or Salesmsg? 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 Grafana and Salesmsg 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.