Integration
Connect HappyFox Chat to NGP VAN
When New Missed Chat fires in HappyFox Chat, your agent runs Add Contact History in NGP VAN. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
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What do you want HappyFox Chat and NGP VAN to do together?
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https://mcp.apiant.aiOne 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.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Example flows
What HappyFox Chat can start in NGP VAN
When New Missed Chat in HappyFox Chat
then Add Contact History in NGP VAN
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 HappyFox Chat and NGP VAN
Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 28 actions
- Finished Chat
Triggered when a chat in HappyFox Chat ends and its transcript is created.
- New Missed Chat
Triggered when a chat in HappyFox Chat ends without an agent answering it.
- New Offline Message
Triggered when a visitor leaves an offline message in HappyFox Chat.
- Get agent
Returns one HappyFox Chat agent by ID, with their name, display name, email, timezone and permissions.
- Get department
Returns one HappyFox Chat department by ID, with its name, chat profile and assigned agents.
- List agents
Returns the agents on your HappyFox Chat account, with their names, emails, timezones and permissions.
- List canned responses
Returns the canned responses on your HappyFox Chat account, with their text and the shortcuts agents type to insert them.
- List departments
Returns the departments on your HappyFox Chat account, with their names and the agents assigned to each.
- List offline messages
Returns the offline messages visitors left in HappyFox Chat while no agent was available.
- List transcripts
Returns chat transcripts from HappyFox Chat, optionally narrowed by agent, visitor, department, chat profile or date range.
- List visitors
Returns the visitors known to your HappyFox Chat account, with their contact details and browsing information.
- Add a Contribution
Creates a contribution (donation) for a contact in NGP VAN, credited to a designation.
- Add Activist Codes
Applies or removes one or more activist codes on a person in NGP VAN.
- Add Canvass Responses
Records a canvass interaction on a person in NGP VAN: either a result code such as Not Home, or script responses such as activist codes, survey answers and volunteer activities.
- Add Contact History
Records a contact attempt (contact history) on a person in NGP VAN with a result code such as Not Home or Wrong Number, plus optional context like contact type, date and phone.
- Add Note to Contact
Adds a free-text note to a person in NGP VAN, optionally with a note category and a contact history record.
- Add Survey Responses
Records one or more survey question answers on a person in VAN, optionally with details of how and when they were canvassed.
- Create Financial Batch
Creates a financial batch in NGP VAN for grouping contributions under a designation.
- Create or Update Contact With a Contribution
Finds a matching contact (creating one if none exists, otherwise updating it) and records a contribution for that contact. Returns the contact's VAN ID and the new contribution ID.
- Delete code from contact
Removes a single code (tag) from a contact in NGP VAN.
- Delete contact
Deletes (suppresses) a contact record in NGP VAN by its VANID.
- Find Contact
Finds the person in NGP VAN who matches the VAN ID, name, date of birth, phone numbers or email addresses you provide, and returns that person's full record.
- Find Financial Batch
Finds financial batches whose names contain the given text.
- Get contact
Returns a person record from NGP VAN by VAN ID, with optional phones, emails, addresses, custom fields and other details.
- List activist codes
Returns the activist codes available in your VAN committee, optionally filtered by status, name or type.
- List campaigns
Returns the campaigns in your NGP VAN account, with each campaign's name, type and status.
- List notes
Returns the notes recorded on a person (contact) in NGP VAN.
- Merge contacts
Merges a source contact into a target contact, keeping the target's values on conflicts and deleting the source.
- Subscribe Email
Finds or creates a contact by email address and marks that email as subscribed.
- Tag a Contact
Applies a tag or source code to an existing contact.
- Update note
Updates the text, view restriction and category of an existing note on a person in NGP VAN.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
HappyFox Chat and NGP VAN, answered
What can start an automation from HappyFox Chat?
Any of HappyFox Chat's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Missed Chat, New Offline Message and Finished Chat. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in NGP VAN when something happens in HappyFox Chat?
Any of NGP VAN's 20 actions, including Create Financial Batch, Create or Update Contact With a Contribution, Update note and Add a Contribution. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from NGP VAN to HappyFox Chat?
NGP VAN has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in HappyFox Chat. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads NGP VAN's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for HappyFox Chat or NGP VAN?
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 HappyFox Chat and NGP VAN 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.