Integration
Connect Help Scout to Ecal
When New Conversation fires in Help Scout, your agent runs Add event in Ecal. 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.
Build solutions, not workarounds.
What do you want Help Scout and Ecal to do together?
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Connect your AI client
Give your AI client this address.
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 Help Scout can start in Ecal
When New Conversation in Help Scout
then Add event in Ecal
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 Help Scout and Ecal
Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 28 actions
- New Conversation
Polls for newly created conversations across mailboxes.
- New Customer
Polls for newly created customers.
- New Mailbox
Polls for newly created mailboxes.
- New User
Polls for newly added users (team members).
- Add Customer Email
Add an email address to a customer.
- Create Customer
Create a new customer record.
- Create Note
Add an internal note thread to a conversation.
- Create Thread (Reply)
Add a reply thread to an existing conversation.
- Delete Conversation
Delete a conversation by ID.
- Get Conversation
Retrieve a single conversation by ID.
- Get Customer
Retrieve a single customer by ID.
- Get Mailbox
Retrieve a single mailbox by ID.
- Get User
Retrieve a single user by ID.
- List Conversations
List conversations, optionally filtered by mailbox, status, tag, or query.
- List Conversation Threads
List all threads on a conversation.
- List Customers
List customers, optionally filtered by email, mailbox, or query.
- List Mailboxes
List all mailboxes in the account.
- List Mailbox Folders
List the folders within a mailbox.
- List Tags
List all tags in the account.
- List Users
List all users (team members) in the account.
- Update Conversation
Update a conversation's subject, status, mailbox, assignee, or owner via JSON Patch.
- Update Conversation Tags
Replace the tags on a conversation.
- Update Customer
Update a customer's profile fields.
- Add calendar
Creates a new calendar in your ECAL account.
- Add event
Creates a new event in an ECAL calendar.
- Delete calendar
Deletes a calendar along with all of its events and event history.
- Delete event
Deletes an event, by its id or reference, from an ECAL calendar.
- Get calendar
Returns a single ECAL calendar and its full details, looked up by its id or reference.
- Get event
Returns a single ECAL event and its full details, looked up by event id or your own event reference.
- List calendars
Returns the list of calendars on your ECAL account, optionally including draft calendars.
- Update calendar
Updates an existing ECAL calendar's name, categories, reference, genre, note, logo or draft status. Fields left blank are unchanged.
- Update event
Updates an existing ECAL event, identified by its id or your own reference. Only the fields you fill in are changed.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
Each app on its own
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Questions
Help Scout and Ecal, answered
What can start an automation from Help Scout?
Any of Help Scout's 4 triggers in the catalog, including New Conversation, New Customer, New Mailbox and New User. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in Ecal when something happens in Help Scout?
Any of Ecal's 9 actions, including Update calendar, Update event, Add calendar and Add event. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Ecal to Help Scout?
Ecal has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Help Scout. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Ecal's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for Help Scout or Ecal?
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 Help Scout and Ecal 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.