Integration
Connect Help Scout to Exa
When New Conversation fires in Help Scout, your agent runs Create Research Task in Exa. 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 Exa to do together?
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Connect your AI client
Give your AI client this address.
https://mcp.apiant.aiAny 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 Exa
When New Conversation in Help Scout
then Create Research Task in Exa
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 Exa
Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 25 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.
- Create Research Task
Starts an asynchronous Exa research (Agent) run for a natural-language question and returns the run, including its id and status. Use Get Research Task to read the finished answer.
- Find similar links
Returns web pages similar to a given URL, optionally with their text, highlights or summaries.
- Generate Answer
Answers a question using Exa web search results, returning the generated answer and the sources it cites.
- Get Research Task
Returns a research (Agent) run by its id, including its status, answer text, structured result, citations and cost.
- Get Webpage Content
Returns the full text, highlights, summary and metadata for one or more webpages by URL.
- Perform Web Search
Searches the web with Exa and returns the matching pages (title, URL, published date, author and any requested contents), plus synthesized output when an output schema is given.
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 Exa, 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 Exa when something happens in Help Scout?
Any of Exa's 6 actions, including Create Research Task, Find similar links, Generate Answer and Get Research Task. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Exa to Help Scout?
Exa has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Help Scout. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Exa's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for Help Scout or Exa?
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.
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.