Integration
Connect Help Scout to HelpDesk
When something happens in Help Scout, your agent does the next thing in HelpDesk. Describe it 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 HelpDesk to do together?
Ask the assistant
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 HelpDesk
When New Conversation in Help Scout
then Add Canned Response in HelpDesk
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 HelpDesk
Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 37 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 Customer
Retrieve a single customer by ID.
- Get Mailbox
Retrieve a single mailbox 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 Canned Response
Create a new canned response.
- Add Followers to Ticket
- Add Tags to Ticket
- Create Ticket
- Create Upload Transaction
- Delete Canned Response
Delete a canned response by ID.
- Delete Ticket
Delete a ticket by ID.
- Find Tickets
- Get Agent
Retrieve a single agent by ID.
- Get Canned Response
Retrieve a single canned response by ID.
- Get Team
Retrieve a single team by ID.
- Get Ticket
Retrieve a single ticket by ID.
- List Agents
List all agents.
- List Canned Responses
List all canned responses.
- List Teams
List all teams.
- Update Agent
Update an existing agent by ID.
- Update Canned Response
Update an existing canned response by ID.
- Update Team
Update an existing team by ID.
- Update Ticket / Send Reply
- Upload Attachment During Transaction
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
Reviews
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Questions
Help Scout and HelpDesk, 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 HelpDesk when something happens in Help Scout?
Any of HelpDesk's 20 actions, including Create Ticket, Create Upload Transaction, Update Agent and Update Canned Response. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from HelpDesk to Help Scout?
HelpDesk has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Help Scout. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads HelpDesk's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for Help Scout or HelpDesk?
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.