--- title: "Connect Help Scout and ikas - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Conversation\" fires in Help Scout, your agent runs \"Add Order\" in ikas, or \"New Order\" in ikas to \"Add Customer Email\" in Help Scout." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/help-scout-to-ikas" --- # Connect Help Scout and ikas When **New Conversation** fires in [Help Scout](https://apiant.ai/connections/help-scout), your agent runs **Add Order** in [ikas](https://apiant.ai/connections/ikas), or **New Order** in ikas to **Add Customer Email** in Help Scout. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Help Scout **4** triggers Help Scout **19** actions ikas **3** triggers ikas **10** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Help Scout and ikas 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 Help Scout and ikas can do together ### From Help Scout to ikas - When **New Conversation** in Help Scout then **Add Order** in ikas - When **New Customer** in Help Scout then **List customers** in ikas ### From ikas to Help Scout - When **New Order** in ikas then **Add Customer Email** in Help Scout - When **New Product** in ikas then **Create Customer** in Help Scout 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 ikas ## Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 29 actions - Trigger **New Conversation** Polls for newly created conversations across mailboxes. - Trigger **New Customer** Polls for newly created customers. - Trigger **New Mailbox** Polls for newly created mailboxes. - Trigger **New User** Polls for newly added users (team members). - Action **Add Customer Email** Add an email address to a customer. - Action **Create Customer** Create a new customer record. - Action **Create Note** Add an internal note thread to a conversation. - Action **Create Thread (Reply)** Add a reply thread to an existing conversation. - Action **Delete Conversation** Delete a conversation by ID. - Action **Get Conversation** Retrieve a single conversation by ID. - Action **Get Customer** Retrieve a single customer by ID. - Action **Get Mailbox** Retrieve a single mailbox by ID. - Action **Get User** Retrieve a single user by ID. - Action **List Conversations** List conversations, optionally filtered by mailbox, status, tag, or query. - Action **List Conversation Threads** List all threads on a conversation. - Action **List Customers** List customers, optionally filtered by email, mailbox, or query. - Action **List Mailboxes** List all mailboxes in the account. - Action **List Mailbox Folders** List the folders within a mailbox. - Action **List Tags** List all tags in the account. - Action **List Users** List all users (team members) in the account. - Action **Update Conversation** Update a conversation's subject, status, mailbox, assignee, or owner via JSON Patch. - Action **Update Conversation Tags** Replace the tags on a conversation. - Action **Update Customer** Update a customer's profile fields. - Trigger **New Order** Triggers when a new order is created on ikas.com. - Trigger **New Product** Triggers when a new product is created on ikas.com. - Trigger **Updated Order** Triggers when an order is updated on ikas.com. - Action **Add Order** Creates a new order (with transactions) in the ikas store; returns Order. - Action **Add product** Create a product via GraphQL mutation saveProduct (no id) - Action **List customers** List customers via GraphQL query listCustomer. - Action **List inventory levels** List product stock/inventory levels via GraphQL query listProductStockLocation. - Action **List orders** List orders via GraphQL query listOrder. - Action **List products** List products via GraphQL query listProduct. - Action **List Sales Channels** Lists the store's sales channels (read-only); supplies the salesChannelIds that saveProduct requires for new products. - Action **Update inventory level** Update stock quantity via GraphQL mutation saveProductStockLocations. - Action **Update order** Update an order / order status via GraphQL order mutations (e.g. updateOrderLine, saveOrder) - Action **Update product** Update a product via GraphQL mutation saveProduct (with id) ## Each app on its own - [ **Help Scout** Help Scout is a help desk and shared inbox platform for customer support teams.](https://apiant.ai/connections/help-scout) - [ **ikas** ikas is a headless e-commerce platform for SME's.](https://apiant.ai/connections/ikas) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Help Scout - [ **Help Scout to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/help-scout-to-hubspot) - [ **Help Scout to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/help-scout-to-stripe) - [ **Help Scout to JIRA** Atlassian JIRA Cloud — issue tracking and project management.](https://apiant.ai/connect/help-scout-to-jira) - [ **Help Scout to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/help-scout-to-zoom) - [ **Help Scout to SendGrid** SendGrid by Twilio — email delivery and marketing platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/help-scout-to-sendgrid) - [ **Help Scout to Klaviyo** Klaviyo is a marketing automation platform for email and SMS.](https://apiant.ai/connect/help-scout-to-klaviyo) ## More into ikas - [ **HubSpot to ikas** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-ikas) - [ **Google Sheets to ikas** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-ikas) - [ **Gmail to ikas** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-ikas) - [ **Google Calendar to ikas** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-ikas) - [ **Google Drive to ikas** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-ikas) - [ **ActiveCampaign to ikas** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-ikas) Questions ## Help Scout and ikas, 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 ikas when something happens in Help Scout? Any of ikas's 10 actions, including Update inventory level, Update order, Update product and Add Order. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from ikas to Help Scout? Yes. When something happens in ikas, your agent can act in Help Scout too. This page covers both directions: ikas's triggers and Help Scout's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Help Scout or ikas? 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 ikas 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.