--- title: "Connect Help Scout and Instagram - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Conversation\" fires in Help Scout, your agent runs \"Get Conversation\" in Instagram." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/help-scout-to-instagram" --- # Connect Help Scout and Instagram When **New Conversation** fires in [Help Scout](https://apiant.ai/connections/help-scout), your agent runs **Get Conversation** in [Instagram](https://apiant.ai/connections/instagram), or **New Comment** in Instagram 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 Instagram **3** triggers Instagram **13** 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 Instagram 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 Instagram can do together ### From Help Scout to Instagram - When **New Conversation** in Help Scout then **Get Conversation** in Instagram - When **New Customer** in Help Scout then **Create Post** in Instagram ### From Instagram to Help Scout - When **New Comment** in Instagram then **Add Customer Email** in Help Scout - When **New Media Posted** in Instagram 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 Instagram ## Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 32 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 Comment** Triggered when someone comments on one of your Instagram posts - Trigger **New Media Posted** Triggered when a new post is published on your Instagram account - Trigger **New Message** Triggered when a new direct message arrives in your Instagram inbox - Action **Create Carousel Container** Create a draft carousel post with multiple images/videos before publishing. - Action **Create Media Container** Create a draft media container for photos/videos/reels before publishing. - Action **Create Post** Publish a draft media container to instagram (final publishing step). - Action **Get Conversation** Get details about a specific instagram dm conversation (participants, etc). - Action **Get Post Comments** Get comments on an instagram post. - Action **Get Post Insights** Get instagram post insights/analytics (impressions, reach, engagement, etc.). - Action **Get Post Status** Check the processing status of a draft post container. - Action **Get User Info** Get instagram user info including profile details and statistics. - Action **Get User Insights** Get instagram account-level insights/analytics (profile views, reach, impressions, etc.). - Action **Get User Media** Get instagram user's media (posts, photos, videos). - Action **List All Conversations** List all instagram dm conversations for the authenticated user. - Action **List All Messages** List all messages from a specific instagram dm conversation. - Action **Reply To Comment** Reply to a comment on instagram media. ## 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) - [ **Instagram** Instagram is a social media platform for sharing photos, videos, and stories.](https://apiant.ai/connections/instagram) 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 Instagram - [ **ClickUp to Instagram** ClickUp is an all-in-one app to plan, track, and manage your work in a beautifully intuitive environment.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clickup-to-instagram) - [ **Archive.org to Instagram** Archive.org is the Internet Archive, a public library of archived web pages, books, audio recordings, films...](https://apiant.ai/connect/archive-org-to-instagram) - [ **EasyCSV to Instagram** EasyCSV enables your users or team members to import CSV files and Google Sheets into your app or any public...](https://apiant.ai/connect/easycsv-to-instagram) - [ **HubSpot to Instagram** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-instagram) - [ **Slack to Instagram** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-instagram) - [ **Google Calendar to Instagram** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-instagram) Questions ## Help Scout and Instagram, 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 Instagram when something happens in Help Scout? Any of Instagram's 13 actions, including Create Carousel Container, Create Media Container, Create Post and Get Conversation. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Instagram to Help Scout? Yes. When something happens in Instagram, your agent can act in Help Scout too. This page covers both directions: Instagram's triggers and Help Scout's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Help Scout or Instagram? 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 Instagram 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.