--- title: "Connect Help Scout and Invoco - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Conversation\" fires in Help Scout, your agent runs \"Send SMS\" in Invoco, or \"New Call Completed\" in Invoco to \"Add Customer Email\" in Help Scout." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/help-scout-to-invoco" --- # Connect Help Scout and Invoco When **New Conversation** fires in [Help Scout](https://apiant.ai/connections/help-scout), your agent runs **Send SMS** in [Invoco](https://apiant.ai/connections/invoco), or **New Call Completed** in Invoco 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 Invoco **5** triggers Invoco **8** 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 Invoco 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 Invoco can do together ### From Help Scout to Invoco - When **New Conversation** in Help Scout then **Send SMS** in Invoco - When **New Customer** in Help Scout then **Get call recording** in Invoco ### From Invoco to Help Scout - When **New Call Completed** in Invoco then **Add Customer Email** in Help Scout - When **New Inbound Call Completed** in Invoco 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 Invoco ## Triggers and actions 9 triggers · 27 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 Call Completed** Triggers when a call (inbound or outbound) on your Invoco numbers completes and appears in your call history. - Trigger **New Inbound Call Completed** Triggers when an inbound call on your Invoco numbers has finished. Returns the call's ID, start time, caller, called number, duration and cost. - Trigger **New inbound SMS** Triggers when a new text message is received on one of your Invoco numbers. - Trigger **New Outbound Call Completed** Triggers when an outbound call on your Invoco account has finished. - Trigger **New outbound SMS** Triggers when an SMS is sent from one of your Invoco numbers. - Action **Get call recording** Downloads the mp3 recording of a call. An error occurs if no recording exists for the call. - Action **Get call transcript** Returns the transcript and AI analysis (score, call type, summary, speakers) of a completed call. - Action **Get SMS** Returns a single SMS message by its id, including direction, sender, recipient, text, fragment count and cost. - Action **List billing history** Returns the billing history (payments) for your Invoco account. - Action **List call history** Returns your Invoco telephone call history, optionally limited to a date range, including caller, called number, duration, cost and direction for each call. - Action **List numbers** Returns all of your Invoco telephone numbers, with each number's description and where it currently redirects. - Action **List SMS history** Returns the text messages sent and received on your Invoco account, newest first, optionally narrowed by date range, direction or phone number. - Action **Send SMS** Sends a text message from one of your Invoco numbers. ## 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) - [ **Invoco** Invoco is an easy to use call tracking and hosted telephony platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/invoco) 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 Invoco - [ **HubSpot to Invoco** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-invoco) - [ **Google Sheets to Invoco** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-invoco) - [ **Gmail to Invoco** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-invoco) - [ **Google Calendar to Invoco** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-invoco) - [ **Google Drive to Invoco** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-invoco) - [ **ActiveCampaign to Invoco** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-invoco) Questions ## Help Scout and Invoco, 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 Invoco when something happens in Help Scout? Any of Invoco's 8 actions, including Send SMS, Get call recording, Get call transcript and Get SMS. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Invoco to Help Scout? Yes. When something happens in Invoco, your agent can act in Help Scout too. This page covers both directions: Invoco's triggers and Help Scout's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Help Scout or Invoco? 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 Invoco 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.