Integration
Connect Help Scout to Mailsoftly
When New Conversation fires in Help Scout, your agent runs Add contact list in Mailsoftly. 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 Mailsoftly to do together?
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https://mcp.apiant.aiOne 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.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 Mailsoftly
When New Conversation in Help Scout
then Add contact list in Mailsoftly
When New Customer in Help Scout
then Add contact note in Mailsoftly
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 Mailsoftly
Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 37 actions
Trigger
New ConversationPolls for newly created conversations across mailboxes.
Trigger
New CustomerPolls for newly created customers.
Trigger
New MailboxPolls for newly created mailboxes.
Trigger
New UserPolls for newly added users (team members).
Action
Add Customer EmailAdd an email address to a customer.
Action
Create CustomerCreate a new customer record.
Action
Create NoteAdd an internal note thread to a conversation.
Action
Create Thread (Reply)Add a reply thread to an existing conversation.
Action
Delete ConversationDelete a conversation by ID.
Action
Get ConversationRetrieve a single conversation by ID.
Action
Get CustomerRetrieve a single customer by ID.
Action
Get MailboxRetrieve a single mailbox by ID.
Action
Get UserRetrieve a single user by ID.
Action
List ConversationsList conversations, optionally filtered by mailbox, status, tag, or query.
Action
List Conversation ThreadsList all threads on a conversation.
Action
List CustomersList customers, optionally filtered by email, mailbox, or query.
Action
List MailboxesList all mailboxes in the account.
Action
List Mailbox FoldersList the folders within a mailbox.
Action
List TagsList all tags in the account.
Action
List UsersList all users (team members) in the account.
Action
Update ConversationUpdate a conversation's subject, status, mailbox, assignee, or owner via JSON Patch.
Action
Update Conversation TagsReplace the tags on a conversation.
Action
Update CustomerUpdate a customer's profile fields.
Action
Add contact listCreates a new, empty contact list in Mailsoftly with the name you give it and returns the new list's id.
Action
Add contact noteWrites a plain-text note on a Mailsoftly contact, visible to the whole team on the contact record. Optionally backdates the note to when the conversation happened.
Action
Add Global UnsubscribeGlobally unsubscribes an email address from all email campaigns and newsletters in the account, creating the contact if it does not exist yet.
Action
Add or update contactCreates a new contact in Mailsoftly, or updates the existing contact with the same email address (or the given contact ID).
Action
Add to Contact ListAdds an existing contact to an existing contact list. If the contact is already on the list, it returns an informational message instead of an error.
Action
Add to Suppression ListAdds an email address to your Mailsoftly suppression list so no further mail from the account goes to it, creating a contact for the address if none exists.
Action
Create ContactCreates a new contact in your Mailsoftly account and returns the saved contact, including its new ID.
Action
Create TagCreates a contact tag in Mailsoftly, or returns the existing tag when one with the same name already exists.
Action
Delete contactPermanently deletes a contact from Mailsoftly, along with its list memberships, tags and activity.
Action
Find contactsReturns the contacts that exactly match the email address, first name and/or last name you supply.
Action
Get contactReturns one contact by its id, with all of its details including address, company, subscription dates and custom fields.
Action
Get Contact ActivityReturns one contact's activity timeline, newest first: list and subscription events, campaign emails with their opens and clicks, and teammate notes.
Action
Get Contact SubscriptionsReturns one contact's email subscription state: whether the address is suppressed or globally unsubscribed, and which email types the contact receives.
Action
List contact listsReturns all contact lists in your Mailsoftly account with their ids, names and contact counts.
Action
List Contacts in Contact ListReturns the contacts that belong to one contact list, with when each was added to the list.
Action
List TagsReturns every contact tag in the account with its id, name and color.
Action
Remove contact from contact listRemoves a contact from one of your Mailsoftly contact lists. The contact record and its other list memberships are left untouched.
Action
Update ContactUpdates an existing Mailsoftly contact. Only the fields you fill in are changed; everything else on the contact keeps its current value.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Help Scout and Mailsoftly, 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 Mailsoftly when something happens in Help Scout?
Any of Mailsoftly's 18 actions, including Create Contact, Create Tag, Update Contact and Add contact list. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Mailsoftly to Help Scout?
Mailsoftly has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Help Scout. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Mailsoftly's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for Help Scout or Mailsoftly?
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 Mailsoftly 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.