Integration
Connect Help Scout and Motion
When New Conversation fires in Help Scout, your agent runs Create Recurring Task in Motion, or New Comment in Motion to Add Customer Email in Help Scout. 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 Motion 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 and Motion can do together
From Help Scout to Motion
When New Conversation in Help Scout
then Create Recurring Task in Motion
From Motion to 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 Motion
Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 36 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 Conversation
Retrieve a single conversation by ID.
- Get Customer
Retrieve a single customer by ID.
- Get Mailbox
Retrieve a single mailbox by ID.
- Get User
Retrieve a single user 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.
- New Comment
Triggered when a new comment is added to the selected task.
- New or Updated Task
Triggers when a task is created or updated in Motion.
- New Project
Triggered when a new project is created in a Motion workspace.
- New Task
Triggered when a new task is created in Motion. Can be limited to a workspace, project, assignee, label, name or status.
- Create Comment
Creates a new comment on a Motion task and returns the created comment.
- Create Project
Creates a new project in a Motion workspace, optionally from a project template, and returns the created project.
- Create Recurring Task
Creates a recurring task in a Motion workspace, assigned to a person and repeating on the frequency you choose. Returns the new recurring task.
- Create Task
Creates a task in a Motion workspace, optionally with a due date, assignee, project, labels and auto-scheduling. Returns the new task.
- Delete Recurring Task
Deletes a recurring task in Motion by its ID.
- Delete Task
Deletes a Motion task by its ID.
- Find Task
Returns the tasks whose name contains the specified text, optionally narrowed by workspace, project, assignee, label or status.
- Get Project
Returns a single Motion project by its ID, including its status, timestamps and custom field values. An error occurs if the project is not found.
- Get Task
Returns a Motion task by its ID, including its schedule, assignees, project, workspace and custom field values. An error occurs if the task is not found.
- List Comments
Returns all comments on a Motion task, including each comment's content, creation time and creator.
- List Projects
Returns all projects in a Motion workspace, including each project's status and custom field values.
- List Recurring Tasks
Returns all recurring tasks in a Motion workspace, including each task's assignee, project, status, priority and labels.
- List Tasks
Returns the tasks in Motion, across every page of results, optionally narrowed by workspace, project, assignee, label, name or status.
- Move Task
Moves a task to a different workspace, optionally assigning it to a user there, and returns the updated task.
- Set Project Custom Field Value
Sets the value of an existing custom field on a project and returns the value that was saved.
- Unassign Task
Removes the assignee from a Motion task, leaving the task unassigned.
- Update Task
Updates an existing Motion task by ID and returns the updated task, including its title, schedule, status, priority, labels and assignee.
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 Motion, 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 Motion when something happens in Help Scout?
Any of Motion's 17 actions, including Create Comment, Create Project, Create Recurring Task and Create Task. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Motion to Help Scout?
Yes. When something happens in Motion, your agent can act in Help Scout too. This page covers both directions: Motion's triggers and Help Scout's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Help Scout or Motion?
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 Motion 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.