--- title: "Connect Help Scout to NEXT - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Conversation\" fires in Help Scout, your agent runs \"Add Record\" in NEXT." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/help-scout-to-next" --- # Connect Help Scout to NEXT When **New Conversation** fires in [Help Scout](https://apiant.ai/connections/help-scout), your agent runs **Add Record** in [NEXT](https://apiant.ai/connections/next). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Help Scout **4** triggers Help Scout **19** actions NEXT **15** 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 NEXT 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 can start in NEXT - When **New Conversation** in Help Scout then **Add Record** in NEXT - When **New Customer** in Help Scout then **Update Record** in NEXT 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 NEXT ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 34 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. - Action **Add Record** Create a record (feedback/insight item) in NEXT. - Action **Add Tag** Create a tag. - Action **Create Account** Creates an account in NEXT - Action **Create Highlight** Creates a highlight in NEXT - Action **Create Recording** Creates a recording in NEXT - Action **Delete Record** Delete a record. - Action **Delete Tag** Delete a tag. - Action **Find Account** Find an account in NEXT - Action **Find Records by Relevance** Search records by relevance/query. - Action **Get Project** Retrieve a project. - Action **Get Record** Retrieve a record by ID. - Action **Get Tag** Retrieve a tag by ID. - Action **List Tags** List all tags. - Action **Update Record** Update an existing record. - Action **Update Tag** Update a tag. ## 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) - [ **NEXT** NEXT is an AI-powered continuous product discovery platform for teams, that lets you validate big-picture...](https://apiant.ai/connections/next) 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 NEXT - [ **Google Slides to NEXT** Google Slides is a cloud-based presentation editor with real-time collaboration, template gallery, and...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-slides-to-next) - [ **HubSpot to NEXT** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-next) - [ **Salesforce to NEXT** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-next) - [ **Slack to NEXT** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-next) - [ **Google Sheets to NEXT** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-next) - [ **Gmail to NEXT** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-next) Questions ## Help Scout and NEXT, 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 NEXT when something happens in Help Scout? Any of NEXT's 15 actions, including Create Account, Create Highlight, Create Recording and Update Record. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from NEXT to Help Scout? NEXT has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Help Scout. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads NEXT's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Help Scout or NEXT? 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 NEXT 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.