--- title: "Connect Help Scout to Plentyone - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Conversation\" fires in Help Scout, your agent runs \"Add contact\" in Plentyone." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/help-scout-to-plentyone" --- # Connect Help Scout to Plentyone When **New Conversation** fires in [Help Scout](https://apiant.ai/connections/help-scout), your agent runs **Add contact** in [Plentyone](https://apiant.ai/connections/plentyone). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Help Scout **4** triggers Help Scout **19** actions Plentyone **20** 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 Plentyone 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 Plentyone - When **New Conversation** in Help Scout then **Add contact** in Plentyone - When **New Customer** in Help Scout then **Add order** in Plentyone 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 Plentyone ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 39 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 contact** Creates a new contact (a person) in the plentyONE CRM. - Action **Add item** Creates an item in plentyONE together with its main variation, linked to a category and a unit. - Action **Add order** Creates an order (sales order, return, offer and other order types) in plentyONE with its items, addresses and contact relations. - Action **Add payment** Creates a payment in plentyONE, for example an incoming payment received through a payment method. - Action **Add variation** Creates a new variation of an existing item, optionally defined by attribute values and made visible in a store client. - Action **Find items by criteria** Finds items updated on or after a given time, optionally including their variations. - Action **Find orders by criteria** Finds orders matching criteria such as order type, status, creation or update date, referrer, item or variation. - Action **Get contact** Returns a single contact (person) from the plentyONE CRM by its id. - Action **Get item** Returns a single plentyONE item, including its global settings, free fields and main variation id. - Action **Get order** Returns a single order by its id, including its amounts, properties, addresses and order items. - Action **Get payment** Returns a single payment by its id, including amount, currency, payment method, status and properties. - Action **List categories** Returns the categories set up in PlentyONE, optionally only those of one type such as item categories. - Action **List contacts** Returns the contacts (people) saved in your PlentyONE system, with their contact options and linked accounts. - Action **List stock** Returns the stock levels of variations across all warehouses. - Action **List variations** Returns the variations of an item, including its main variation. - Action **List warehouses** Returns all warehouses set up in your PlentyONE system. - Action **Update contact** Updates an existing contact (person) in PlentyONE CRM. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update item** Updates the item-level settings of an existing plentyONE item, such as manufacturer, condition, flags and customs data. - Action **Update order** Updates an existing plentyONE order, such as its status, owner, properties, dates, addresses or order items. - Action **Update variation** Updates an existing variation of an item in plentyONE, such as its number, availability, dimensions, weight or order quantities. ## 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) - [ **Plentyone** Multichannel e-commerce ERP platform for managing products, orders, inventory, and marketplaces.](https://apiant.ai/connections/plentyone) 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 Plentyone - [ **HubSpot to Plentyone** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-plentyone) - [ **Salesforce to Plentyone** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-plentyone) - [ **Slack to Plentyone** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-plentyone) - [ **Google Sheets to Plentyone** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-plentyone) - [ **Gmail to Plentyone** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-plentyone) - [ **Google Calendar to Plentyone** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-plentyone) Questions ## Help Scout and Plentyone, 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 Plentyone when something happens in Help Scout? Any of Plentyone's 20 actions, including Update contact, Update item, Update order and Update variation. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Plentyone to Help Scout? Plentyone has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Help Scout. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Plentyone's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Help Scout or Plentyone? 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 Plentyone 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.