---
title: "Connect Help Scout and Previsto - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New Conversation\" fires in Help Scout, your agent runs \"Create Contact\" in Previsto."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/help-scout-to-previsto"
---

# Connect Help Scout and Previsto

When **New Conversation** fires in [Help Scout](https://apiant.ai/connections/help-scout), your agent runs **Create Contact** in [Previsto](https://apiant.ai/connections/previsto), or **Completed Assignment** in Previsto 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 Previsto **5** triggers Previsto **13** 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 Previsto 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 Previsto can do together

### From Help Scout to Previsto

- When **New Conversation** in Help Scout then **Create Contact** in Previsto
- When **New Customer** in Help Scout then **Update contact** in Previsto

### From Previsto to Help Scout

- When **Completed Assignment** in Previsto then **Add Customer Email** in Help Scout
- When **Created Agreement** in Previsto 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 Previsto

## Triggers and actions 9 triggers · 32 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

**Completed Assignment**

Triggers when an assignment is marked as completed in Previsto.

- Trigger

**Created Agreement**

Triggers when a new service agreement is created in Previsto.

- Trigger

**Created Assignment**

Triggers when a new assignment is created in Previsto.

- Trigger

**Created Contact**

Triggers when a new contact is created in your Previsto account, and hands on that contact's details.

- Trigger

**Updated Contact**

Triggers when a contact is created or changed in your Previsto account, and hands on that contact's details.

- Action

**Create Agreement**

Creates a service agreement in Previsto for one of your contacts, setting the work description, expected duration, price and how often it repeats.

- Action

**Create Assignment**

Creates an assignment in Previsto for a customer and returns the created assignment.

- Action

**Create Contact**

Creates a contact in Previsto with the name, address and billing details you supply, and returns the new contact including its id.

- Action

**Delete agreement**

Deletes a service agreement from Previsto.

- Action

**Delete assignment**

Deletes an assignment from Previsto.

- Action

**Delete contact**

Deletes a contact from Previsto.

- Action

**Get account**

Returns a single Previsto account, including its contact details, roles and location.

- Action

**Get agreement**

Retrieves a single service agreement from Previsto, with its description, amount, schedule and linked contact.

- Action

**Get assignment**

Returns one assignment from Previsto, including its contact, status, planned time, address and the tasks it covers.

- Action

**Get contact**

Returns a single Previsto contact, including its address, billing settings and notification preferences.

- Action

**List contacts**

Returns the contacts in your Previsto account, optionally narrowed to a name, email address, reference number or archived state.

- Action

**Update agreement**

Updates a service agreement in Previsto and returns the updated agreement.

- Action

**Update contact**

Updates an existing Previsto contact — its name, address, contact details, billing settings and your own extra information.

## 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)
- [ **Previsto** Previsto is a route planning tool for tasks and service agreements.](https://apiant.ai/connections/previsto)

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 Previsto

- [ **HubSpot to Previsto** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-previsto)
- [ **Google Sheets to Previsto** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-previsto)
- [ **Gmail to Previsto** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-previsto)
- [ **Google Calendar to Previsto** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-previsto)
- [ **Google Drive to Previsto** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-previsto)
- [ **Mailchimp to Previsto** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-previsto)

Questions

## Help Scout and Previsto, answered

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### 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.

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### What can your agent do in Previsto when something happens in Help Scout?

Any of Previsto's 13 actions, including Create Agreement, Create Assignment, Create Contact and Update agreement. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from Previsto to Help Scout?

Yes. When something happens in Previsto, your agent can act in Help Scout too. This page covers both directions: Previsto's triggers and Help Scout's actions are listed here as well.

###

### Do I have to build a connector for Help Scout or Previsto?

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 Previsto 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.
