--- title: "Connect Help Scout to Teamwork Desk - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Conversation\" fires in Help Scout, your agent runs \"Add Reply to Ticket\" in Teamwork Desk." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/help-scout-to-teamwork-desk" --- # Connect Help Scout to Teamwork Desk When **New Conversation** fires in [Help Scout](https://apiant.ai/connections/help-scout), your agent runs **Add Reply to Ticket** in [Teamwork Desk](https://apiant.ai/connections/teamwork-desk). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Help Scout **4** triggers Help Scout **19** actions Teamwork Desk **12** 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 Teamwork Desk 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 Teamwork Desk - When **New Conversation** in Help Scout then **Add Reply to Ticket** in Teamwork Desk - When **New Customer** in Help Scout then **Create Customer** in Teamwork Desk 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 Teamwork Desk ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 31 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 Reply to Ticket** Adds a reply or internal note to a Teamwork Desk ticket. - Action **Add time log** Logs time spent against a Teamwork Desk ticket, optionally linked to a Teamwork project and task. - Action **Create Customer** Creates a new customer in Teamwork Desk. - Action **Create Ticket** Creates a new ticket in Teamwork Desk with a subject and initial message, for a new or existing customer. - Action **Delete ticket** Deletes a ticket in Teamwork Desk, moving it to the trash. - Action **Find companies** Finds companies in Teamwork Desk by their exact name. - Action **Find Customer** Searches Teamwork Desk customers by email, name or other text and returns the matches. - Action **Get customer** Returns a single Teamwork Desk customer by id, including their contact details and ticket counts. - Action **Get ticket** Returns a single Teamwork Desk ticket by its id, including its subject, status, customer, inbox, tags and custom fields. - Action **List inboxes** Returns the inboxes in your Teamwork Desk site, optionally filtered and sorted. - Action **List tags** Returns the tags defined in your Teamwork Desk account, optionally filtered and sorted. - Action **Update Customer** Updates an existing customer in Teamwork Desk. Only the fields you fill in are changed. ## 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) - [ **Teamwork Desk** Teamwork Desk makes it easy for your team to handle any customer support queries that come their way.](https://apiant.ai/connections/teamwork-desk) 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 Teamwork Desk - [ **HubSpot to Teamwork Desk** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-teamwork-desk) - [ **Salesforce to Teamwork Desk** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-teamwork-desk) - [ **Slack to Teamwork Desk** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-teamwork-desk) - [ **Google Sheets to Teamwork Desk** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-teamwork-desk) - [ **Gmail to Teamwork Desk** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-teamwork-desk) - [ **Google Calendar to Teamwork Desk** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-teamwork-desk) Questions ## Help Scout and Teamwork Desk, 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 Teamwork Desk when something happens in Help Scout? Any of Teamwork Desk's 12 actions, including Create Customer, Create Ticket, Update Customer and Add Reply to Ticket. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Teamwork Desk to Help Scout? Teamwork Desk has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Help Scout. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Teamwork Desk's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Help Scout or Teamwork Desk? 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 Teamwork Desk 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.