--- title: "Connect Help Scout and Teamwork - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Conversation\" fires in Help Scout, your agent runs \"Add Message\" in Teamwork, or \"New Company\" in Teamwork to \"Add Customer Email\" in Help Scout." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/help-scout-to-teamwork" --- # Connect Help Scout and Teamwork When **New Conversation** fires in [Help Scout](https://apiant.ai/connections/help-scout), your agent runs **Add Message** in [Teamwork](https://apiant.ai/connections/teamwork), or **New Company** in Teamwork 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 Teamwork **6** triggers Teamwork **22** 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 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 Teamwork can do together ### From Help Scout to Teamwork - When **New Conversation** in Help Scout then **Add Message** in Teamwork - When **New Customer** in Help Scout then **Create Task** in Teamwork ### From Teamwork to Help Scout - When **New Company** in Teamwork then **Add Customer Email** in Help Scout - When **New Milestone** in Teamwork 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 Teamwork ## Triggers and actions 10 triggers · 41 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 **New Company** Triggered when a new company is added. - Trigger **New Milestone** Triggered when a new milestone is added. - Trigger **New Person** Triggered when a new person is added. - Trigger **New Project** Triggered when a new project is added. - Trigger **New Task** Triggered when a new task is added. - Trigger **New Time Entry** Triggered when a new time entry is added. - Action **Add Company** Creates a new company. - Action **Add Message** Adds a message to the specified project. - Action **Add Milestone** Adds a new milestone to the specified project. - Action **Add Time Entry** Logs a time entry against the specified task. - Action **Complete Task** Marks a task as complete. - Action **Create Project** Adds a new project. - Action **Create Task** Adds a new task to the specified task list. - Action **Create Task List** Creates a new task list in the specified project. - Action **Delete Project** Deletes a project by ID. - Action **Delete Task** Deletes a task by ID. - Action **Get Project** Returns a single project by ID. - Action **Get Task** Returns a single task by ID. - Action **List Companies** Returns all companies on the site. - Action **List Milestones** Returns all milestones on the site. - Action **List People** Returns all people on the site. - Action **List Projects** Returns all projects on the Teamwork site. - Action **List Task Lists** Returns all task lists in the specified project. - Action **List Tasks** Returns all tasks across the site. - Action **List Tasks in Project** Returns all tasks in the specified project. - Action **List Time Entries** Returns time entries across the site. - Action **Update Project** Updates an existing project. - Action **Update Task** Updates an existing task. ## 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** Project management software that lets you own the big picture — manage projects, tasks, milestones, time...](https://apiant.ai/connections/teamwork) 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 - [ **Slack to Teamwork** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-teamwork) - [ **Gmail to Teamwork** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-teamwork) - [ **Mailchimp to Teamwork** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-teamwork) - [ **Stripe to Teamwork** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/stripe-to-teamwork) - [ **Shopify to Teamwork** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/shopify-to-teamwork) - [ **Pipedrive to Teamwork** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipedrive-to-teamwork) Questions ## Help Scout and Teamwork, 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 when something happens in Help Scout? Any of Teamwork's 22 actions, including Create Project, Create Task, Create Task List and Update Project. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Teamwork to Help Scout? Yes. When something happens in Teamwork, your agent can act in Help Scout too. This page covers both directions: Teamwork's triggers and Help Scout's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Help Scout or Teamwork? 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 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.