Integration
Connect Help Scout and The Old Reader
When New Conversation fires in Help Scout, your agent runs Update item in The Old Reader, or New item in The Old Reader to Add Customer Email in Help Scout. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
Build solutions, not workarounds.
What do you want Help Scout and The Old Reader to do together?
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https://mcp.apiant.aiOne 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.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Example flows
What Help Scout and The Old Reader can do together
From Help Scout to The Old Reader
When New Conversation in Help Scout
then Update item in The Old Reader
When New Customer in Help Scout
then Mark all items as read in The Old Reader
From The Old Reader to Help Scout
When New item in The Old Reader
then Add Customer Email in Help Scout
When New item in The Old Reader
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 The Old Reader
Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 31 actions
Trigger
New ConversationPolls for newly created conversations across mailboxes.
Trigger
New CustomerPolls for newly created customers.
Trigger
New MailboxPolls for newly created mailboxes.
Trigger
New UserPolls for newly added users (team members).
Action
Add Customer EmailAdd an email address to a customer.
Action
Create CustomerCreate a new customer record.
Action
Create NoteAdd an internal note thread to a conversation.
Action
Create Thread (Reply)Add a reply thread to an existing conversation.
Action
Delete ConversationDelete a conversation by ID.
Action
Get ConversationRetrieve a single conversation by ID.
Action
Get CustomerRetrieve a single customer by ID.
Action
Get MailboxRetrieve a single mailbox by ID.
Action
Get UserRetrieve a single user by ID.
Action
List ConversationsList conversations, optionally filtered by mailbox, status, tag, or query.
Action
List Conversation ThreadsList all threads on a conversation.
Action
List CustomersList customers, optionally filtered by email, mailbox, or query.
Action
List MailboxesList all mailboxes in the account.
Action
List Mailbox FoldersList the folders within a mailbox.
Action
List TagsList all tags in the account.
Action
List UsersList all users (team members) in the account.
Action
Update ConversationUpdate a conversation's subject, status, mailbox, assignee, or owner via JSON Patch.
Action
Update Conversation TagsReplace the tags on a conversation.
Action
Update CustomerUpdate a customer's profile fields.
Trigger
New itemTriggers when a new item arrives in your reading list, a folder or a subscription.
Action
Add subscriptionSubscribes the account to a feed or website by its URL and returns the new subscription's stream id.
Action
Delete folderDeletes a folder in The Old Reader and moves its subscriptions to the default folder.
Action
Delete subscriptionUnsubscribes from a feed in The Old Reader.
Action
Get itemsReturns the full contents (title, body, author, feed, read/starred state) of one or more items by their ids.
Action
Get unread countsReturns unread item counts for the whole reading list and for each folder, subscription and friend.
Action
List foldersReturns the list of folders in your The Old Reader account.
Action
List itemsReturns the items (articles) in a stream such as your reading list, starred items, a folder or a subscription.
Action
List subscriptionsReturns every feed subscription in your The Old Reader account, with each feed's title, folders, site URL and icon.
Action
Mark all items as readMarks all items in a stream (everything, a folder, a subscription or a friend's shares) as read, optionally only those older than a given time.
Action
Update folderRenames a folder in The Old Reader.
Action
Update itemUpdates an item's state: marks it read or unread, starred, liked or shared.
Action
Update subscriptionRenames a subscription or moves it between folders.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Help Scout and The Old Reader, 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 The Old Reader when something happens in Help Scout?
Any of The Old Reader's 12 actions, including Update folder, Update item, Update subscription and Add subscription. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from The Old Reader to Help Scout?
Yes. When something happens in The Old Reader, your agent can act in Help Scout too. This page covers both directions: The Old Reader's triggers and Help Scout's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Help Scout or The Old Reader?
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 The Old Reader 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.