Integration
Connect Help Scout and VideoAsk
When New Conversation fires in Help Scout, your agent runs Find conversations by filter in VideoAsk, or New Videoask in VideoAsk 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.
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What do you want Help Scout and VideoAsk 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 VideoAsk can do together
From Help Scout to VideoAsk
When New Conversation in Help Scout
then Find conversations by filter in VideoAsk
When New Customer in Help Scout
then Add tag to contact in VideoAsk
From VideoAsk to Help Scout
When New Videoask in VideoAsk
then Add Customer Email in Help Scout
When New Videoask in VideoAsk
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 VideoAsk
Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 34 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 VideoaskTriggers when a new videoask is created in the selected VideoAsk organization.
Action
Add questionAdds a new question step to a videoask, using a video from a public link, media already in VideoAsk, or a new upload.
Action
Add tagCreates a new tag in a VideoAsk organization that can be applied to contacts.
Action
Add tag to contactAdds an existing tag to a VideoAsk contact and returns the tags now on that contact.
Action
Create a Contact in a Videoask (OLD)Creates a contact in your VideoAsk organization from an email address, with an optional name and phone number.
Action
Create a Contact in VideoAsk (Recommended)Creates a contact in your VideoAsk organization from an email address, with an optional name and phone number.
Action
Delete contactDeletes a contact (respondent) and their contact details from your VideoAsk organization.
Action
Delete formDeletes a VideoAsk form (videoask). Optionally performs a soft delete so the form can be restored later.
Action
Find conversations by filterReturns the responses (conversations) on a videoask that match the filters you choose, such as unread only, reply status, tag, score range or creation date range.
Action
Find forms by keywordReturns the videoasks in an organization whose titles match the specified keyword.
Action
Get contactReturns a single VideoAsk response (contact) for a videoask, with the respondent's details and, optionally, their answers and the conversation messages.
Action
Get formReturns a videoask (form) by its id, including all of its questions.
Action
List formsReturns all videoasks (forms) in a VideoAsk organization, newest first.
Action
List tagsReturns the tags in a VideoAsk organization, optionally only those with a given title.
Action
Update contactUpdates an existing VideoAsk contact's name, email address or phone number.
Action
Update formUpdates an existing videoask's title, privacy, contact form, scheduled close date and display settings such as the end screen.
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 VideoAsk, 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 VideoAsk when something happens in Help Scout?
Any of VideoAsk's 15 actions, including Create a Contact in a Videoask (OLD), Create a Contact in VideoAsk (Recommended), Update contact and Update form. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from VideoAsk to Help Scout?
Yes. When something happens in VideoAsk, your agent can act in Help Scout too. This page covers both directions: VideoAsk's triggers and Help Scout's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Help Scout or VideoAsk?
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 VideoAsk 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.