Integration
Connect Help Scout and Xero
When something happens in Help Scout or Xero, your agent does the next thing in the other. Describe it 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 Xero to do together?
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Connect your AI client
Give your AI client this address.
https://mcp.apiant.aiAny 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 Xero can do together
From Help Scout to Xero
When New Conversation in Help Scout
then Add account in Xero
When New Customer in Help Scout
then Add credit note in Xero
From Xero to Help Scout
When New bill in Xero
then Add Customer Email in Help Scout
When New or updated contact in Xero
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 Xero
Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 45 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 billTriggered when a new bill (ACCPAY) is added.
Trigger
New or updated contactTriggered when a contact is created or updated.
Trigger
New paymentTriggered when a new payment is received.
Trigger
New sales invoiceTriggered when a new sales invoice (ACCREC) is added.
Action
Add accountCreate a chart of accounts entry.
Action
Add credit noteCreate a credit note.
Action
Add itemCreate an inventory/sales item.
Action
Add purchase orderCreate a purchase order.
Action
Add quoteCreate a quote.
Action
Create bank transactionCreate a spend or receive money bank transaction.
Action
Create billCreate a new bill (Accounts Payable, Type=ACCPAY).
Action
Create or update contactCreate a new contact or update an existing one.
Action
Create paymentCreate a payment against an approved invoice.
Action
Create sales invoiceCreate a new sales invoice (Accounts Receivable, Type=ACCREC).
Action
Find contact by emailFind a contact by email address.
Action
Get contactRetrieve a single contact by ContactID.
Action
Get invoiceRetrieve a single invoice by InvoiceID.
Action
Get quoteReturns one quote by its id, with its contact, status, line items and totals.
Action
List accountsRetrieve the chart of accounts.
Action
List bank transactionsList bank transactions.
Action
List contactsRetrieve contacts from Xero.
Action
List credit notesList credit notes.
Action
List invoicesRetrieve sales invoices and bills.
Action
List itemsList items.
Action
List organisationsRetrieve organisation details for the connected Xero tenant.
Action
List paymentsRetrieve payments.
Action
List purchase ordersList purchase orders.
Action
List tax ratesList tax rates.
Action
Update contactUpdate a contact by id.
Action
Update invoiceUpdate a draft/submitted invoice.
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 Xero, 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 Xero when something happens in Help Scout?
Any of Xero's 26 actions, including Create bank transaction, Create bill, Create or update contact and Create payment. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Xero to Help Scout?
Yes. When something happens in Xero, your agent can act in Help Scout too. This page covers both directions: Xero's triggers and Help Scout's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Help Scout or Xero?
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.
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.