Integration
Connect HelpCrunch to ShipEngine
When Chat Assignee Updated fires in HelpCrunch, your agent runs Add batch in ShipEngine. 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 HelpCrunch and ShipEngine 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)Grok
Open grok.com/connectors, choose New Connector, then Custom, and paste the address. Grok signs you in in your browser.
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 HelpCrunch can start in ShipEngine
When Chat Assignee Updated in HelpCrunch
then Add batch in ShipEngine
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 HelpCrunch and ShipEngine
Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 33 actions
- Chat Assignee Updated
Triggers when a HelpCrunch chat is assigned to a different agent.
- Chat Closed
Triggers when a HelpCrunch chat is closed.
- Chat Status Updated
Triggers when a HelpCrunch chat's status changes.
- Customer Email Updated
Triggers when a HelpCrunch customer's email changes.
- Customer Tags Updated
Triggers when a HelpCrunch customer's tags change.
- Customer Unsubscribed
Triggers when a HelpCrunch customer unsubscribes.
- New Chat Created
Triggers when a new chat is created in HelpCrunch.
- New Customer Created
Triggers when a new customer is created in HelpCrunch.
- Add Customer Event
Records a custom event against a HelpCrunch customer.
- Assign Chat
Assigns a HelpCrunch chat to an agent.
- Create Chat
Creates a HelpCrunch chat with a customer.
- Delete Customer
Deletes a HelpCrunch customer.
- Find Chats
Finds HelpCrunch chats whose field matches a value, such as the customer email or status.
- Find Customer
Finds HelpCrunch customers whose field matches a value, such as by email.
- Get Chat
Returns one HelpCrunch chat by ID.
- Get Customer
Returns one HelpCrunch customer by ID.
- Get Organization
Returns the HelpCrunch organization and whether the team is online.
- List Agents
Returns the agents in the HelpCrunch account.
- List Applications
Returns the HelpCrunch applications (website widget, mobile apps and messenger channels).
- List Chat Messages
Returns the messages of a HelpCrunch chat, newest first.
- List Departments
Returns the HelpCrunch departments and their agents.
- Send Message
Posts a message or private note into a HelpCrunch chat.
- Snooze Chat
Snoozes a HelpCrunch chat until a time.
- Tag Customer
Adds tags to a HelpCrunch customer; unknown tags are created.
- Untag Customer
Removes tags from a HelpCrunch customer.
- Update Chat Department
Moves a HelpCrunch chat to a department.
- Update Chat Status
Changes a HelpCrunch chat's status, such as closing it.
- Add batch
Creates a new label batch in ShipEngine, optionally seeded with shipments or rates, so their labels can later be processed together.
- Add label
Purchases a shipping label from your chosen carrier and service for a shipment, returning the label's tracking number, cost and download links.
- Add shipment
Creates a shipment from a ship-to address, a ship-from address or warehouse, and its packages, returning the new shipment id for rating, labels and batches.
- Add warehouse
Creates a new warehouse location in ShipEngine with a ship-from address and an optional return address.
- Calculate rates
Returns shipping rate quotes from your connected carriers for a shipment, either from full shipment details or an existing shipment.
- Get batch
Returns a label batch by its id, including its status, shipment and error counts, and links to download the batch's labels and forms.
- Get label
Returns a shipping label by its id, including its status, tracking number, cost and links to download the label.
- Get manifest
Returns the details of an end-of-day manifest, including its ship date, the labels it covers and a link to download the manifest form.
- Get shipment
Returns a shipment by its id, including its status, carrier and service, addresses, packages and tags.
- List carriers
Returns all carrier accounts connected to your ShipEngine account, with each carrier's id, services, package types and options.
- List shipments
Returns the shipments in your ShipEngine account, optionally filtered by status, tag, batch or created/modified date range.
- List warehouses
Returns every warehouse in your ShipEngine account, with each warehouse's id, name, origin address and return address.
- Update shipment
Updates an existing shipment's addresses, packages, carrier service and other details before it is shipped, and returns the updated shipment.
- Validate an Address
Checks a postal address against carrier and postal databases and returns its validation status, the corrected (matched) address, and any messages explaining problems found.
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
HelpCrunch and ShipEngine, answered
What can start an automation from HelpCrunch?
Any of HelpCrunch's 8 triggers in the catalog, including Chat Assignee Updated, Chat Status Updated, Customer Email Updated and Customer Tags Updated. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in ShipEngine when something happens in HelpCrunch?
Any of ShipEngine's 14 actions, including Update shipment, Add batch, Add label and Add shipment. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from ShipEngine to HelpCrunch?
ShipEngine has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in HelpCrunch. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads ShipEngine's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for HelpCrunch or ShipEngine?
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 HelpCrunch and ShipEngine 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.