--- title: "Connect HelpDesk to Coronavirus in the UK - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Message in a Ticket\" fires in HelpDesk, your agent runs \"Get metric timeseries\" in Coronavirus in the UK." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/helpdesk-to-coronavirus-in-the-uk" --- # Connect HelpDesk to Coronavirus in the UK When **New Message in a Ticket** fires in [HelpDesk](https://apiant.ai/connections/helpdesk), your agent runs **Get metric timeseries** in [Coronavirus in the UK](https://apiant.ai/connections/coronavirus-in-the-uk). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. HelpDesk **2** triggers HelpDesk **20** actions Coronavirus in the UK **3** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want HelpDesk and Coronavirus in the UK 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 HelpDesk can start in Coronavirus in the UK - When **New Message in a Ticket** in HelpDesk then **Get metric timeseries** in Coronavirus in the UK - When **New Ticket** in HelpDesk then **List metrics for a geography type** in Coronavirus in the UK 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 HelpDesk and Coronavirus in the UK ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 23 actions - Trigger **New Message in a Ticket** - Trigger **New Ticket** - Action **Add Canned Response** Create a new canned response. - Action **Add Followers to Ticket** - Action **Add Tags to Ticket** - Action **Create Ticket** - Action **Create Upload Transaction** - Action **Delete Canned Response** Delete a canned response by ID. - Action **Delete Ticket** Delete a ticket by ID. - Action **Find Tickets** - Action **Get Agent** Retrieve a single agent by ID. - Action **Get Canned Response** Retrieve a single canned response by ID. - Action **Get Team** Retrieve a single team by ID. - Action **Get Ticket** Retrieve a single ticket by ID. - Action **List Agents** List all agents. - Action **List Canned Responses** List all canned responses. - Action **List Teams** List all teams. - Action **Update Agent** Update an existing agent by ID. - Action **Update Canned Response** Update an existing canned response by ID. - Action **Update Team** Update an existing team by ID. - Action **Update Ticket / Send Reply** - Action **Upload Attachment During Transaction** - Action **Get metric timeseries** Retrieve the full timeseries of a chosen metric (such as case counts, testing volumes, hospital admissions, or deaths) for a given theme, sub-theme, topic, geography type, and geography, filterable by date. - Action **List metrics for a geography type** List the available metrics (e.g. case counts, hospital admissions, deaths, vaccination uptake) for a given theme, sub-theme, topic, and geography type, so a caller can find the exact metric name to request timeseries data for. - Action **List themes** List the top-level data themes available on the UKHSA data dashboard (e.g. infectious disease), as a starting point for locating a metric. ## Each app on its own - [ **HelpDesk** HelpDesk is a ticketing software for effortless customer support](https://apiant.ai/connections/helpdesk) - [ **Coronavirus in the UK** Coronavirus in the UK is the UK Government's official COVID-19 statistics service, publishing case counts...](https://apiant.ai/connections/coronavirus-in-the-uk) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from HelpDesk - [ **HelpDesk to Geocode.xyz** Geocode.xyz is a worldwide geocoding service.](https://apiant.ai/connect/helpdesk-to-geocode-xyz) - [ **HelpDesk to LinkedIn** LinkedIn is a professional networking platform enabling job seekers, companies, and thought leaders to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/helpdesk-to-linkedin) - [ **HelpDesk to Facebook** Facebook is a social media and advertising platform used by individuals and businesses to connect, share...](https://apiant.ai/connect/helpdesk-to-facebook) - [ **HelpDesk to Anthropic** Anthropic builds Claude, a family of large language models.](https://apiant.ai/connect/helpdesk-to-anthropic) - [ **HelpDesk to Supabase** Supabase is an open-source backend-as-a-service providing a Postgres database, authentication, storage, and...](https://apiant.ai/connect/helpdesk-to-supabase) - [ **HelpDesk to ElevenLabs** ElevenLabs is an AI audio research and deployment company.](https://apiant.ai/connect/helpdesk-to-elevenlabs) ## More into Coronavirus in the UK - [ **HubSpot to Coronavirus in the UK** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-coronavirus-in-the-uk) - [ **Salesforce to Coronavirus in the UK** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-coronavirus-in-the-uk) - [ **Slack to Coronavirus in the UK** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Coronavirus in the UK when something happens in HelpDesk? Any of Coronavirus in the UK's 3 actions, including Get metric timeseries, List metrics for a geography type and List themes. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Coronavirus in the UK to HelpDesk? Coronavirus in the UK has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in HelpDesk. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Coronavirus in the UK's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for HelpDesk or Coronavirus in the UK? 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 HelpDesk and Coronavirus in the UK 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.