Integration
Connect HelpDesk to Shift4
When New Message in a Ticket fires in HelpDesk, your agent runs Add customer in Shift4. 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 HelpDesk and Shift4 to do together?
Ask the assistant
Connect your AI client
Give your AI client this address.
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 HelpDesk can start in Shift4
When New Message in a Ticket in HelpDesk
then Add customer in Shift4
When New Ticket in HelpDesk
then Update customer in Shift4
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 Shift4
Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 41 actions
Trigger
New Message in a TicketTrigger
New TicketAction
Add Canned ResponseCreate a new canned response.
Action
Add Followers to TicketAction
Add Tags to TicketAction
Create TicketAction
Create Upload TransactionAction
Delete Canned ResponseDelete a canned response by ID.
Action
Delete TicketDelete a ticket by ID.
Action
Find TicketsAction
Get AgentRetrieve a single agent by ID.
Action
Get Canned ResponseRetrieve a single canned response by ID.
Action
Get TeamRetrieve a single team by ID.
Action
Get TicketRetrieve a single ticket by ID.
Action
List AgentsList all agents.
Action
List Canned ResponsesList all canned responses.
Action
List TeamsList all teams.
Action
Update AgentUpdate an existing agent by ID.
Action
Update Canned ResponseUpdate an existing canned response by ID.
Action
Update TeamUpdate an existing team by ID.
Action
Update Ticket / Send ReplyAction
Upload Attachment During TransactionAction
Add cardSaves a credit or debit card to an existing Shift4 customer, either from a card token / successful charge, or from full card details.
Action
Add chargeCreates a new charge to a customer or card.
Action
Add customerCreates a new customer in Shift4, optionally saving a card to them as their default card.
Action
Add planCreates a new subscription plan that customers can be subscribed to.
Action
Add refundRefunds an existing charge in full or in part, returning the funds to the card that was charged.
Action
Add subscriptionCreates a subscription that bills a customer automatically according to a plan.
Action
Delete cardDeletes a saved card from a Shift4 customer. If the deleted card was the customer's default, the most recently added card becomes the new default.
Action
Delete customerDeletes an existing Shift4 customer.
Action
Delete planDeletes a plan by ID.
Action
Delete subscriptionCancels/deletes an existing subscription by ID.
Action
Get chargeFetches a charge by ID.
Action
Get customerFetches a customer by ID.
Action
Get disputeFetches a dispute by ID.
Action
Get planFetches a plan by ID.
Action
Get refundRetrieves an existing Shift4 refund by its id.
Action
Get subscriptionFetches a subscription by ID.
Action
List cardsLists the saved cards of a Shift4 customer, most recently created first.
Action
List refundsReturns all refunds.
Action
Update chargeUpdates an existing Shift4 charge's customer, description, shipping, billing, fraud status or metadata. Fields left blank are unchanged.
Action
Update customerUpdates an existing Shift4 customer. Any field left blank is left unchanged.
Action
Update subscriptionUpdates an existing subscription. Any field left blank is left unchanged.
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
HelpDesk and Shift4, answered
What can start an automation from HelpDesk?
Any of HelpDesk's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Message in a Ticket and New Ticket. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in Shift4 when something happens in HelpDesk?
Any of Shift4's 21 actions, including Update charge, Update customer, Update subscription and Add card. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Shift4 to HelpDesk?
Shift4 has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in HelpDesk. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Shift4's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for HelpDesk or Shift4?
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 Shift4 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.