--- title: "Connect Helpwise to EmailOctopus - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Contact Is Created\" fires in Helpwise, your agent runs \"Add Tag to Contact\" in EmailOctopus." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/helpwise-to-emailoctopus" --- # Connect Helpwise to EmailOctopus When **Contact Is Created** fires in [Helpwise](https://apiant.ai/connections/helpwise), your agent runs **Add Tag to Contact** in [EmailOctopus](https://apiant.ai/connections/emailoctopus). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Helpwise **1** trigger Helpwise **4** actions EmailOctopus **16** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Helpwise and EmailOctopus 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 Helpwise can start in EmailOctopus - When **Contact Is Created** in Helpwise then **Add Tag to Contact** in EmailOctopus - When **Contact Is Created** in Helpwise then **Unsubscribe Contact** in EmailOctopus 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 Helpwise and EmailOctopus ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 20 actions - Trigger **Contact Is Created** Triggers when new contact is created - Action **Get contact** Get a contact by id. - Action **List contacts** List contacts. - Action **List users** List users. - Action **Update contact** Update a contact. - Action **Add field** Creates a new custom field on an EmailOctopus list, such as a text, number, date or choice field that contacts can hold a value for. - Action **Add list** Creates a new mailing list in EmailOctopus and returns the list's details. - Action **Add tag** Creates a new tag on an EmailOctopus list so it can be applied to contacts. - Action **Add Tag to Contact** Adds a tag to an existing contact in an EmailOctopus list, leaving the contact's other tags unchanged. - Action **Delete contact** Permanently deletes a contact from an EmailOctopus list. - Action **Delete list** Deletes an EmailOctopus list, along with its contacts, fields and tags. - Action **Get campaign** Returns the details of an EmailOctopus campaign, including its status, subject, sender, recipient lists and HTML content. - Action **Get campaign summary report** Returns the summary report for an EmailOctopus campaign: how many contacts it was sent to, plus its bounce, open, click, complaint and unsubscribe counts. - Action **Get list** Returns the details of an EmailOctopus list, including its custom fields, tags and subscriber counts. - Action **List campaigns** Returns every campaign in your EmailOctopus account, including its status, subject, sender and the lists it was sent to. - Action **List lists** Returns all mailing lists in the EmailOctopus account, with each list's fields, tags, contact counts and dates. - Action **Remove Tag From Contact** Removes a tag from a contact on an EmailOctopus list, leaving the contact's other tags unchanged. Returns the updated contact. - Action **Start automation for contact** Starts an EmailOctopus automation for a contact. The automation must be one that is started through the API. - Action **Unsubscribe Contact** Unsubscribes a contact from an EmailOctopus list so they stop receiving campaigns, and returns the updated contact. - Action **Update Contact's Email Address** Changes the email address of an existing contact on an EmailOctopus list and returns the updated contact. - Action **Update list** Renames an existing EmailOctopus list and returns the updated list. ## Each app on its own - [ **Helpwise** Helpwise is an easy-to-use customer service platform that helps you manage all customer communication from a...](https://apiant.ai/connections/helpwise) - [ **EmailOctopus** EmailOctopus is a simple to use email marketing platform that helps you grow your audience, send beautiful...](https://apiant.ai/connections/emailoctopus) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Helpwise - [ **Helpwise to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/helpwise-to-hubspot) - [ **Helpwise to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/helpwise-to-salesforce) - [ **Helpwise to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/helpwise-to-slack) - [ **Helpwise to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/helpwise-to-mailchimp) - [ **Helpwise to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/helpwise-to-stripe) - [ **Helpwise to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/helpwise-to-shopify) ## More into EmailOctopus - [ **HubSpot to EmailOctopus** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-emailoctopus) - [ **Salesforce to EmailOctopus** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-emailoctopus) - [ **Slack to EmailOctopus** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-emailoctopus) - [ **Google Sheets to EmailOctopus** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-emailoctopus) - [ **Gmail to EmailOctopus** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-emailoctopus) - [ **Google Calendar to EmailOctopus** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-emailoctopus) Questions ## Helpwise and EmailOctopus, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Helpwise? Any of Helpwise's 1 trigger in the catalog, including Contact Is Created. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in EmailOctopus when something happens in Helpwise? Any of EmailOctopus's 16 actions, including Update Contact's Email Address, Update list, Add field and Add list. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from EmailOctopus to Helpwise? EmailOctopus has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Helpwise. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads EmailOctopus's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Helpwise or EmailOctopus? 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 Helpwise and EmailOctopus 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.