--- title: "Connect Helpwise to Veterans Affairs Facilities - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Contact Is Created\" fires in Helpwise, your agent runs \"Find nearby facilities\" in Veterans Affairs Facilities." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/helpwise-to-veterans-affairs-facilities" --- # Connect Helpwise to Veterans Affairs Facilities When **Contact Is Created** fires in [Helpwise](https://apiant.ai/connections/helpwise), your agent runs **Find nearby facilities** in [Veterans Affairs Facilities](https://apiant.ai/connections/veterans-affairs-facilities). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Helpwise **1** trigger Helpwise **4** actions Veterans Affairs Facilities **5** 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 Veterans Affairs Facilities 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 Veterans Affairs Facilities - When **Contact Is Created** in Helpwise then **Find nearby facilities** in Veterans Affairs Facilities - When **Contact Is Created** in Helpwise then **Get facility** in Veterans Affairs Facilities 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 Veterans Affairs Facilities ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 9 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 **Find nearby facilities** Returns the VA health facilities reachable by driving within the specified time from a latitude/longitude, with the drive-time band for each. - Action **Get facility** Retrieve a specific VA facility by its facility ID (prefix_stationNumber format). - Action **Get facility service** Retrieve a specific service offered at a facility by facility ID and service ID. - Action **List facility IDs** Returns the IDs of all VA facilities, optionally limited to one facility type. - Action **List facility services** Retrieve all services offered at a given VA facility. ## 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) - [ **Veterans Affairs Facilities** REST API for looking up VA hospitals, clinics, benefits offices, and cemeteries, including addresses, hours...](https://apiant.ai/connections/veterans-affairs-facilities) 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 Veterans Affairs Facilities - [ **HubSpot to Veterans Affairs Facilities** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-veterans-affairs-facilities) - [ **Salesforce to Veterans Affairs Facilities** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-veterans-affairs-facilities) - [ **Slack to Veterans Affairs Facilities** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-veterans-affairs-facilities) - [ **Google Sheets to Veterans Affairs Facilities** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-veterans-affairs-facilities) - [ **Gmail to Veterans Affairs Facilities** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-veterans-affairs-facilities) - [ **Google Calendar to Veterans Affairs Facilities** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-veterans-affairs-facilities) Questions ## Helpwise and Veterans Affairs Facilities, 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 Veterans Affairs Facilities when something happens in Helpwise? Any of Veterans Affairs Facilities's 5 actions, including Find nearby facilities, Get facility, Get facility service and List facility IDs. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Veterans Affairs Facilities to Helpwise? Veterans Affairs Facilities has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Helpwise. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Veterans Affairs Facilities's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Helpwise or Veterans Affairs Facilities? 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 Veterans Affairs Facilities 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.