--- title: "Connect ilert to EZ Texting - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New or Updated Incident\" fires in ilert, your agent runs \"Add Contacts to Group\" in EZ Texting." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/ilert-to-ez-texting" --- # Connect ilert to EZ Texting When **New or Updated Incident** fires in [ilert](https://apiant.ai/connections/ilert), your agent runs **Add Contacts to Group** in [EZ Texting](https://apiant.ai/connections/ez-texting). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. ilert **1** trigger ilert **12** actions EZ Texting **15** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want ilert and EZ Texting 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 ilert can start in EZ Texting - When **New or Updated Incident** in ilert then **Add Contacts to Group** in EZ Texting - When **New or Updated Incident** in ilert then **Add Message Template** in EZ Texting 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 ilert and EZ Texting ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 27 actions - Trigger **New or Updated Incident** Triggers when an incident (alert) on the chosen ilert alert source is created or changes: assigned, escalated, accepted, raised, commented on, resolved, or a responder is added or removed. - Action **Accept Incident** Accepts a pending ilert alert (formerly called an incident) on behalf of the connected user, stopping its escalation, and returns the updated alert. - Action **Add Alert** Creates an alert in ilert on the chosen alert source, which then escalates according to the source's escalation policy (or a policy or responders you specify). - Action **Add maintenance window** Creates a maintenance window in ilert that suppresses alerts for the chosen alert sources and services between a start and end time. - Action **Create Incident** Creates a new incident in ilert, optionally marking affected services and adding responders. Depending on the affected services, subscribers may be notified. - Action **Find User on Call** Finds the user currently on call for an on-call schedule, along with the start and end of their current shift. Returns found=false when nobody is on call. - Action **Get alert** Returns a single ilert alert by its id, including its summary, status, priority, alert source, escalation policy and responders. - Action **Get incident** Returns a single ilert incident by its id, including its status, severity, affected services and responders. - Action **Get maintenance window** Fetches a maintenance window by ID. An error occurs if the maintenance window is not found. - Action **List Alert Sources** Returns all alert sources in your ilert account, including each source's integration type, integration key, status and escalation policy. - Action **List incidents** Returns the incidents in your ilert account, optionally filtered by status, affected service, severity and declaration date. - Action **List users** Returns the users in your ilert account, with their name, email, role and contact settings. - Action **Resolve Incident** Resolves an ilert alert (formerly called an incident), closing it and stopping further escalation. - Action **Add Contacts to Group** Adds contacts to an EZ Texting contact group by phone number. - Action **Add Message Template** Create a new message template. - Action **Create Group** Creates new group - Action **Create/Update Contact** Creates a contact with the given phone number, or updates the existing contact that has that phone number. - Action **Delete Contact** Deletes a contact from your EZ Texting contact list by phone number. - Action **Delete Group** Delete a contact group by id. - Action **Get Contact** Get a single EZ Texting contact by phone number. - Action **Get Group** Get a single contact group by its id. - Action **Get Message** Get details about a sent message: its recipients (groups and individual contacts), recipient count, credits used, sending number, send date and type. - Action **List Contacts** Lists contacts in your EZ Texting account, optionally filtered by name, phone, email, source, opt-out status or group. - Action **List Groups** List contact groups in your EZ Texting account, optionally filtered by name. - Action **List Messages** List messages in the EZ Texting account, optionally filtered by number, direction, status, type, text or sent date. - Action **List Message Templates** List message templates matching provided filters. - Action **Send Message** Sends an SMS or MMS text message to phone numbers and/or contact groups, immediately or at a scheduled time. - Action **Update Group** Update an existing contact group. ## Each app on its own - [ **ilert** ilert is a platform for alerting, on-call management, and status pages.](https://apiant.ai/connections/ilert) - [ **EZ Texting** EZ Texting is a text marketing platform to send and receive SMS & MMS via web and mobile apps.](https://apiant.ai/connections/ez-texting) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from ilert - [ **ilert to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ilert-to-salesforce) - [ **ilert to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/ilert-to-slack) - [ **ilert to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ilert-to-mailchimp) - [ **ilert to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ilert-to-stripe) - [ **ilert to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ilert-to-shopify) - [ **ilert to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/ilert-to-quickbooks-online) ## More into EZ Texting - [ **HubSpot to EZ Texting** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-ez-texting) - [ **Salesforce to EZ Texting** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-ez-texting) - [ **Slack to EZ Texting** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-ez-texting) - [ **Google Sheets to EZ Texting** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-ez-texting) - [ **Gmail to EZ Texting** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-ez-texting) - [ **Google Calendar to EZ Texting** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-ez-texting) Questions ## ilert and EZ Texting, answered ### ### What can start an automation from ilert? Any of ilert's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New or Updated Incident. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in EZ Texting when something happens in ilert? Any of EZ Texting's 15 actions, including Create Group, Create/Update Contact, Send Message and Update Group. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from EZ Texting to ilert? EZ Texting has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in ilert. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads EZ Texting's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for ilert or EZ Texting? 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 ilert and EZ Texting 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.