--- title: "Connect inMobile - SMS gateway to CarAPI - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New email event\" fires in inMobile - SMS gateway, your agent runs \"Look up recall records\" in CarAPI." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/inmobile-sms-gateway-to-carapi" --- # Connect inMobile - SMS gateway to CarAPI When **New email event** fires in [inMobile - SMS gateway](https://apiant.ai/connections/inmobile-sms-gateway), your agent runs **Look up recall records** in [CarAPI](https://apiant.ai/connections/carapi). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. inMobile - SMS gateway **4** triggers inMobile - SMS gateway **15** actions CarAPI **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 inMobile - SMS gateway and CarAPI 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What inMobile - SMS gateway can start in CarAPI - When **New email event** in inMobile - SMS gateway then **Look up recall records** in CarAPI - When **New incoming RCS message** in inMobile - SMS gateway then **Check vehicle stolen status** in CarAPI 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 inMobile - SMS gateway and CarAPI ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 30 actions - Trigger **New email event** Triggers when a new email event occurs on a message you sent, such as delivered, opened, clicked, bounced or unsubscribed. - Trigger **New incoming RCS message** Triggers when a new RCS message is received by one of your inMobile RCS agents, including text, file, location and suggestion responses. - Trigger **New incoming SMS message** Triggers when a new SMS message is received on one of your inMobile numbers. - Trigger **New SMS status report** Triggers when a delivery status report arrives for a sent SMS message. inMobile hands out each report only once, so a report collected by this trigger can't be retrieved again through the API. - Action **Add list** Creates a new recipient list in your inMobile account and returns its id, name and creation time. - Action **Add Mobile Number to Blacklist** Adds a mobile number to the inMobile blacklist so it no longer receives messages, and returns the created blacklist entry. - Action **Add recipient** Creates a recipient with a phone number and optional contact details on an inMobile SMS list, and returns the new recipient. - Action **Cancel SMS message** Cancels scheduled SMS messages that have not been sent yet and returns a result for each message. - Action **Create or Update Contact** Creates a recipient on an inMobile list, or updates the existing recipient on that list with the same phone number. - Action **Delete Contact** Deletes a contact (recipient) from an inMobile list. - Action **Find recipient by number** Returns the recipient on an inMobile list that has the specified phone number, and reports whether one was found. - Action **List lists** Returns all recipient lists in the inMobile account, with each list's id, name and creation time. - Action **List recipients** Returns all recipients in an inMobile list, including their phone numbers and fields. - Action **Parse phone numbers** Checks a list of phone numbers and returns, for each one, whether it is valid along with its cleaned number, country code and local number. - Action **Remove Mobile Number From Blacklist** Removes a mobile number from your inMobile blacklist, so it can receive messages again. - Action **Send email** Sends an email with a subject and HTML body to up to 100 recipients through inMobile, optionally scheduled for later, and returns the message id and accepted recipients. - Action **Send RCS text message** Sends a text-only RCS message from one of your RCS agents to a mobile number, with optional suggested replies and actions. Returns the message id and the parsed recipient number. - Action **Send SMS Message** Sends one SMS text message to a mobile number, immediately or at a scheduled time, and returns the message ID and how many SMS parts it uses. - Action **Update recipient** Updates an existing recipient on an inMobile list. Only the details you fill in are changed; anything left blank keeps its current value. - Action **Check vehicle stolen status** Check whether a vehicle (by VIN) is reported stolen. - Action **Convert plate to VIN** Convert a license plate number to a VIN. - Action **Decode VIN** Decode a vehicle's VIN into make/model/year/trim/specs. - Action **Estimate vehicle cost of ownership** Estimate the total cost of owning a vehicle over time. - Action **Extract license plate from image** Extract a license plate number from an uploaded image. - Action **Extract VIN from image** Extract a VIN from an uploaded vehicle image. - Action **Find nearest EV charging stations** Find EV charging stations near a location. - Action **Get time to sell for comparable vehicles** Estimate time to sell based on comparable vehicle listings. - Action **Get vehicle inspection history** Get a vehicle's inspection history by VIN. - Action **Get vehicle mileage history** Get a vehicle's mileage/odometer history by VIN. - Action **Get vehicle valuation** Get an estimated market valuation for a vehicle. - Action **List supported EV vehicles** List EV models supported by the route planner. - Action **Look up recall records** Look up safety recall records for a vehicle. - Action **Plan EV route with charging stops** Plan an EV route between two points including charging stops. - Action **Search vehicle listings** Search for-sale vehicle listings by criteria. ## Each app on its own - [ **inMobile - SMS gateway** inMobile is a powerful SMS gateway. inMobile makes it easy for you to send personalized SMS messages, manage...](https://apiant.ai/connections/inmobile-sms-gateway) - [ **CarAPI** Vehicle specs, VIN decoder, and market data for 21+ million vehicles](https://apiant.ai/connections/carapi) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from inMobile - SMS gateway - [ **inMobile - SMS gateway to Mailercloud** Mailercloud is a cloud-based email marketing platform that allows businesses to launch email marketing...](https://apiant.ai/connect/inmobile-sms-gateway-to-mailercloud) - [ **inMobile - SMS gateway to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/inmobile-sms-gateway-to-salesforce) - [ **inMobile - SMS gateway to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/inmobile-sms-gateway-to-slack) - [ **inMobile - SMS gateway to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/inmobile-sms-gateway-to-mailchimp) - [ **inMobile - SMS gateway to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/inmobile-sms-gateway-to-stripe) - [ **inMobile - SMS gateway to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/inmobile-sms-gateway-to-shopify) ## More into CarAPI - [ **HubSpot to CarAPI** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-carapi) - [ **Salesforce to CarAPI** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-carapi) - [ **Slack to CarAPI** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-carapi) - [ **Google Sheets to CarAPI** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-carapi) - [ **Gmail to CarAPI** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-carapi) - [ **Google Calendar to CarAPI** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-carapi) Questions ## inMobile - SMS gateway and CarAPI, answered ### ### What can start an automation from inMobile - SMS gateway? Any of inMobile - SMS gateway's 4 triggers in the catalog, including New email event, New incoming RCS message, New incoming SMS message and New SMS status report. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in CarAPI when something happens in inMobile - SMS gateway? Any of CarAPI's 15 actions, including Check vehicle stolen status, Convert plate to VIN, Decode VIN and Estimate vehicle cost of ownership. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from CarAPI to inMobile - SMS gateway? CarAPI has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in inMobile - SMS gateway. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads CarAPI's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for inMobile - SMS gateway or CarAPI? 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 inMobile - SMS gateway and CarAPI 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.