--- title: "Connect inMobile - SMS gateway and Method CRM - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New email event\" fires in inMobile - SMS gateway, your agent runs \"Add Contact to Existing Entity\" in Method CRM." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/inmobile-sms-gateway-to-method-crm" --- # Connect inMobile - SMS gateway and Method CRM When **New email event** fires in [inMobile - SMS gateway](https://apiant.ai/connections/inmobile-sms-gateway), your agent runs **Add Contact to Existing Entity** in [Method CRM](https://apiant.ai/connections/method-crm), or **New Activity** in Method CRM to **Create or Update Contact** in inMobile - SMS gateway. 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 Method CRM **6** triggers Method CRM **14** 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 Method CRM 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What inMobile - SMS gateway and Method CRM can do together ### From inMobile - SMS gateway to Method CRM - When **New email event** in inMobile - SMS gateway then **Add Contact to Existing Entity** in Method CRM - When **New incoming RCS message** in inMobile - SMS gateway then **Add Customer or Customer Lead (QuickBooks Only)** in Method CRM ### From Method CRM to inMobile - SMS gateway - When **New Activity** in Method CRM then **Create or Update Contact** in inMobile - SMS gateway - When **New Contact** in Method CRM then **Send email** in inMobile - SMS gateway 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 Method CRM ## Triggers and actions 10 triggers · 29 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. - Trigger **New Activity** Triggers when a new activity is added in Method CRM. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is added in Method CRM. - Trigger **New Customer or Customer Lead (QuickBooks Only)** Triggers when a new customer or customer lead is added to a QuickBooks-synced Method account. - Trigger **New Customer/Vendor or Customer/Vendor Lead (Xero Only)** Triggers when a new customer/vendor or customer/vendor lead is added in a Xero-synced Method account. - Trigger **New Opportunity** Triggers when a new opportunity is created in Method CRM. - Trigger **New Vendor** Triggers when a new vendor is added in Method CRM. - Action **Add Activity** Creates an activity record in your Method CRM account, using the fields your Activity table defines (including custom fields). - Action **Add Contact to Existing Entity** Creates a contact in Method CRM linked to an existing customer, vendor or lead. - Action **Add Customer or Customer Lead (QuickBooks Only)** Creates a customer or customer lead in a QuickBooks-synced Method CRM account. - Action **Add Customer/Vendor or Customer/Vendor Lead (Xero Only)** Creates a customer/vendor or customer/vendor lead in a Method CRM account synced with Xero. - Action **Add Generic Entry** Creates a new record (entry) in any Method CRM table, using the field values you supply, and returns the new record's id. - Action **Add Opportunity** Creates a new opportunity in your Method CRM account. - Action **Delete record** Deletes a record from a Method CRM table, such as a contact, customer or activity. - Action **Find Contact** Finds contacts in Method CRM matching your filter criteria, such as an email or name, and returns up to 100 matching contacts. - Action **Find Customer or Customer Lead (QuickBooks Only)** Finds customers or customer leads in a QuickBooks-synced Method account by name, returning the matching records. - Action **Find Customer/Vendor or Customer/Vendor Lead (Xero Only)** Finds customers, vendors, or customer/vendor leads by name in a Xero-synced Method account. - Action **Find records by criteria** Finds records in a Method CRM table that match your filter criteria, returning up to 100 matches. - Action **Find Vendor** Finds vendors in your Method account that match the criteria you give, returning the first match and the full list of matches. - Action **Get record** Returns one record from a Method CRM table, such as a contact, customer or invoice, by its record ID. - Action **Update record** Updates the chosen fields of an existing record in any Method table, such as a contact, customer or invoice. ## 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) - [ **Method CRM** Method CRM™ is a QuickBooks CRM that streamlines your business from lead to repeat and everything in between.](https://apiant.ai/connections/method-crm) 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 Method CRM - [ **HubSpot to Method CRM** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-method-crm) - [ **Google Sheets to Method CRM** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-method-crm) - [ **Gmail to Method CRM** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-method-crm) - [ **Google Calendar to Method CRM** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-method-crm) - [ **Google Drive to Method CRM** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-method-crm) - [ **Mailchimp to Method CRM** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-method-crm) Questions ## inMobile - SMS gateway and Method CRM, 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 Method CRM when something happens in inMobile - SMS gateway? Any of Method CRM's 14 actions, including Update record, Add Activity, Add Contact to Existing Entity and Add Customer or Customer Lead (QuickBooks Only). Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Method CRM to inMobile - SMS gateway? Yes. When something happens in Method CRM, your agent can act in inMobile - SMS gateway too. This page covers both directions: Method CRM's triggers and inMobile - SMS gateway's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for inMobile - SMS gateway or Method CRM? 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 Method CRM 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.