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title: "Connect Instantly and Paystack - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New Event\" fires in Instantly, your agent runs \"Send Simple Invoice\" in Paystack, or \"New Chargeback\" in Paystack to \"Add lead list\" in Instantly."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/instantly-to-paystack"
---

# Connect Instantly and Paystack

When **New Event** fires in [Instantly](https://apiant.ai/connections/instantly), your agent runs **Send Simple Invoice** in [Paystack](https://apiant.ai/connections/paystack), or **New Chargeback** in Paystack to **Add lead list** in Instantly. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Instantly **1** trigger Instantly **22** actions Paystack **11** triggers Paystack **17** actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

## What do you want Instantly and Paystack 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 Instantly and Paystack can do together

### From Instantly to Paystack

- When **New Event** in Instantly then **Send Simple Invoice** in Paystack
- When **New Event** in Instantly then **Add Product** in Paystack

### From Paystack to Instantly

- When **New Chargeback** in Paystack then **Add lead list** in Instantly
- When **New Invoice** in Paystack then **Add Lead to Campaign** in Instantly

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 Instantly and Paystack

## Triggers and actions 12 triggers · 39 actions

- Trigger

**New Event**

Triggers when an Instantly event occurs, such as an email sent, a reply received, or a lead status change.

- Action

**Activate campaign**

Starts a campaign, or resumes a paused one, and returns the updated campaign.

- Action

**Add campaign**

Creates a new Instantly campaign with its sending schedule, email sequence and sending options. Returns the created campaign.

- Action

**Add lead list**

Creates a new lead list in Instantly for storing leads.

- Action

**Add Lead to Campaign**

Adds a lead to an Instantly campaign, with their contact details, personalization and custom variables. Returns the created lead.

- Action

**Add Tags to Campaigns**

Assigns one or more custom tags to one or more campaigns.

- Action

**Add to Blocklist**

Adds an email address or domain to the workspace's blocklist so it no longer receives emails.

- Action

**Create a New Tag**

Creates a new custom tag in your Instantly workspace for organizing accounts and campaigns.

- Action

**Delete blocklist entry**

Deletes a blocked email or domain entry from your Instantly block list, returning the removed entry.

- Action

**Delete lead**

Permanently deletes a lead from your Instantly workspace and returns the deleted lead.

- Action

**Find Lead**

Finds leads in your Instantly workspace by email address or search term, optionally narrowed to a campaign, list or lead status. Returns the matching leads and the first match.

- Action

**Get Blocklist Entry**

Returns a single block list entry (a blocked email address or domain) by its ID.

- Action

**Get campaign**

Returns a campaign's full details, including its schedule, sequences, sending accounts and settings.

- Action

**Get lead**

Returns a single Instantly lead by its ID, including contact details, campaign, status, engagement counts and custom variables.

- Action

**List campaigns**

Returns the campaigns in your Instantly workspace, optionally filtered by name, tags, status or AI Sales Agent.

- Action

**List lead lists**

Returns the lead lists in your Instantly workspace, optionally filtered by name or by whether they run enrichment.

- Action

**List leads**

Returns leads from your Instantly workspace, optionally filtered by campaign, list, status, search term or email address.

- Action

**List Tag Mappings**

Returns the tag assignments in the workspace, showing which custom tags are attached to which email accounts and campaigns.

- Action

**Pause campaign**

Stops (pauses) a running campaign so it no longer sends emails, and returns the updated campaign.

- Action

**Remove Lead From Campaign**

Removes one or more leads from an Instantly campaign, deleting them from that campaign.

- Action

**Remove Tags From Campaigns**

Removes one or more custom tags from Instantly campaigns.

- Action

**Update lead**

Updates an existing lead's details in Instantly, such as name, company, phone, interest status and custom variables, and returns the updated lead.

- Action

**Update Lead Status**

Updates the interest status of a lead in Instantly (for example Interested, Meeting booked, or Not interested), optionally scoped to one campaign or list.

- Trigger

**Abandoned Transaction**

Triggers when a customer starts a payment but does not complete it, leaving an abandoned transaction.

- Trigger

**Cancelled Subscription**

Triggers when a subscription is cancelled.

- Trigger

**New Chargeback**

Triggers when a customer files a new chargeback (transaction dispute) on your Paystack account.

- Trigger

**New Invoice**

Triggered when a new invoice (payment request) is created in Paystack.

- Trigger

**New Order**

Triggered when a new order is created on your Paystack storefronts or products.

- Trigger

**New Payment Page Transaction**

Triggers when a customer pays through one of your Paystack payment pages. Returns the transaction with its amount, customer, and the page it came from.

- Trigger

**New Refund**

Triggered when a new refund is created in your Paystack account.

- Trigger

**New Subscription**

Triggers when a new subscription is created on your Paystack integration.

- Trigger

**New Transaction**

Triggers when a new transaction is created on your Paystack integration, optionally limited by status, channel, customer and more.

- Trigger

**New Transfer**

Triggered when a new transfer is created on your Paystack business.

- Trigger

**Subsciption Renewal**

Triggers when a subscription renews, meaning a further payment has been made after its first one.

- Action

**Add Product**

Creates a new product on your Paystack integration and returns the created product.

- Action

**Cancel Subscription**

Cancels an active Paystack subscription so the customer is no longer charged on renewal.

- Action

**Check Terminal Status**

Returns whether a Paystack Terminal is online and available to receive an event, so you can check it before sending one.

- Action

**Create Refund**

Creates a refund for a previously completed Paystack transaction, in full or for part of its amount. Returns the new refund and its status.

- Action

**Create Subscription**

Creates a subscription that puts a customer on one of your plans, and returns the new subscription's id, code and email token.

- Action

**Create Virtual Terminal**

Creates a Virtual Terminal on your Paystack integration, with the WhatsApp numbers that should receive its payment notifications.

- Action

**Find Customer**

Returns the Paystack customer matching an email address or customer code, including their transactions, subscriptions and saved authorizations.

- Action

**Find Order**

Returns the details of a Paystack order, including its customer, items and payment status, for the order ID you supply.

- Action

**Find Transaction**

Returns the transaction that matches a transaction reference, including its status, amount, customer and payment authorization.

- Action

**Find Transfer**

Returns the transfer that matches the specified transfer reference, including its status, amount and recipient.

- Action

**Get Customer Totals**

Returns how many transactions a Paystack customer has made and the total value of those transactions, along with the customer's full record.

- Action

**Initialize Transaction**

Creates a new pending Paystack transaction and returns the checkout link to send your customer to, along with its access code and reference.

- Action

**Initiate a Direct Debit Request**

Starts linking a bank account to a customer for Direct Debit and returns the link the customer opens to authorize the mandate.

- Action

**Remove Phone Number From Virtual Terminal**

Removes one or more WhatsApp phone numbers from a Paystack Virtual Terminal, so they stop receiving its payment notifications.

- Action

**Resolve Account Number**

Returns the account name registered to a bank account number, so you can confirm who an account belongs to before paying it.

- Action

**Send Simple Invoice**

Creates a payment request that issues an invoice to a customer and, by default, emails it to them. Returns the new invoice, including its request code.

- Action

**Share Link for Updating Subscription Card**

Returns a link you can share with a customer so they can update the card on their subscription.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Instantly** Instantly is an email automation platform that helps scale outreach campaigns.](https://apiant.ai/connections/instantly)
- [ **Paystack** Paystack helps African merchants accept one-time and recurring payments online with a modern, safe, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/paystack)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from Instantly

- [ **Instantly to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/instantly-to-salesforce)
- [ **Instantly to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/instantly-to-slack)
- [ **Instantly to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/instantly-to-mailchimp)
- [ **Instantly to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/instantly-to-stripe)
- [ **Instantly to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/instantly-to-shopify)
- [ **Instantly to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/instantly-to-quickbooks-online)

## More into Paystack

- [ **HubSpot to Paystack** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-paystack)
- [ **Google Sheets to Paystack** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-paystack)
- [ **Gmail to Paystack** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-paystack)
- [ **Google Calendar to Paystack** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-paystack)
- [ **Google Drive to Paystack** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-paystack)
- [ **Mailchimp to Paystack** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-paystack)

Questions

## Instantly and Paystack, answered

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### What can start an automation from Instantly?

Any of Instantly's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Event. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

###

### What can your agent do in Paystack when something happens in Instantly?

Any of Paystack's 17 actions, including Create Refund, Create Subscription, Create Virtual Terminal and Send Simple Invoice. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from Paystack to Instantly?

Yes. When something happens in Paystack, your agent can act in Instantly too. This page covers both directions: Paystack's triggers and Instantly's actions are listed here as well.

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### Do I have to build a connector for Instantly or Paystack?

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 Instantly and Paystack 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.
