---
title: "Connect Instantly and Pics.io - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New Event\" fires in Instantly, your agent runs \"Add assets to collection\" in Pics.io."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/instantly-to-pics-io"
---

# Connect Instantly and Pics.io

When **New Event** fires in [Instantly](https://apiant.ai/connections/instantly), your agent runs **Add assets to collection** in [Pics.io](https://apiant.ai/connections/pics-io), or **Assets Added to Collection** in Pics.io 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 Pics.io **10** triggers Pics.io **11** 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 Pics.io 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 Pics.io can do together

### From Instantly to Pics.io

- When **New Event** in Instantly then **Add assets to collection** in Pics.io
- When **New Event** in Instantly then **Add keyword** in Pics.io

### From Pics.io to Instantly

- When **Assets Added to Collection** in Pics.io then **Add lead list** in Instantly
- When **Assets Color Changed** in Pics.io 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 Pics.io

## Triggers and actions 11 triggers · 33 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

**Assets Added to Collection**

Triggers when an asset is added to the selected Pics.io collection (including its nested collections).

- Trigger

**Assets Color Changed**

Triggers when the color label on an asset in your Pics.io library is set or changed.

- Trigger

**Assets Flag Changed**

Triggers when an asset's flag changes to flagged, unflagged or rejected in your Pics.io library.

- Trigger

**Assets Metadata Changed**

Triggers when an asset's metadata (title, description, keywords, custom fields and other details) is changed in Pics.io.

- Trigger

**Assets Moved to Collection**

Triggers when assets are moved into the chosen collection (or any collection inside it).

- Trigger

**Assets Raiting Changed**

Triggers when an asset's star rating is changed in your Pics.io library.

- Trigger

**Metadata Processing Completed**

Triggers when Pics.io finishes processing an asset's file metadata, including when metadata is reprocessed for an existing asset.

- Trigger

**New Asset**

Triggers when a new asset is added to your Pics.io library, optionally limited to a collection, inbox, lightboard, type or other filters.

- Trigger

**New Collection**

Triggers when a new collection is created directly inside the collection you choose (pick the root to watch top-level collections).

- Trigger

**New Comment**

Triggers when a new comment is added to an asset in your Pics.io library.

- Action

**Add assets to collection**

Adds one or more Pics.io assets to a collection, or moves them into it so they leave their other collections.

- Action

**Add keyword**

Creates a new keyword in the Pics.io keyword tree, optionally nested under a parent keyword.

- Action

**Create Collection**

Creates a new collection in Pics.io, optionally nested inside an existing parent collection.

- Action

**Delete collection**

Deletes a collection from your Pics.io library.

- Action

**Find assets**

Returns the assets in your Pics.io library that match a text search and optional filters such as collection, type, flag, rating, color or creation date.

- Action

**Find collections**

Returns the collections whose name or description contains the text you search for.

- Action

**Find keywords**

Returns the keywords in your Pics.io account whose name matches the search text.

- Action

**Get assets**

Returns the full details of one or more Pics.io assets by their IDs.

- Action

**List custom fields**

Returns every custom field defined in your Pics.io workspace, including each field's title, type, visibility and allowed options.

- Action

**Update asset**

Updates an existing Pics.io asset by ID — its file name, title, description, rating, flag and color label — and returns the updated asset. Fields left blank are not changed.

- Action

**Update custom field values on assets**

Sets the value of one custom field on one or more Pics.io assets at once.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Instantly** Instantly is an email automation platform that helps scale outreach campaigns.](https://apiant.ai/connections/instantly)
- [ **Pics.io** Pics.io is a cloud service for digital assets management built on top of Google Drive.](https://apiant.ai/connections/pics-io)

Reviews

## What our customers say

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- [ **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)
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## More into Pics.io

- [ **HubSpot to Pics.io** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-pics-io)
- [ **Google Sheets to Pics.io** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-pics-io)
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- [ **Google Drive to Pics.io** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-pics-io)
- [ **Mailchimp to Pics.io** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-pics-io)

Questions

## Instantly and Pics.io, 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 Pics.io when something happens in Instantly?

Any of Pics.io's 11 actions, including Create Collection, Update asset, Update custom field values on assets and Add assets to collection. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from Pics.io to Instantly?

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

###

### Do I have to build a connector for Instantly or Pics.io?

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 Pics.io 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.
