# Connect Instantly and Reply

When **New Event** fires in [Instantly](https://apiant.ai/connections/instantly), your agent runs **Send Test Webhook Event** in [Reply](https://apiant.ai/connections/reply), or **New Email Opened** in Reply 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 Reply **7** triggers Reply **16** 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 Reply to do together?

Give your AI client this address.

`https://mcp.apiant.ai`

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 Reply can do together

### From Instantly to Reply

- When **New Event** in Instantly then **Send Test Webhook Event** in Reply
- When **New Event** in Instantly then **Add contact list** in Reply

### From Reply to Instantly

- When **New Email Opened** in Reply then **Add lead list** in Instantly
- When **New Emails Sent** in Reply 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 Reply

## Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 38 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

**Inbox Category Set for Reply**

Triggers when an email reply in Reply is given an inbox category, automatically or by a user.

- Trigger

**New Email Opened**

Triggers when a contact opens a tracked email sent from Reply.

- Trigger

**New Emails Sent**

Triggers when Reply sends an email from a sequence step.

- Trigger

**New Link Clicked**

Triggers when a recipient clicks a tracked link in an email sent from Reply.

- Trigger

**New Person Bounce**

Triggers when an email sent from Reply bounces or is rejected by the recipient's mail server.

- Trigger

**New Person Opt Out**

Triggers when a contact opts out of outreach in Reply (unsubscribe link, manual opt-out, or marked Do Not Contact).

- Trigger

**Prospect Finished**

Triggers when a contact's participation in a Reply sequence ends — completed, replied, bounced, opted out, or finished manually.

- Action

**Add contact list**

Creates a new contact list in Reply, optionally shared with your team.

- Action

**Add note to contact**

Adds a note to a contact's timeline in Reply.

- Action

**Add sequence**

Creates a new sequence in Reply with its steps, schedule, sending accounts and settings.

- Action

**Create\Update Person**

Creates a Reply contact, or updates the existing contact with the same email address.

- Action

**Delete contact**

Deletes a contact from your Reply account.

- Action

**Find contacts by criteria**

Returns the contacts that match a search term and/or field rules, optionally scoped to a contact list, sequence or sequence step.

- Action

**Get contact**

Returns one Reply contact by its id, including profile details, owner, opt-out, call and meeting status, stage and custom fields.

- Action

**Get sequence**

Returns one sequence in full: name, status, owner, schedule, settings, connected email and LinkedIn accounts, and its steps.

- Action

**List contact lists**

Returns the contact lists you own plus those shared with your team, optionally filtered by name.

- Action

**List contacts**

Returns your Reply contacts, optionally narrowed to one email address or LinkedIn profile URL.

- Action

**List inbox categories**

Returns the inbox categories you can file conversations under.

- Action

**List Sequence Contacts**

Returns the contacts enrolled in a sequence, with each contact's status, current step, added date, opt-out and call status.

- Action

**List sequences**

Returns the sequences in your Reply account, optionally filtered by status, owner, folder, archive state or name.

- Action

**Mark as Finished**

Marks one or more contacts as finished in every sequence they are in, so they receive no further sequence steps.

- Action

**Remove Person From Campaign**

Removes a contact from a sequence so they stop progressing through it. The contact and their history stay in your Reply account.

- Action

**Send Test Webhook Event**

Sends a test event from an existing Reply webhook subscription to its configured URL.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Instantly** Instantly is an email automation platform that helps scale outreach campaigns.](https://apiant.ai/connections/instantly)
- [ **Reply** Reply is a sales automation platform that puts outreach on autopilot, while still making each communication...](https://apiant.ai/connections/reply)

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 Reply

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

Questions

## Instantly and Reply, 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.

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

Any of Reply's 16 actions, including Create\Update Person, Send Test Webhook Event, Add contact list and Add note to contact. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

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

Yes. When something happens in Reply, your agent can act in Instantly too. This page covers both directions: Reply'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 Reply?

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.

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### 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.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
