--- title: "Connect Kenect Text Messaging and Manifestly Checklists Agent - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Lead Push\" fires in Kenect Text Messaging, your agent runs \"Change Step State\" in Manifestly Checklists Agent." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/kenect-text-messaging-to-manifestly-checklists-agent" --- # Connect Kenect Text Messaging and Manifestly Checklists Agent When **Lead Push** fires in [Kenect Text Messaging](https://apiant.ai/connections/kenect-text-messaging), your agent runs **Change Step State** in [Manifestly Checklists Agent](https://apiant.ai/connections/manifestly-checklists-agent), or **Run Late** in Manifestly Checklists Agent to **Add contacts to contact group** in Kenect Text Messaging. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Kenect Text Messaging **1** trigger Kenect Text Messaging **12** actions Manifestly Checklists Agent **1** trigger Manifestly Checklists Agent **5** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Kenect Text Messaging and Manifestly Checklists Agent 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 Kenect Text Messaging and Manifestly Checklists Agent can do together ### From Kenect Text Messaging to Manifestly Checklists Agent - When **Lead Push** in Kenect Text Messaging then **Change Step State** in Manifestly Checklists Agent - When **Lead Push** in Kenect Text Messaging then **Run Workflow** in Manifestly Checklists Agent ### From Manifestly Checklists Agent to Kenect Text Messaging - When **Run Late** in Manifestly Checklists Agent then **Add contacts to contact group** in Kenect Text Messaging - When **Run Late** in Manifestly Checklists Agent then **Push Lead** in Kenect Text Messaging 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 Kenect Text Messaging and Manifestly Checklists Agent ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 17 actions - Trigger **Lead Push** Triggers when a new conversation starts in Kenect, the closest record Kenect's API exposes to an incoming lead. - Action **Add contacts to contact group** Adds one or more contacts to an existing contact group and returns the per-contact processing status. - Action **Find contact by phone** Finds the contact at a Kenect location that has the given phone number. - Action **Get contact** Returns a single Kenect contact by its contact ID, including its phone numbers and contact groups. - Action **Get conversation** Returns one Kenect conversation with its messages, contact, assignment and read status. - Action **List contact groups** Returns the contact groups in a Kenect location, with each group's name and its contact, opt-in and opt-out counts. - Action **List contacts** Returns the contacts in your Kenect account, optionally narrowed by location, search text or status, and sorted the way you choose. - Action **List locations** Returns all the Kenect locations available to your account, including each location's name and address. - Action **List reviews** Returns all Google and Facebook reviews for the locations assigned to the connected Kenect user, including their ratings, comments and reply status. - Action **List users** Returns the users on the Kenect account, optionally only those with permissions in a chosen location. - Action **Push Lead** Submits a lead to a Kenect location, which begins a text conversation with the person making the inquiry. Returns the id of the new lead. - Action **Reply to conversation** Sends a reply in an existing Kenect conversation from a chosen location, with optional subject and attachments. - Action **Review Request** Sends a review request to a contact's phone number from a Kenect location and returns the message that was sent. - Trigger **Run Late** Triggers when a run is late. - Action **Change Step State** Completes, reopens, skips, starts, stops or stores data on a step of a Manifestly checklist run. - Action **Get Run** Look up one checklist run by its id and return its current details, including its title, state, progress, notes, tags and the workflow it came from. - Action **List Run Steps** Returns the steps of a checklist run - Action **List Workflows** Returns the checklist workflows in your Manifestly account. - Action **Run Workflow** Starts a new run of a Manifestly checklist workflow, optionally naming it, scheduling it and assigning the people who take part. ## Each app on its own - [ **Kenect Text Messaging** Kenect is a texting platform that allows companies to send and receive texts, attachments, web leads, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/kenect-text-messaging) - [ **Manifestly Checklists Agent** Manifestly Checklists Agent is a service that helps teams run SOPs and recurring workflows with precision...](https://apiant.ai/connections/manifestly-checklists-agent) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Kenect Text Messaging - [ **Kenect Text Messaging to Adyntel** Ad intelligence API that finds which LinkedIn, Google, and Meta ads a target company is running.](https://apiant.ai/connect/kenect-text-messaging-to-adyntel) - [ **Kenect Text Messaging to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/kenect-text-messaging-to-salesforce) - [ **Kenect Text Messaging to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/kenect-text-messaging-to-slack) - [ **Kenect Text Messaging to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/kenect-text-messaging-to-mailchimp) - [ **Kenect Text Messaging to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/kenect-text-messaging-to-stripe) - [ **Kenect Text Messaging to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/kenect-text-messaging-to-shopify) ## More into Manifestly Checklists Agent - [ **Mailchimp to Manifestly Checklists Agent** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-manifestly-checklists-agent) - [ **HubSpot to Manifestly Checklists Agent** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-manifestly-checklists-agent) - [ **Google Sheets to Manifestly Checklists Agent** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-manifestly-checklists-agent) - [ **Gmail to Manifestly Checklists Agent** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-manifestly-checklists-agent) - [ **Google Calendar to Manifestly Checklists Agent** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-manifestly-checklists-agent) - [ **Google Drive to Manifestly Checklists Agent** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-manifestly-checklists-agent) Questions ## Kenect Text Messaging and Manifestly Checklists Agent, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Kenect Text Messaging? Any of Kenect Text Messaging's 1 trigger in the catalog, including Lead Push. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Manifestly Checklists Agent when something happens in Kenect Text Messaging? Any of Manifestly Checklists Agent's 5 actions, including Change Step State, Get Run, List Run Steps and List Workflows. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Manifestly Checklists Agent to Kenect Text Messaging? Yes. When something happens in Manifestly Checklists Agent, your agent can act in Kenect Text Messaging too. This page covers both directions: Manifestly Checklists Agent's triggers and Kenect Text Messaging's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Kenect Text Messaging or Manifestly Checklists Agent? 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 Kenect Text Messaging and Manifestly Checklists Agent 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.