Integration
Connect Kenect Text Messaging and Zendesk
When Lead Push fires in Kenect Text Messaging, your agent runs Add Comment to Ticket in Zendesk, or New Messaging Conversation in Zendesk to Get conversation in Kenect Text Messaging. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
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What do you want Kenect Text Messaging and Zendesk to do together?
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Claude Code
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Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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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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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)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.
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What Kenect Text Messaging and Zendesk can do together
From Kenect Text Messaging to Zendesk
When Lead Push in Kenect Text Messaging
then Add Comment to Ticket in Zendesk
When Lead Push in Kenect Text Messaging
then Create Ticket in Zendesk
From Zendesk to Kenect Text Messaging
When New Messaging Conversation in Zendesk
then Get conversation in Kenect Text Messaging
When New Ticket in Zendesk
then Add contacts to contact group 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 Zendesk
Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 30 actions
Trigger
Lead PushTriggers when a new conversation starts in Kenect, the closest record Kenect's API exposes to an incoming lead.
Action
Add contacts to contact groupAdds one or more contacts to an existing contact group and returns the per-contact processing status.
Action
Find contact by phoneFinds the contact at a Kenect location that has the given phone number.
Action
Get contactReturns a single Kenect contact by its contact ID, including its phone numbers and contact groups.
Action
Get conversationReturns one Kenect conversation with its messages, contact, assignment and read status.
Action
List contact groupsReturns the contact groups in a Kenect location, with each group's name and its contact, opt-in and opt-out counts.
Action
List contactsReturns the contacts in your Kenect account, optionally narrowed by location, search text or status, and sorted the way you choose.
Action
List locationsReturns all the Kenect locations available to your account, including each location's name and address.
Action
List reviewsReturns all Google and Facebook reviews for the locations assigned to the connected Kenect user, including their ratings, comments and reply status.
Action
List usersReturns the users on the Kenect account, optionally only those with permissions in a chosen location.
Action
Push LeadSubmits 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 conversationSends a reply in an existing Kenect conversation from a chosen location, with optional subject and attachments.
Action
Review RequestSends a review request to a contact's phone number from a Kenect location and returns the message that was sent.
Trigger
New Messaging ConversationTriggers when a customer starts a new conversation through Zendesk messaging (the web widget, mobile SDK or a social messaging channel). Each conversation arrives as its Zendesk ticket.
Trigger
New TicketPolling trigger that fires when a new ticket is created.
Trigger
New UserPolling trigger that fires when a new user is created.
Action
Add Comment to TicketAdds a public or private comment to an existing ticket.
Action
Create OrganizationCreates a new organization.
Action
Create TicketCreates a new ticket in Zendesk.
Action
Create UserCreates a new user (end-user or agent).
Action
Delete TicketDeletes a ticket by ID.
Action
Delete UserSoft-deletes a user by ID.
Action
Get Messaging User IDReturns the Zendesk messaging ID for a user, so their messaging conversation can be looked up in Zendesk Messaging.
Action
Get OrganizationRetrieves a single organization by ID.
Action
Get TicketRetrieves a single ticket by ID.
Action
Get UserRetrieves a single user by ID.
Action
List OrganizationsLists organizations in the account.
Action
List Ticket CommentsLists all comments on a ticket.
Action
List TicketsLists tickets in the account.
Action
SearchRuns a Zendesk search query across tickets, users, and organizations.
Action
Search UsersSearches users by query (name, email, etc.).
Action
Update OrganizationUpdates an existing organization by ID.
Action
Update TicketUpdates an existing ticket by ID.
Action
Update UserUpdates an existing user by ID.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Kenect Text Messaging and Zendesk, 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 Zendesk when something happens in Kenect Text Messaging?
Any of Zendesk's 18 actions, including Create Organization, Create Ticket, Create User and Update Organization. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Zendesk to Kenect Text Messaging?
Yes. When something happens in Zendesk, your agent can act in Kenect Text Messaging too. This page covers both directions: Zendesk'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 Zendesk?
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 Zendesk 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.