--- title: "Connect ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus Cloud to Eight Ball API - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Problem\" fires in ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus Cloud, your agent runs \"Get biased fortune\" in Eight Ball API." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/manageengine-servicedesk-plus-cloud-to-eight-ball-api" --- # Connect ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus Cloud to Eight Ball API When **New Problem** fires in [ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus Cloud](https://apiant.ai/connections/manageengine-servicedesk-plus-cloud), your agent runs **Get biased fortune** in [Eight Ball API](https://apiant.ai/connections/eight-ball-api). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus Cloud **2** triggers ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus Cloud **15** actions Eight Ball API **3** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus Cloud and Eight Ball API 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 ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus Cloud can start in Eight Ball API - When **New Problem** in ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus Cloud then **Get biased fortune** in Eight Ball API - When **Trigger** in ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus Cloud then **Get fortune by category** in Eight Ball API 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 ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus Cloud and Eight Ball API ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 18 actions - Trigger **New Problem** Triggers when a new problem is created in ServiceDesk Plus Cloud. - Trigger **Trigger** Triggers when a request is created or updated in ServiceDesk Plus Cloud. - Action **Add problem** Creates a problem in ServiceDesk Plus Cloud with its title, classification, assignment and analysis details, and returns the new problem. - Action **Add request note** Adds a note to a ServiceDesk Plus request, optionally showing it to the requester or notifying the technician. - Action **Add request task** Adds a task to an existing request in ServiceDesk Plus Cloud. - Action **Add request worklog** Adds a worklog (time spent by a technician) to a ServiceDesk Plus request. - Action **Create Request** Creates a new request (ticket) in ServiceDesk Plus Cloud with a subject and any optional details, assignments and custom field values. - Action **Delete request** Deletes a request from ServiceDesk Plus Cloud. - Action **Find Request** Finds service desk requests whose chosen field matches a value, returning the matching requests. - Action **Get problem** Returns a single problem from ServiceDesk Plus Cloud by its id, including its custom field values. - Action **Get request** Returns a single service desk request by its id, including its custom field values. - Action **Get request note** Returns a single note on a ServiceDesk Plus request, including its text, visibility settings and author. - Action **Get request task** Returns a single task attached to a ServiceDesk Plus request, including its title, status, owner, schedule and user-defined fields. - Action **Get request worklog** Returns one worklog entry on a ServiceDesk Plus request, including its owner, time spent, start and end times, and charges. - Action **Invoke API Call** Calls any ServiceDesk Plus Cloud v3 API endpoint with the method, path and input data you choose, and returns the raw response. - Action **Update problem** Updates an existing problem in ServiceDesk Plus, changing only the fields you fill in. - Action **Update Request** Updates an existing request (ticket) in ServiceDesk Plus Cloud. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Get biased fortune** /api/biased (or GET with query params) — returns a fortune reading biased by the sentiment of a supplied question. Required param question; optional lucky (boolean, default false) and locale. - Action **Get fortune by category** returns a random fortune from a specific category (positive, negative, or neutral). Path param category required. Optional query param locale for localization. - Action **List fortune categories** returns all fortune responses grouped by category (positive, neutral, negative). Optional query param locale for localization. ## Each app on its own - [ **ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus Cloud** ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus is a ITIL® compliant comprehensive help desk software with integrated asset...](https://apiant.ai/connections/manageengine-servicedesk-plus-cloud) - [ **Eight Ball API** Fortune-telling API with random, sentiment-biased, and multi-language responses](https://apiant.ai/connections/eight-ball-api) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus Cloud - [ **ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus Cloud to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/manageengine-servicedesk-plus-cloud-to-salesforce) - [ **ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus Cloud to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/manageengine-servicedesk-plus-cloud-to-slack) - [ **ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus Cloud to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/manageengine-servicedesk-plus-cloud-to-stripe) - [ **ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus Cloud to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/manageengine-servicedesk-plus-cloud-to-shopify) - [ **ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus Cloud to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/manageengine-servicedesk-plus-cloud-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus Cloud to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/manageengine-servicedesk-plus-cloud-to-pipedrive) ## More into Eight Ball API - [ **HubSpot to Eight Ball API** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-eight-ball-api) - [ **Salesforce to Eight Ball API** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-eight-ball-api) - [ **Slack to Eight Ball API** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-eight-ball-api) - [ **Google Sheets to Eight Ball API** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-eight-ball-api) - [ **Gmail to Eight Ball API** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-eight-ball-api) - [ **Google Calendar to Eight Ball API** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-eight-ball-api) Questions ## ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus Cloud and Eight Ball API, answered ### ### What can start an automation from ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus Cloud? Any of ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus Cloud's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Problem and Trigger. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Eight Ball API when something happens in ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus Cloud? Any of Eight Ball API's 3 actions, including Get biased fortune, Get fortune by category and List fortune categories. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Eight Ball API to ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus Cloud? Eight Ball API has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus Cloud. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Eight Ball API's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus Cloud or Eight Ball API? 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 ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus Cloud and Eight Ball API 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.