--- title: "Connect Manus to SMSAPI - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Task Created\" fires in Manus, your agent runs \"Create Contact\" in SMSAPI." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/manus-to-smsapi" --- # Connect Manus to SMSAPI When **New Task Created** fires in [Manus](https://apiant.ai/connections/manus), your agent runs **Create Contact** in [SMSAPI](https://apiant.ai/connections/smsapi). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Manus **2** triggers Manus **16** actions SMSAPI **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 Manus and SMSAPI 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 Manus can start in SMSAPI - When **New Task Created** in Manus then **Create Contact** in SMSAPI - When **Stopped Task** in Manus then **Send Text Message** in SMSAPI 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 Manus and SMSAPI ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 27 actions - Trigger **New Task Created** Fires when a new Manus task is created (Manus task_created webhook event). - Trigger **Stopped Task** Triggers when a task reaches a stopping point, either because it completed successfully or needs user input to proceed. - Action **Add File** Uploads a file to Manus so it can be attached to a task. Returns the new file's id to use as an attachment when creating or continuing a task. - Action **Add Project** Creates a new project to group related tasks and apply shared instructions. - Action **Continue Task (Add a New Prompt)** Sends a follow-up prompt to an existing Manus task so the agent continues working on it, including answering a question the agent asked. - Action **Create Task** Creates a new task and returns a direct link to it. - Action **Delete File** Deletes an uploaded file from Manus before its automatic 48-hour expiry. - Action **Delete Task** Permanently delete a task by its ID. This action cannot be undone. - Action **Get Available Credits** Returns the Manus credit balance, subscription period and refresh information for the connected account (the team's shared pool for a team sub-account). - Action **Get current user** Returns the Manus user ID of the account this connection is authenticated as. - Action **Get File** Retrieves a file's upload status, size, expiration, and (if available) a temporary download URL. - Action **Get Task** Retrieves a Manus task's status and metadata. - Action **Get Tasks** Lists tasks in your Manus account, optionally filtered by type, agent, project or the credential that created them. - Action **List Credit Usage** Lists the account's credit change history (consumption, refunds and grants) per task, newest first. - Action **List Projects** Lists all projects in the Manus account. - Action **List Skills** Lists the skills available in your Manus account, optionally including a project's own skills. - Action **Stop Task** Stops a running Manus task. The task's status changes to stopped; it can be resumed later by sending it a new message. - Action **Update Task** Updates a Manus task's title, sharing visibility, or whether it appears in the task list. - Action **Add Blacklisted Number** Adds a phone number to the account's blacklist so no SMS messages are sent to it, optionally until an expiration date. - Action **Add Sender Name** Adds a new sender name to the SMSAPI account. The name starts inactive until SMSAPI verifies it. - Action **Check HLR Lookup** Checks a mobile number against the HLR (Home Location Register). The lookup is accepted immediately; the detailed network result is sent to the HLR callback URL set in the SMSAPI Customer Portal. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a contact in the SMSAPI contact database. - Action **Delete Blacklisted Number** Removes a single number from the SMSAPI blacklist, so messages can be sent to it again. - Action **Delete Contact** Deletes a contact from the SMSAPI contact database by its ID. - Action **Get Account Balance** Returns the current credit balance (points) and profile details of the connected SMSAPI account. - Action **List Blacklisted Numbers** Lists the phone numbers on the account's blacklist (numbers SMS sending is blocked to), with each entry's id, number, date added and expiration date. - Action **List Sender Names** Lists every sender name on the SMSAPI account with its status (ACTIVE / INACTIVE), whether it is the default, and when it was created. - Action **Send Text Message** Sends an SMS to one or more phone numbers through SMSAPI. - Action **Send Text Message to Group** Sends an SMS to every contact in a group from the SMSAPI contacts database. ## Each app on its own - [ **Manus** Manus is a general AI agent that turns your thoughts into actions.](https://apiant.ai/connections/manus) - [ **SMSAPI** SMSAPI allows you to send text messages automatically. Messages can be fully personalized.](https://apiant.ai/connections/smsapi) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Manus - [ **Manus to OneDrive** OneDrive is Microsoft’s cloud storage solution enabling users to store, sync, and share files across...](https://apiant.ai/connect/manus-to-onedrive) - [ **Manus to Bugcrowd** Bugcrowd API for interacting and tracking the reported issues programmatically](https://apiant.ai/connect/manus-to-bugcrowd) - [ **Manus to OpenRouter** OpenRouter is a unified interface to AI models.](https://apiant.ai/connect/manus-to-openrouter) - [ **Manus to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/manus-to-salesforce) - [ **Manus to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/manus-to-slack) - [ **Manus to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/manus-to-stripe) ## More into SMSAPI - [ **Transloadit to SMSAPI** Transloadit is a file encoding service that helps you handle file uploads, resize, crop and watermark...](https://apiant.ai/connect/transloadit-to-smsapi) - [ **HubSpot to SMSAPI** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-smsapi) - [ **Salesforce to SMSAPI** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-smsapi) - [ **Slack to SMSAPI** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-smsapi) - [ **Google Sheets to SMSAPI** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-smsapi) - [ **Gmail to SMSAPI** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-smsapi) Questions ## Manus and SMSAPI, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Manus? Any of Manus's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Task Created and Stopped Task. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in SMSAPI when something happens in Manus? Any of SMSAPI's 11 actions, including Create Contact, Send Text Message, Send Text Message to Group and Add Blacklisted Number. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from SMSAPI to Manus? SMSAPI has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Manus. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads SMSAPI's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Manus or SMSAPI? 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 Manus and SMSAPI 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.