--- title: "Connect Manychat to Google Maps Platform - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New or Updated Custom Field\" fires in Manychat, your agent runs \"Geocode Address\" in Google Maps Platform." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/manychat-to-google-maps-platform" --- # Connect Manychat to Google Maps Platform When **New or Updated Custom Field** fires in [Manychat](https://apiant.ai/connections/manychat), your agent runs **Geocode Address** in [Google Maps Platform](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-maps-platform). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Manychat **1** trigger Manychat **12** actions Google Maps Platform **8** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Manychat and Google Maps Platform 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 Manychat can start in Google Maps Platform - When **New or Updated Custom Field** in Manychat then **Geocode Address** in Google Maps Platform - When **New or Updated Custom Field** in Manychat then **Nearby Search** in Google Maps Platform 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 Manychat and Google Maps Platform ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 20 actions - Trigger **New or Updated Custom Field** Triggers when a subscriber custom field is created on the Manychat page, or an existing one's name, type or description changes. - Action **Add custom field** Creates a new subscriber custom field on your Manychat page, with the name, data type and description you choose. - Action **Add tag** Creates a new tag on your Manychat page. - Action **Create Subscriber** Creates a new Manychat subscriber (contact) from a name plus an email, phone or WhatsApp number, and returns the created subscriber. - Action **Delete tag** Deletes a tag from your Manychat page and removes it from every subscriber that has it. This cannot be undone. - Action **Find User by Name** Returns up to 100 subscribers whose full name matches the name you specify. - Action **Get page info** Returns details of the connected Manychat page: its id, name, category, avatar, username, about text, description, Pro status and timezone. - Action **List custom fields** Returns every subscriber custom field defined on the Manychat page, with each field's id, name, type and description. - Action **List flows** Returns all automations (flows) on the connected Manychat page, along with the folders they are organized in. - Action **List tags** Returns every tag defined on your Manychat page, with each tag's id and name. - Action **Send flow** Sends one of your Manychat automations (flows) to a subscriber. - Action **Set bot field** Sets the value of a Manychat bot field (an account-wide field shared by all subscribers). - Action **Set Custom Field** Sets the value of one custom user field on a Manychat subscriber. - Action **Geocode Address** Converts a street address or place description into latitude/longitude coordinates and a formatted address. - Action **Get Directions** Returns a route between an origin and a destination, with total distance, travel time and step-by-step legs. - Action **Get Distance Matrix** Returns travel distance and time for every pair of origins and destinations. - Action **Get Place Details** Returns the details of one Google Maps place, including its name, address, location, rating, phone number, website and opening hours. - Action **Get Route** Calculates a route between an origin and a destination address and returns its distance, travel time, route polyline and summary. - Action **Nearby Search** Finds places within a radius of a latitude and longitude, optionally limited to place types such as restaurant or gas station, and returns them with their address, location and rating. - Action **Reverse Geocode** Converts latitude/longitude coordinates into the nearest human-readable address. - Action **Text Search** Searches Google Maps for places matching a text query, such as "pizza in New York", and returns the matching places with their address, location, rating and contact details. ## Each app on its own - [ **Manychat** Manychat is an all-in-one Messenger Marketing platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/manychat) - [ **Google Maps Platform** APIs and SDKs for maps, geocoding, routing, places search, and location-based data in apps.](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-maps-platform) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Manychat - [ **Manychat to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/manychat-to-salesforce) - [ **Manychat to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/manychat-to-slack) - [ **Manychat to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/manychat-to-stripe) - [ **Manychat to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/manychat-to-shopify) - [ **Manychat to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/manychat-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **Manychat to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/manychat-to-pipedrive) ## More into Google Maps Platform - [ **Shopify to Google Maps Platform** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/shopify-to-google-maps-platform) - [ **Instagram to Google Maps Platform** Instagram is a social media platform for sharing photos, videos, and stories.](https://apiant.ai/connect/instagram-to-google-maps-platform) - [ **Mapster to Google Maps Platform** Mapster is a feedback survey platform that helps you collect and analyze user feedback.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mapster-to-google-maps-platform) - [ **Paperless to Google Maps Platform** Paperless lets you create, sign, and manage intelligent documents on a single platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paperless-to-google-maps-platform) - [ **TickTick to Google Maps Platform** TickTick is a simple and effective to-do list and task manager app with seamless cloud synchronization...](https://apiant.ai/connect/ticktick-to-google-maps-platform) - [ **HubSpot to Google Maps Platform** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-google-maps-platform) Questions ## Manychat and Google Maps Platform, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Manychat? Any of Manychat's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New or Updated Custom Field. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Google Maps Platform when something happens in Manychat? Any of Google Maps Platform's 8 actions, including Geocode Address, Get Directions, Get Distance Matrix and Get Place Details. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Google Maps Platform to Manychat? Google Maps Platform has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Manychat. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Google Maps Platform's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Manychat or Google Maps Platform? 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 Manychat and Google Maps Platform 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.