--- title: "Connect Manychat to Open Disease - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New or Updated Custom Field\" fires in Manychat, your agent runs \"Get COVID-19 history for a country\" in Open Disease." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/manychat-to-open-disease" --- # Connect Manychat to Open Disease When **New or Updated Custom Field** fires in [Manychat](https://apiant.ai/connections/manychat), your agent runs **Get COVID-19 history for a country** in [Open Disease](https://apiant.ai/connections/open-disease). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Manychat **1** trigger Manychat **12** actions Open Disease **6** 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 Open Disease 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Manychat can start in Open Disease - When **New or Updated Custom Field** in Manychat then **Get COVID-19 history for a country** in Open Disease - When **New or Updated Custom Field** in Manychat then **Get COVID-19 totals for a continent** in Open Disease 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 Open Disease ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 18 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 **Get COVID-19 history for a country** Get COVID-19 case/death/recovery time series data for a specific country. - Action **Get COVID-19 totals for a continent** Get current COVID-19 totals for a specific continent. - Action **Get COVID-19 totals for a country** Get current COVID-19 totals for a specific country. - Action **Get COVID-19 totals for a US state** Get current COVID-19 totals for a specific US state. - Action **Get COVID-19 vaccine coverage for a country** Get COVID-19 vaccine doses administered over time for a specific country. - Action **Get influenza surveillance data** Get US CDC influenza-like-illness (ILINet) surveillance data. ## Each app on its own - [ **Manychat** Manychat is an all-in-one Messenger Marketing platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/manychat) - [ **Open Disease** Open Disease Data (disease.sh) is a public epidemiology data service that aggregates COVID-19, influenza and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/open-disease) 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 Open Disease - [ **LiquiLens to Open Disease** LiquiLens compiles public-record evidence about the failure risk of banks and lenders.](https://apiant.ai/connect/liquilens-to-open-disease) - [ **HubSpot to Open Disease** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-open-disease) - [ **Salesforce to Open Disease** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-open-disease) - [ **Slack to Open Disease** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-open-disease) - [ **Google Sheets to Open Disease** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-open-disease) - [ **Gmail to Open Disease** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-open-disease) Questions ## Manychat and Open Disease, 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 Open Disease when something happens in Manychat? Any of Open Disease's 6 actions, including Get COVID-19 history for a country, Get COVID-19 totals for a continent, Get COVID-19 totals for a country and Get COVID-19 totals for a US state. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Open Disease to Manychat? Open Disease has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Manychat. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Open Disease's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Manychat or Open Disease? 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 Open Disease 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.