--- title: "Connect Manychat and Vapi - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New or Updated Custom Field\" fires in Manychat, your agent runs \"Add assistant\" in Vapi, or \"New Assistant\" in Vapi to \"Add Tag to User\" in Manychat." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/manychat-to-vapi" --- # Connect Manychat and Vapi When **New or Updated Custom Field** fires in [Manychat](https://apiant.ai/connections/manychat), your agent runs **Add assistant** in [Vapi](https://apiant.ai/connections/vapi), or **New Assistant** in Vapi to **Add Tag to User** in Manychat. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Manychat **1** trigger Manychat **17** actions Vapi **3** triggers Vapi **21** 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 Vapi 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 and Vapi can do together ### From Manychat to Vapi - When **New or Updated Custom Field** in Manychat then **Add assistant** in Vapi - When **New or Updated Custom Field** in Manychat then **Add phone number** in Vapi ### From Vapi to Manychat - When **New Assistant** in Vapi then **Add Tag to User** in Manychat - When **New Call** in Vapi then **Add custom field** in Manychat 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 Vapi ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 38 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 **Add Tag to User** Adds one of your Manychat page's tags to a subscriber. - 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 Custom Field** Returns up to 100 Manychat subscribers whose Text or Number custom user field holds the value you specify, most recently updated first. - Action **Find User by ID** Returns the full profile of one Manychat subscriber by their subscriber ID, including contact details, tags and custom field values. - 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 **Remove Tag From User** Removes a tag from a Manychat subscriber (contact). - 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 **Update subscriber** Updates an existing Manychat subscriber's name, phone, email, gender and opt-in consent, and returns the updated subscriber record. - Trigger **New Assistant** Triggers when a new assistant is created in your Vapi organization. - Trigger **New Call** Triggers when a new call is created in Vapi, optionally limited to one assistant or phone number. - Trigger **New File** Triggers when a new file is uploaded to your Vapi account. - Action **Add assistant** Creates a new Vapi voice assistant with its model, voice, transcriber, first message and call behavior. - Action **Add phone number** Adds a phone number to Vapi: a free Vapi number, or one you bring from Twilio, Vonage, Telnyx or your own SIP trunk. Returns the new phone number record. - Action **Add squad** Creates a squad: a group of assistants that hand a call off to one another, starting with the first member. - Action **Add tool** Creates a tool in Vapi (for example a function, end-call, transfer-call or API-request tool) that assistants can use during calls. - Action **Create Call** Starts a Vapi call (or a batch of outbound calls) using a saved or one-off assistant, squad or workflow, and returns the created call. - Action **Create Chat** Sends a message to a Vapi assistant or squad as a text chat and returns the chat, including the assistant's reply messages. - Action **Delete assistant** Deletes an assistant from your Vapi account and returns the deleted assistant. - Action **Delete Call Data** Deletes a call and its data, including recordings, and returns the deleted call. - Action **Delete Chat** Deletes a chat from your Vapi account and returns the deleted chat's details. - Action **Delete File** Deletes a file from your Vapi account. - Action **Find Call** Finds calls matching a call id, assistant, phone number, or created/updated date range. Returns up to 1000 matching calls. - Action **Get assistant** Returns a Vapi assistant's full configuration, including its model, voice, transcriber and first message. - Action **Get file** Returns a file uploaded to Vapi, including its name, size, type, processing status and download URL. - Action **List assistants** Returns the voice assistants in your Vapi account, optionally filtered by when they were created or last updated. - Action **List chats** Returns the chats in your Vapi account, optionally filtered by assistant, squad, session or creation/update date. - Action **List files** Returns the files uploaded to your Vapi account, optionally filtered by purpose. - Action **List phone numbers** Returns the phone numbers in your Vapi account, optionally filtered by when they were created or updated. - Action **List tools** Returns the tools configured in your Vapi account, optionally filtered by when they were created or updated. - Action **Update Call** Updates the name of an existing Vapi call. - Action **Update phone number** Updates a Vapi phone number's name, the assistant, squad or workflow that answers it, and its provider settings. - Action **Upload File** Uploads a file to Vapi, for use by assistants or knowledge bases, and returns the stored file record. ## Each app on its own - [ **Manychat** Manychat is an all-in-one Messenger Marketing platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/manychat) - [ **Vapi** Vapi is a developer-first Voice AI platform for building natural, low-latency, multilingual phone agents via...](https://apiant.ai/connections/vapi) 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 Vapi - [ **HubSpot to Vapi** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-vapi) - [ **Salesforce to Vapi** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-vapi) - [ **Slack to Vapi** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-vapi) - [ **Google Sheets to Vapi** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-vapi) - [ **Gmail to Vapi** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-vapi) - [ **Google Calendar to Vapi** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-vapi) Questions ## Manychat and Vapi, 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 Vapi when something happens in Manychat? Any of Vapi's 21 actions, including Create Call, Create Chat, Update Call and Update phone number. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Vapi to Manychat? Yes. When something happens in Vapi, your agent can act in Manychat too. This page covers both directions: Vapi's triggers and Manychat's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Manychat or Vapi? 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 Vapi 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.