Integration
Connect ManyContacts to Perplexity
When Contact Created fires in ManyContacts, your agent runs Chat Completion in Perplexity. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
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Claude Code
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claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)Grok
Open grok.com/connectors, choose New Connector, then Custom, and paste the address. Grok signs you in in your browser.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)Example flows
What ManyContacts can start in Perplexity
When Contact Created in ManyContacts
then Chat Completion in Perplexity
When Contact Created in ManyContacts
then Generate contextualized embeddings in Perplexity
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 ManyContacts and Perplexity
Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 34 actions
Trigger
Contact CreatedTriggers when a new contact appears in ManyContacts.
Action
Add Contact Custom FieldCreates or updates one custom field value on a ManyContacts contact.
Action
Add Contact TagAdds a tag to a ManyContacts contact and returns the contact with its tags.
Action
Add Contact Tag by NameAdds a tag by name to the ManyContacts contact with a phone number, creating the tag and the contact if they do not exist.
Action
Add Contact to TeamAdds a ManyContacts contact to a team and returns the contact.
Action
Add Internal Note ContactAdds an internal note to a contact's conversation in ManyContacts; the note is not sent to the customer.
Action
Assign ContactAssigns a ManyContacts contact to a user (agent) and returns the updated contact.
Action
Close ConversationCloses a ManyContacts contact's conversation and returns the updated contact.
Action
Contact Create or UpdateCreates a ManyContacts contact for a phone number, or updates the existing one's name, email, notes and conversation status.
Action
Create ContactCreates a ManyContacts contact from a phone number, or returns the existing contact with that number.
Action
Create TagCreates a ManyContacts tag with a name and optional color.
Action
Delete TagDeletes a ManyContacts tag.
Action
Find Contact by PhoneFinds a ManyContacts contact by phone number. Returns empty fields when no contact has that number.
Action
Get ContactReturns a ManyContacts contact by its ID, including name, phone number, email, conversation status, custom fields and tags.
Action
List ContactsReturns ManyContacts contacts, optionally filtered by assignment, closed status, assigned users or tags.
Action
List TagsReturns ManyContacts tags, optionally filtered by part of the name.
Action
List TeamsReturns the ManyContacts organization's teams with their members.
Action
List TemplatesReturns the approved, visible WhatsApp templates in ManyContacts.
Action
List UsersReturns the ManyContacts organization's users (agents), including whether each is an AI agent.
Action
Move Contact to StageMoves the ManyContacts contact with a phone number to a stage of the default pipeline, by the stage's position.
Action
Open ConversationReopens a ManyContacts contact's conversation and returns the updated contact.
Action
Remove Contact from TeamRemoves a ManyContacts contact from a team and returns the contact.
Action
Remove Contact TagRemoves a tag from a ManyContacts contact and returns the contact with its remaining tags.
Action
Send Interactive MessageSends a WhatsApp message with 1-3 reply buttons, or an option list for 4-10 choices, to a contact who wrote within the last 24 hours.
Action
Send Template MessageSends a Meta-approved WhatsApp template to a phone number, filling its header, body and button variables.
Action
Send WhatsApp MessageSends a WhatsApp text message to a contact by phone number or contact ID. A contact is created if the number is new.
Action
Start ChatbotSends the chatbot's first message to a ManyContacts contact.
Action
Unassign ContactRemoves the user assignment from a ManyContacts contact and returns the updated contact.
Action
Update ContactUpdates a ManyContacts contact's name, phone number, email, notes, conversation status or lock.
Action
Update TagRenames or recolors a ManyContacts tag.
Action
Chat CompletionSends a conversation to a Perplexity Sonar model and returns its web-grounded answer, along with the citations and search results it used.
Action
Generate contextualized embeddingsGenerates embeddings for chunks of one or more documents, where chunks from the same document are encoded with awareness of that document's context. Returns the embedding vectors grouped by document.
Action
Generate embeddingsGenerates embedding vectors for one or more texts with a Perplexity embedding model, for use in semantic search, clustering and similar applications.
Action
Run agentRuns a Perplexity agent on your prompt, with optional web search, tools and reasoning, and returns the agent's answer along with its search results and usage.
Action
SearchSearches the web with Perplexity and returns matching web pages with their titles, URLs, snippets and dates.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
ManyContacts and Perplexity, answered
What can start an automation from ManyContacts?
Any of ManyContacts's 1 trigger in the catalog, including Contact Created. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in Perplexity when something happens in ManyContacts?
Any of Perplexity's 5 actions, including Chat Completion, Generate contextualized embeddings, Generate embeddings and Run agent. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Perplexity to ManyContacts?
Perplexity has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in ManyContacts. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Perplexity's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for ManyContacts or Perplexity?
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 ManyContacts and Perplexity 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.