--- title: "Connect Mattermost to SmartSuite - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Channel\" fires in Mattermost, your agent runs \"Update Record\" in SmartSuite." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/mattermost-to-smartsuite" --- # Connect Mattermost to SmartSuite When **New Channel** fires in [Mattermost](https://apiant.ai/connections/mattermost), your agent runs **Update Record** in [SmartSuite](https://apiant.ai/connections/smartsuite). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Mattermost **2** triggers Mattermost **26** actions SmartSuite **9** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Mattermost and SmartSuite 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 Mattermost can start in SmartSuite - When **New Channel** in Mattermost then **Update Record** in SmartSuite - When **New user** in Mattermost then **Find a Record in SmartSuite** in SmartSuite 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 Mattermost and SmartSuite ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 35 actions - Trigger **New Channel** Triggers when a new public channel is created in a Mattermost team. - Trigger **New user** Triggers when a new user joins the selected Mattermost team. - Action **Add direct channel** Creates (or returns the existing) direct message channel between two users. - Action **Add Reaction** Adds an emoji reaction to a Mattermost post. - Action **Add user** Creates a new user account on the Mattermost server and returns the created user. - Action **Add User to Channel** Adds a user to a Mattermost channel. - Action **Add user to team** Adds a user to a team, making them a team member. - Action **Create Channel** Creates a public or private channel in a Mattermost team. - Action **Delete channel** Deletes (archives) a Mattermost channel, or permanently deletes it when requested. - Action **Delete Post** Deletes a Mattermost post. - Action **Delete reaction** Removes a user's emoji reaction from a post. - Action **Find channels by name** Searches a team's public channels (and channels you belong to) whose name or display name matches a search term, and returns the matching channels. - Action **Find posts by terms** Searches the posts in a team for the given search terms and returns the matching posts. - Action **Find User by Email** Finds a Mattermost user by email address. - Action **Find user by username** Finds a Mattermost user by their username and returns the user's profile. - Action **Get channel** Returns a Mattermost channel's details (name, display name, team, type, purpose and header) by its channel ID. - Action **Get Post** Returns a single Mattermost post by its ID. - Action **Get team** Returns a Mattermost team by its ID. - Action **Get user** Returns a Mattermost user's profile by their user ID. - Action **List channels** Returns the public channels on a Mattermost team. - Action **List posts** Returns the most recent posts in a Mattermost channel, newest first, optionally limited to posts changed since a time or before/after a given post. - Action **List Teams** Returns the Mattermost teams you belong to. - Action **List users** Returns users on the Mattermost server, optionally limited to a team, channel or group, or filtered by role and active status. - Action **Pin post** Pins a post to the channel it was posted in. - Action **Post Message** Posts a new message to a Mattermost channel, optionally as a reply in a thread. - Action **Remove user from channel** Removes a user from a channel. - Action **Update channel** Updates a channel's name, display name, purpose, header or other settings. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Post** Changes the text of an existing Mattermost post. - Action **Add Comment** Adds a comment (or a reply to an existing comment) to a SmartSuite record, optionally assigning it to a member. - Action **Delete Record** Deletes a record from a SmartSuite table, moving it to the Solution's trash. - Action **Find a Record in SmartSuite** Finds the first record in a SmartSuite table whose chosen field matches the value you give, and returns it. - Action **Find Many Records (As Line Items) in SmartSuite** Finds all records in a SmartSuite Table matching a field condition and returns them as line items. - Action **Get Record** Returns a single record from a SmartSuite table, with all of its field values. - Action **List Comments** Returns the comments on a SmartSuite record, table or solution. - Action **List Solutions** Returns every Solution in the connected SmartSuite workspace. - Action **List Tables** Returns the tables in your SmartSuite workspace, optionally limited to one solution. - Action **Update Record** Updates the fields you set on an existing SmartSuite record, leaving every other field unchanged. ## Each app on its own - [ **Mattermost** Mattermost offers modern team communication, behind your firewall.](https://apiant.ai/connections/mattermost) - [ **SmartSuite** SmartSuite is transforming how organizations get work done by providing a collaborative Work Management...](https://apiant.ai/connections/smartsuite) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Mattermost - [ **Mattermost to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mattermost-to-salesforce) - [ **Mattermost to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/mattermost-to-slack) - [ **Mattermost to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mattermost-to-stripe) - [ **Mattermost to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mattermost-to-shopify) - [ **Mattermost to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/mattermost-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **Mattermost to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mattermost-to-pipedrive) ## More into SmartSuite - [ **HubSpot to SmartSuite** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-smartsuite) - [ **Salesforce to SmartSuite** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-smartsuite) - [ **Slack to SmartSuite** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-smartsuite) - [ **Google Sheets to SmartSuite** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-smartsuite) - [ **Gmail to SmartSuite** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-smartsuite) - [ **Google Calendar to SmartSuite** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-smartsuite) Questions ## Mattermost and SmartSuite, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Mattermost? Any of Mattermost's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Channel and New user. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in SmartSuite when something happens in Mattermost? Any of SmartSuite's 9 actions, including Update Record, Add Comment, Find a Record in SmartSuite and Find Many Records (As Line Items) in SmartSuite. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from SmartSuite to Mattermost? SmartSuite has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Mattermost. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads SmartSuite's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Mattermost or SmartSuite? 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 Mattermost and SmartSuite 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.