--- title: "Connect PaintScout to Aurora Inbox - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Contact Created\" fires in PaintScout, your agent runs \"Update Contact\" in Aurora Inbox." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/paintscout-to-aurora-inbox" --- # Connect PaintScout to Aurora Inbox When **Contact Created** fires in [PaintScout](https://apiant.ai/connections/paintscout), your agent runs **Update Contact** in [Aurora Inbox](https://apiant.ai/connections/aurora-inbox). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. PaintScout **5** triggers PaintScout **19** actions Aurora Inbox **20** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want PaintScout and Aurora Inbox 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 PaintScout can start in Aurora Inbox - When **Contact Created** in PaintScout then **Update Contact** in Aurora Inbox - When **Invoice Status Changed** in PaintScout then **Send media message** in Aurora Inbox 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 PaintScout and Aurora Inbox ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 39 actions - Trigger **Contact Created** Triggers when a new contact is created in PaintScout. - Trigger **Invoice Sent** Triggers when an invoice is sent to a customer, including when an invoice is re-sent. - Trigger **Invoice Status Changed** Triggers when an invoice's status changes, delivering the invoice with its new status. - Trigger **Quote Status Changed** Triggers when a quote's status changes, for example when it is sent, accepted or declined. - Trigger **Quote Tag Added** Triggers when a tag is added to a quote, optionally only for one specific tag. - Action **Add company** Creates a new company in PaintScout with its name, contact details, address, lead source, owner and tags. - Action **Add deal** Creates a new deal in PaintScout, with its contact, job address, pipeline stage and value. - Action **Add note** Adds a note to a PaintScout contact, deal or company and returns the new note. - Action **Add task** Creates a task in PaintScout, optionally linked to a deal and assigned to a user. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a new contact in PaintScout with names, email, phone numbers, address, lead source, owner, note and tags. - Action **Create Quote** Creates a new quote in PaintScout for a contact, with its job address, notes, pricing adjustments and tags. - Action **Find companies** Returns the companies that match a search filter, such as a name, email or city. - Action **Find Contact** Returns up to 100 contacts that match the search you specify, such as an email address, name or company. - Action **Find deals** Returns the deals that match a search filter, such as a deal name, pipeline, stage or lead source. - Action **Find Invoice** Returns the invoices that match a search, such as a status, invoice number, contact name or date range. - Action **Find Quote** Returns the quotes that match a search filter, such as a quote number, status or contact name. - Action **Get contact** Returns a single PaintScout contact by its ID, including name, company, email, phone, address, lead source, owner and tags. - Action **Get deal** Returns a single PaintScout deal by its ID, including its contact, job address, pipeline stage, value, tags, linked quotes and invoices, and job costing. - Action **Get invoice** Returns a single PaintScout invoice with its contact, line items, payments, taxes, discounts and totals. Can optionally return the work-order view, which includes per-item material costs. - Action **Get quote** Returns a single PaintScout quote by its ID, including contact, job address, totals, tax, discount, payments, tags and customer-view links. - Action **Update company** Updates an existing PaintScout company's name, contact details, address, lead source, owner or tags. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Update Contact** Updates an existing PaintScout contact's name, contact details, address, lead source, owner, note and tags. Fields left blank keep their current values. - Action **Update deal** Updates an existing deal in PaintScout — its name, contact, job address, pipeline and stage, lead source, owner, tags and job costing. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Update task** Updates an existing task in PaintScout, such as its title, owner, notes, start time or completion status. - Action **Add chat** Creates a new chat conversation for a contact on a specific channel. - Action **Add company** Adds a new company. - Action **Add tag** Creates a tag in Aurora Inbox that can be attached to any chat. If a tag with the same name already exists, that tag is returned. - Action **Create Opportunity** Create a new opportunity - Action **Delete contact** Deletes a contact by its ID. - Action **Find chats by criteria** Returns up to 25 chats that match the specified search term, channel, team, unanswered and unread criteria. - Action **Get Chat** Returns one chat by id: contact, channel, channel type, owner, agents and status flags. - Action **Get company** Fetches a single company by id. - Action **Get contact** Fetches a single contact by id. - Action **Get or Create Contact** Finds a contact by phone number, or creates one when no contact has that number. When a contact is found, any name, email, company name and custom property values you supply are applied to it. - Action **List Chat Opportunities** Returns the opportunities (deals) attached to a chat. - Action **List Chat Tags** Returns all tags currently attached to a chat: attachment id, roomId, tagId, tagName. - Action **List companies** Lists companies in Aurora Inbox, optionally filtered by a keyword search. - Action **List tags** Returns all tags configured in the Aurora Inbox account, optionally with the number of chats tagged with each. - Action **List teams** Returns all teams configured in the Aurora Inbox account, including their members and roles. - Action **Send media message** Sends a file (image, video, audio or document) to an Aurora Inbox chat, with an optional caption. - Action **Send message** Sends a text message, or an internal note visible only to agents, to an Aurora Inbox chat. - Action **Tag chat** Attaches a tag to a chat, either an existing tag or one looked up by name (created if no tag with that name exists). If the chat already has the tag, the existing attachment is returned. - Action **Update company** Updates fields on an existing company. - Action **Update Contact** Updates an existing contact's name, phone, email, company name and custom property values. Blank fields keep their current values. ## Each app on its own - [ **PaintScout** PaintScout helps estimate & sell painting jobs.](https://apiant.ai/connections/paintscout) - [ **Aurora Inbox** Aurora Inbox transforms your business WhatsApp into an intelligent sales hub.](https://apiant.ai/connections/aurora-inbox) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from PaintScout - [ **PaintScout to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paintscout-to-salesforce) - [ **PaintScout to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/paintscout-to-slack) - [ **PaintScout to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paintscout-to-stripe) - [ **PaintScout to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paintscout-to-shopify) - [ **PaintScout to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/paintscout-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **PaintScout to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paintscout-to-pipedrive) ## More into Aurora Inbox - [ **monday.com to Aurora Inbox** monday.com helps you move projects forward fast, letting everyone know what's been done on a task—and what...](https://apiant.ai/connect/monday-com-to-aurora-inbox) - [ **Telegram to Aurora Inbox** Telegram is a cloud-based instant messaging and voice over IP service developed by Telegram Messenger LLP.](https://apiant.ai/connect/telegram-to-aurora-inbox) - [ **HubSpot to Aurora Inbox** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-aurora-inbox) - [ **Salesforce to Aurora Inbox** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-aurora-inbox) - [ **Slack to Aurora Inbox** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-aurora-inbox) - [ **Google Sheets to Aurora Inbox** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-aurora-inbox) Questions ## PaintScout and Aurora Inbox, answered ### ### What can start an automation from PaintScout? Any of PaintScout's 5 triggers in the catalog, including Contact Created, Invoice Status Changed, Quote Status Changed and Quote Tag Added. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Aurora Inbox when something happens in PaintScout? Any of Aurora Inbox's 20 actions, including Create Opportunity, Send media message, Send message and Update company. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Aurora Inbox to PaintScout? Aurora Inbox has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in PaintScout. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Aurora Inbox's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for PaintScout or Aurora Inbox? 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 PaintScout and Aurora Inbox 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.