--- title: "Connect PaintScout and PostStack - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Contact Created\" fires in PaintScout, your agent runs \"Add a contact\" in PostStack." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/paintscout-to-poststack" --- # Connect PaintScout and PostStack When **Contact Created** fires in [PaintScout](https://apiant.ai/connections/paintscout), your agent runs **Add a contact** in [PostStack](https://apiant.ai/connections/poststack), or **Contact Updated (instant)** in PostStack to **Create Contact** in PaintScout. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. PaintScout **5** triggers PaintScout **19** actions PostStack **7** triggers PostStack **31** 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 PostStack 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 and PostStack can do together ### From PaintScout to PostStack - When **Contact Created** in PaintScout then **Add a contact** in PostStack - When **Invoice Status Changed** in PaintScout then **Add contacts to segment** in PostStack ### From PostStack to PaintScout - When **Contact Updated (instant)** in PostStack then **Create Contact** in PaintScout - When **New Contact (instant)** in PostStack then **Update Contact** in PaintScout 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 PostStack ## Triggers and actions 12 triggers · 50 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. - Trigger **Contact Deleted (instant)** Fires when a contact is deleted (event: contact.deleted). - Trigger **Contact Updated (instant)** Fires when a contact is updated (event: contact.updated). - Trigger **Email Bounced (instant)** Fires when an email bounces (event: email.bounced). - Trigger **Email Delivered (instant)** Fires when an email is delivered (event: email.delivered). - Trigger **New Contact (instant)** Fires when a contact is created (event: contact.created). - Trigger **New Inbound Email** Polls for newly received inbound emails. - Trigger **New Sent Email (instant)** Fires when an email is sent (event: email.sent). - Action **Add a broadcast** Create a new marketing broadcast. - Action **Add a contact** Create a new contact. - Action **Add a segment** Create a new manual contact segment. - Action **Add a template** Create a new email template. - Action **Add contacts to segment** Add contacts to an existing segment. - Action **Add suppression** Add an address to the suppression list. - Action **Cancel broadcast** Cancel an in-flight broadcast. - Action **Cancel email** Cancel a scheduled or queued email before it sends. - Action **Delete a contact** Delete a contact. - Action **Delete a template** Delete an email template. - Action **Get a contact** Fetch one contact by ID. - Action **Get a template** Fetch one email template by ID. - Action **Get broadcast** Retrieve one broadcast by its public id, including the HTML and text bodies that the list endpoint omits. - Action **Get email** Fetch one sent or queued email by ID. - Action **Get email events** Get the delivery event timeline for one email. - Action **Get inbound email** Fetch one received inbound email by ID. - Action **Import contacts** Bulk-import a CSV list of contacts. - Action **List broadcasts** List marketing broadcasts. - Action **List contacts** List contacts in the account. - Action **List emails** List sent, queued, and scheduled emails. - Action **List inbound emails** List emails received via inbound parsing. - Action **List segments** List contact segments. - Action **List suppressed addresses** List addresses on the suppression list. - Action **List templates** List email templates. - Action **Send an email** Send a transactional email through PostStack. - Action **Send broadcast** Start sending a broadcast to its recipients. - Action **Send emails in batch** Send up to 100 emails in a single request. - Action **Update a contact** Update an existing contact's fields. - Action **Update a template** Update an email template, creating a new version. - Action **Update email** Reschedule a queued email's send time. - Action **Validate email address** Check whether an email address is valid and deliverable. ## Each app on its own - [ **PaintScout** PaintScout helps estimate & sell painting jobs.](https://apiant.ai/connections/paintscout) - [ **PostStack** EU-hosted email API for transactional and marketing email, with contacts, broadcasts, and analytics](https://apiant.ai/connections/poststack) 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 PostStack - [ **HubSpot to PostStack** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-poststack) - [ **Google Sheets to PostStack** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-poststack) - [ **Gmail to PostStack** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-poststack) - [ **Google Calendar to PostStack** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-poststack) - [ **Google Drive to PostStack** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-poststack) - [ **Mailchimp to PostStack** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-poststack) Questions ## PaintScout and PostStack, 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 PostStack when something happens in PaintScout? Any of PostStack's 31 actions, including Send an email, Send broadcast, Send emails in batch and Update a contact. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from PostStack to PaintScout? Yes. When something happens in PostStack, your agent can act in PaintScout too. This page covers both directions: PostStack's triggers and PaintScout's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for PaintScout or PostStack? 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 PostStack 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.