--- title: "Connect PaintScout to RD Station - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Contact Created\" fires in PaintScout, your agent runs \"Add contact\" in RD Station." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/paintscout-to-rd-station" --- # Connect PaintScout to RD Station When **Contact Created** fires in [PaintScout](https://apiant.ai/connections/paintscout), your agent runs **Add contact** in [RD Station](https://apiant.ai/connections/rd-station). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. PaintScout **5** triggers PaintScout **19** actions RD Station **15** 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 RD Station 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 RD Station - When **Contact Created** in PaintScout then **Add contact** in RD Station - When **Invoice Status Changed** in PaintScout then **Add tag to contact** in RD Station 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 RD Station ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 34 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 contact** Creates a new contact in the RD Station Marketing lead base. Fails if a contact with the same email or phone already exists. - Action **Add custom field** Creates a new custom contact field in your RD Station Marketing account. - Action **Add tag to contact** Adds one or more tags to an existing RD Station Marketing contact, found by UUID, email or phone. Tags are added alongside the contact's existing tags. - Action **Conversion Event** Records a conversion event in RD Station Marketing, creating or updating the contact identified by email or phone. - Action **Delete contact** Deletes a contact from RD Station Marketing, found by its UUID, email or phone. - Action **Delete custom field** Deletes a custom contact field from the RD Station Marketing account. Default fields cannot be deleted. - Action **Get contact** Returns a contact's standard and custom fields, looked up by UUID, email or phone. - Action **List contact events** Returns the conversion or opportunity events recorded for an RD Station Marketing contact. - Action **List custom fields** Returns all contact fields in the RD Station Marketing account, both standard and custom fields. - Action **List segmentation contacts** Returns the contacts that belong to an RD Station Marketing segmentation. - Action **List segmentations** Returns the segmentations (contact segments) defined in your RD Station Marketing account. - Action **Lost Deal** Marks an existing RD Station Marketing contact as a lost opportunity in the default funnel, with a loss reason. - Action **Update contact** Updates an existing contact in RD Station Marketing, found by its uuid, email or phone. Creates the contact if none matches. - Action **Update custom field** Updates the name, label, data type, presentation type and options of an existing contact custom field in RD Station Marketing. - Action **Won Deal** Marks an existing RD Station Marketing contact as a won opportunity (sale), optionally with the deal value. ## Each app on its own - [ **PaintScout** PaintScout helps estimate & sell painting jobs.](https://apiant.ai/connections/paintscout) - [ **RD Station** RD Station is a complete digital marketing platform to help you generate more results in traffic generation...](https://apiant.ai/connections/rd-station) 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 RD Station - [ **CryptAPI to RD Station** CryptAPI is a non-custodial cryptocurrency payment processor that generates payment addresses and forwards...](https://apiant.ai/connect/cryptapi-to-rd-station) - [ **HubSpot to RD Station** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-rd-station) - [ **Salesforce to RD Station** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-rd-station) - [ **Slack to RD Station** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-rd-station) - [ **Google Sheets to RD Station** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-rd-station) - [ **Gmail to RD Station** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-rd-station) Questions ## PaintScout and RD Station, 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 RD Station when something happens in PaintScout? Any of RD Station's 15 actions, including Update contact, Update custom field, Add contact and Add custom field. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from RD Station to PaintScout? RD Station has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in PaintScout. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads RD Station's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for PaintScout or RD Station? 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 RD Station 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.