--- title: "Connect Perspective to Portscan - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Perspective, your agent runs \"Scan open ports (deep)\" in Portscan." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/perspective-to-portscan" --- # Connect Perspective to Portscan When **New Contact** fires in [Perspective](https://apiant.ai/connections/perspective), your agent runs **Scan open ports (deep)** in [Portscan](https://apiant.ai/connections/portscan). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Perspective **2** triggers Perspective **8** actions Portscan **2** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Perspective and Portscan 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 Perspective can start in Portscan - When **New Contact** in Perspective then **Scan open ports (deep)** in Portscan - When **New Lead via Funnel** in Perspective then **Scan open ports (fast)** in Portscan 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 Perspective and Portscan ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 10 actions - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is added to the selected funnel. - Trigger **New Lead via Funnel** Triggers when a visitor submits the selected funnel and becomes a new lead (contacts whose source is the funnel itself). - Action **Create Contact** Creates a new contact in the CRM of a Perspective funnel. Returns the created contact. - Action **Get Contact** Returns a single CRM contact from a funnel by its ID. An error occurs if the contact is not found. - Action **Get Funnel Chart** Returns chart data points for a funnel over a time window, such as page-to-page conversion, visitor devices, top traffic sources or button clicks. - Action **Get Funnel KPI** Returns a single key performance indicator, such as conversion rate or total sessions, for a funnel over a chosen time period. - Action **Get Funnel Question Insight** Returns aggregated response counts for a specific funnel question or survey element over a date range. - Action **List Contacts** Returns the CRM contacts captured by a funnel, with their details, custom properties and attribution data. - Action **List Workspaces** Returns all workspaces in your Perspective company, along with the campaigns (funnels) that belong to each one. - Action **Update Contact Field** Updates one field on a contact in a funnel, either a standard contact field, an address field or a custom property, and returns the new value. - Action **Scan open ports (deep)** Starts a deep scan of all 65,535 TCP ports on the requesting server's own public IP. Results take 60-300 seconds and are kept for 24 hours. - Action **Scan open ports (fast)** Runs a fast scan (32 common ports) of the platform's own public IP and returns the open ports. ## Each app on its own - [ **Perspective** Perspective is a mobile funnel builder which lets you create beautiful mobile experiences.](https://apiant.ai/connections/perspective) - [ **Portscan** Scans the requesting client's IP for open TCP ports with fast or deep modes on IPv4/IPv6](https://apiant.ai/connections/portscan) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Perspective - [ **Perspective to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/perspective-to-salesforce) - [ **Perspective to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/perspective-to-slack) - [ **Perspective to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/perspective-to-stripe) - [ **Perspective to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/perspective-to-shopify) - [ **Perspective to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/perspective-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **Perspective to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/perspective-to-pipedrive) ## More into Portscan - [ **HelpSpace to Portscan** HelpSpace is a well-rounded customer service tool including a team inbox, intuitive interface, self-service...](https://apiant.ai/connect/helpspace-to-portscan) - [ **Vyte to Portscan** Vyte is a tool that makes scheduling appointments, meetings, and customers bookings easy and user-friendly.](https://apiant.ai/connect/vyte-to-portscan) - [ **HubSpot to Portscan** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-portscan) - [ **Salesforce to Portscan** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-portscan) - [ **Slack to Portscan** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-portscan) - [ **Google Sheets to Portscan** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-portscan) Questions ## Perspective and Portscan, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Perspective? Any of Perspective's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Contact and New Lead via Funnel. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Portscan when something happens in Perspective? Any of Portscan's 2 actions, including Scan open ports (deep) and Scan open ports (fast). Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Portscan to Perspective? Portscan has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Perspective. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Portscan's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Perspective or Portscan? 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 Perspective and Portscan 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.