--- title: "Connect Reteno and TextIt - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Reteno, your agent runs \"Add contact\" in TextIt, or \"New contact\" in TextIt to \"Add/Update Contact\" in Reteno." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/reteno-to-textit" --- # Connect Reteno and TextIt When **New Contact** fires in [Reteno](https://apiant.ai/connections/reteno), your agent runs **Add contact** in [TextIt](https://apiant.ai/connections/textit), or **New contact** in TextIt to **Add/Update Contact** in Reteno. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Reteno **1** trigger Reteno **4** actions TextIt **2** triggers TextIt **12** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Reteno and TextIt 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 Reteno and TextIt can do together ### From Reteno to TextIt - When **New Contact** in Reteno then **Add contact** in TextIt - When **New Contact** in Reteno then **Update contact** in TextIt ### From TextIt to Reteno - When **New contact** in TextIt then **Add/Update Contact** in Reteno - When **New message** in TextIt then **Subscribe Contact** in Reteno 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 Reteno and TextIt ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 16 actions - Trigger **New Contact** Fires once for each new contact in the Reteno account. - Action **Add/Update Contact** Adds confirmed contact or updates existing contact. - Action **Get Contact** Returns a Reteno contact by its contact ID: channels, name, address, subscriptions and additional fields. - Action **Send Event** Sends an event to user. - Action **Subscribe Contact** Subscribes a contact. - Trigger **New contact** Triggers when a new contact is added to your TextIt workspace, optionally only contacts in a chosen group. - Trigger **New message** Triggers when a new message is sent or received in your TextIt workspace, optionally limited to a folder or label. - Action **Add broadcast** Creates and sends a new message broadcast to contacts, phone numbers/URNs or contact groups. - Action **Add contact** Creates a new contact in your TextIt workspace with a name, language, URNs (phone, email, etc.), groups and contact field values. - Action **Add contact field** Creates a new custom contact field in your TextIt workspace. - Action **Add group** Creates a new contact group in your TextIt workspace. - Action **Delete contact** Deletes a contact, identified by its UUID or one of its URNs. - Action **Find contacts** Finds contacts by UUID, URN, group or modification date and returns the matching contacts. - Action **Find messages** Returns messages in your TextIt workspace, filtered by message, folder, label or creation date, most recent first. - Action **List broadcasts** Returns the broadcasts sent from your TextIt workspace, most recent first, optionally filtered by broadcast id or creation date. - Action **List contact fields** Returns the custom contact fields defined in your TextIt workspace, with each field's key, name and data type. - Action **Perform contact action** Performs a bulk action on up to 100 contacts: add to or remove from a group, block, unblock, interrupt active flow runs, or permanently delete. - Action **Start Flow** Starts contacts, groups or URNs down a TextIt flow and returns the created flow start. - Action **Update contact** Updates an existing TextIt contact, identified by its UUID or one of its URNs. Only the values you fill in are changed. ## Each app on its own - [ **Reteno** Reteno turns idle users into habitues with timely and personalized push notifications, in-app, app inbox...](https://apiant.ai/connections/reteno) - [ **TextIt** TextIt provides a way of automating conversational interactions over SMS, messaging bots and phone calls.](https://apiant.ai/connections/textit) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Reteno - [ **Reteno to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/reteno-to-salesforce) - [ **Reteno to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/reteno-to-slack) - [ **Reteno to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/reteno-to-stripe) - [ **Reteno to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/reteno-to-shopify) - [ **Reteno to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/reteno-to-trello) - [ **Reteno to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/reteno-to-zoom) ## More into TextIt - [ **HubSpot to TextIt** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-textit) - [ **Salesforce to TextIt** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-textit) - [ **Slack to TextIt** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-textit) - [ **Google Sheets to TextIt** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-textit) - [ **Gmail to TextIt** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-textit) - [ **Google Calendar to TextIt** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-textit) Questions ## Reteno and TextIt, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Reteno? Any of Reteno's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Contact. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in TextIt when something happens in Reteno? Any of TextIt's 12 actions, including Update contact, Add broadcast, Add contact and Add contact field. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from TextIt to Reteno? Yes. When something happens in TextIt, your agent can act in Reteno too. This page covers both directions: TextIt's triggers and Reteno's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Reteno or TextIt? 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 Reteno and TextIt 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.