--- title: "Connect Returnless to Clever Elements - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Request Created\" fires in Returnless, your agent runs \"Find subscriber by email\" in Clever Elements." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/returnless-to-clever-elements" --- # Connect Returnless to Clever Elements When **Request Created** fires in [Returnless](https://apiant.ai/connections/returnless), your agent runs **Find subscriber by email** in [Clever Elements](https://apiant.ai/connections/clever-elements). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Returnless **2** triggers Returnless **16** actions Clever Elements **14** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Returnless and Clever Elements 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 Returnless can start in Clever Elements - When **Request Created** in Returnless then **Find subscriber by email** in Clever Elements - When **Return Created** in Returnless then **Add list** in Clever Elements 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 Returnless and Clever Elements ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 30 actions - Trigger **Request Created** Triggers when a customer creates a new return request that needs approval. - Trigger **Return Created** Triggers when a new return is created, including a request once it is approved. - Action **Add note** Adds an internal note to a return or return request. - Action **Add Request** Creates a return request in Returnless for items from an existing sales order. - Action **Approve a Request** Approves a return request in Returnless so the customer can send the items back. - Action **Approve a Request Without Shipment** Approves a pending return request without a return shipment, so the customer keeps the items. - Action **Find customers** Returns the customers in your Returnless account that match an email address. - Action **Find products** Returns the products in your Returnless account that match a SKU. - Action **Find Requests** Finds a Request in your Returnless account. - Action **Find Returns** Finds returns (return orders) in Returnless by return number. - Action **Find sales orders** Finds sales orders in Returnless by order number. - Action **Get customer** Returns a single Returnless customer by its id. - Action **Get Request (By Request ID)** Returns a single return request (return order) from Returnless by its ID. - Action **Get Return (By Return ID)** Returns a single return in Returnless, with all of its details, by its return ID. - Action **Get sales order** Returns a single sales order by its ID, including its customer, address and order details. - Action **List return reasons** Returns the return reasons configured in your Returnless account. - Action **Reject Request** Rejects a pending return request in Returnless. - Action **Update return** Changes the status of a return, such as Checked, Approved or Resolved. - Action **Add list** Creates a new subscriber list in your Clever Elements account, with an optional description. - Action **Add Subscriber** Adds a subscriber to a Clever Elements subscriber list without double opt-in, optionally setting personalization fields. An existing subscriber's personalization fields are overwritten. - Action **Add subscriber field** Creates a new subscriber (personalization) field in your Clever Elements account. - Action **Delete list** Deletes a subscriber list from your Clever Elements account. Subscribers on the list are kept in the account. - Action **Delete subscriber** Deletes a subscriber from your Clever Elements account by subscriber ID. - Action **Find subscriber by email** Finds a subscriber by email address and returns their subscriber ID, personalization field values and the newsletters they have received. - Action **Get list details** Returns one subscriber list's details by list ID: its name, description, and subscriber and unsubscriber counts. Fails if the list is not found. - Action **Get subscriber** Returns a subscriber's subscription status on each list: the list ID with the times they subscribed and unsubscribed. - Action **List lists** Returns every subscriber list in the Clever Elements account, with each list's ID and name. - Action **List subscriber fields** Returns every subscriber personalization (custom) field defined in the Clever Elements account, with its ID, name, description and type. - Action **List subscribers** Returns every subscriber on a Clever Elements list, with each subscriber's ID, email address and subscribe/unsubscribe times. - Action **Unsubscribe Subscriber From All List** Unsubscribes a subscriber from every subscriber list in the Clever Elements account. The subscriber record itself is kept. - Action **Unsubscribe Subscriber From List** Unsubscribes a subscriber from one Clever Elements list. The subscriber stays in the account and on any other lists. - Action **Update Subscriber** Updates an existing subscriber's personalization fields in a Clever Elements list, identified by email address. ## Each app on its own - [ **Returnless** Returnless gives e-commerce businesses a way to get their returns in check.](https://apiant.ai/connections/returnless) - [ **Clever Elements** We've built the road to email marketing. Email marketing cloud since 2003.](https://apiant.ai/connections/clever-elements) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Returnless - [ **Returnless to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/returnless-to-salesforce) - [ **Returnless to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/returnless-to-slack) - [ **Returnless to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/returnless-to-stripe) - [ **Returnless to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/returnless-to-shopify) - [ **Returnless to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/returnless-to-trello) - [ **Returnless to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/returnless-to-zoom) ## More into Clever Elements - [ **HubSpot to Clever Elements** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-clever-elements) - [ **Salesforce to Clever Elements** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-clever-elements) - [ **Slack to Clever Elements** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-clever-elements) - [ **Google Sheets to Clever Elements** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-clever-elements) - [ **Gmail to Clever Elements** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-clever-elements) - [ **Google Calendar to Clever Elements** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-clever-elements) Questions ## Returnless and Clever Elements, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Returnless? Any of Returnless's 2 triggers in the catalog, including Request Created and Return Created. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Clever Elements when something happens in Returnless? Any of Clever Elements's 14 actions, including Update Subscriber, Add list, Add Subscriber and Add subscriber field. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Clever Elements to Returnless? Clever Elements has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Returnless. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Clever Elements's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Returnless or Clever Elements? 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 Returnless and Clever Elements 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.