--- title: "Connect Sendblue to ESPN - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Inbound Message\" fires in Sendblue, your agent runs \"Get Team Schedule\" in ESPN." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/sendblue-to-espn" --- # Connect Sendblue to ESPN When **New Inbound Message** fires in [Sendblue](https://apiant.ai/connections/sendblue), your agent runs **Get Team Schedule** in [ESPN](https://apiant.ai/connections/espn). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Sendblue **2** triggers Sendblue **7** actions ESPN **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 Sendblue and ESPN 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 Sendblue can start in ESPN - When **New Inbound Message** in Sendblue then **Get Team Schedule** in ESPN - When **New Outbound Message** in Sendblue then **List Teams** in ESPN 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 Sendblue and ESPN ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 9 actions - Trigger **New Inbound Message** Triggers when someone texts one of your Sendblue numbers, with the sender, text, service and any attachment. - Trigger **New Outbound Message** Triggers when a message is sent from one of your Sendblue numbers to a contact. - Action **Delete Contact** Deletes a Sendblue contact by phone number. - Action **Find Contact** Finds a Sendblue contact by phone number and returns its name, owner, tags and opt-out state. - Action **Get Message** Returns one Sendblue message by its id, with sender, recipient, content, service and status. - Action **Get Message Status** Returns the current delivery status of a message you sent, looked up by its message handle. - Action **Lookup iMessage Support** Checks whether a phone number can receive iMessage or only SMS. - Action **Send Outbound Message** Sends an iMessage, SMS or MMS to one recipient from your Sendblue number. Returns the queued message with its handle and status. - Action **Send Typing Indicator** Shows or stops the typing bubble on a recipient's iMessage conversation with your Sendblue number. - Action **Get Team Schedule** Returns a team's game schedule for a season (NFL, NBA, WNBA, MLB, NHL or college football): each game's date and start time, opponent, home or away, and venue. Useful for adding a team's games to a calendar. - Action **List Teams** Returns every team in a league (for example the NFL, NBA, MLB or NHL) with its name, city and short code. Use the short code to look up that team's schedule. ## Each app on its own - [ **Sendblue** Sendblue is a software that provides iMessage for customers](https://apiant.ai/connections/sendblue) - [ **ESPN** ESPN's sports data: team schedules and team lists for the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, WNBA and college leagues...](https://apiant.ai/connections/espn) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Sendblue - [ **Sendblue to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-espn) - [ **Google Sheets to ESPN** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-espn) - [ **Gmail to ESPN** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-espn) Questions ## Sendblue and ESPN, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Sendblue? Any of Sendblue's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Inbound Message and New Outbound Message. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in ESPN when something happens in Sendblue? Any of ESPN's 2 actions, including Get Team Schedule and List Teams. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from ESPN to Sendblue? ESPN has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Sendblue. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads ESPN's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Sendblue or ESPN? 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 Sendblue and ESPN 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.