# Connect Shippo to Ideal Postcodes When **New Order** fires in [Shippo](https://apiant.ai/connections/shippo), your agent runs **Verify Email** in [Ideal Postcodes](https://apiant.ai/connections/ideal-postcodes). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Shippo **2** triggers Shippo **18** actions Ideal Postcodes **8** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Shippo and Ideal Postcodes to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` 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 Shippo can start in Ideal Postcodes - When **New Order** in Shippo then **Verify Email** in Ideal Postcodes - When **New Shipping Label** in Shippo then **Cleanse address** in Ideal Postcodes 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 Shippo and Ideal Postcodes ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 26 actions - Trigger **New Order** Triggers when a new order is created - Trigger **New Shipping Label** Triggers when a new shipping label is created - Action **Add address** Create a new address record. - Action **Add customs declaration** Create a new customs declaration for international shipments. - Action **Add customs item** Create a new customs item line for use in a customs declaration. - Action **Add parcel** Create a new parcel record (dimensions/weight). - Action **Add refund** Request a refund for a shipping label/transaction. - Action **Add shipment** Create a new shipment to generate rate quotes. - Action **Add shipping label** Purchase/create a shipping label (transaction) from a rate. - Action **Create Order** Creates an order. - Action **Find an Order** Search for an order by ID. - Action **Find a Shipping Label** Search for a shipping label by ID. - Action **Get address** Retrieve a single address by id. - Action **Get shipment** Retrieve a single shipment by id. - Action **Get tracking status** Look up the current tracking status for a shipment by carrier + tracking number. - Action **List addresses** List all addresses. - Action **List parcels** List all parcels. - Action **List rates for shipment** Retrieve the available carrier rates for a shipment. - Action **List shipments** List all shipments. - Action **Validate address** Validate an existing address by id. - Action **Cleanse address** Returns the closest matching standardised address for a freeform address, with a confidence score and match levels for each address element. - Action **Find addresses by query** Returns address suggestions matching a partial address, ordered by relevance, with optional filters and biases by postcode, town, region or location. - Action **Find places** Returns up to 10 place suggestions (countries, administrative areas, towns) matching a search query, each with an id that can be resolved to the full place. - Action **List addresses by postcode** Returns every address registered at a postcode (UK, Ireland, Netherlands or Singapore). - Action **Validate Phone Number** Validates a phone number and returns its country, national and international formats, and its original (and optionally current) carrier. - Action **Validate UK Address** Checks a freeform UK address against the UK address database and returns the closest matching standardised address with a confidence score and per-element match levels. - Action **Verify Email** Checks whether an email address is deliverable and reports whether it is disposable, a free provider, a role address or on a catch-all domain. - Action **Verify US Address** Verifies a US address against the USPS address dataset and returns the closest matching standardised address with confidence and match-level indicators. ## Each app on its own - [ **Shippo** Shippo provides a multi-carrier API and dashboard to help merchants and platforms get real-time rates, print...](https://apiant.ai/connections/shippo) - [ **Ideal Postcodes** Ideal Postcodes is a UK and international address validation and cleansing service](https://apiant.ai/connections/ideal-postcodes) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Shippo - [ **Shippo to Attestwire** Validate EN 16931 e-invoices: XRechnung, ZUGFeRD, Factur-X, Peppol BIS](https://apiant.ai/connect/shippo-to-attestwire) - [ **Shippo to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/shippo-to-slack) - [ **Shippo to Google Drive** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/shippo-to-google-drive) - [ **Shippo to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/shippo-to-stripe) - [ **Shippo to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/shippo-to-shopify) - [ **Shippo to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/shippo-to-trello) ## More into Ideal Postcodes - [ **HubSpot to Ideal Postcodes** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-ideal-postcodes) - [ **Salesforce to Ideal Postcodes** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-ideal-postcodes) - [ **Slack to Ideal Postcodes** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-ideal-postcodes) - [ **Google Sheets to Ideal Postcodes** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-ideal-postcodes) - [ **Gmail to Ideal Postcodes** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-ideal-postcodes) - [ **Google Calendar to Ideal Postcodes** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-ideal-postcodes) Questions ## Shippo and Ideal Postcodes, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Shippo? Any of Shippo's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Order and New Shipping Label. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Ideal Postcodes when something happens in Shippo? Any of Ideal Postcodes's 8 actions, including Cleanse address, Find addresses by query, Find places and List addresses by postcode. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Ideal Postcodes to Shippo? Ideal Postcodes has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Shippo. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Ideal Postcodes's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Shippo or Ideal Postcodes? 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. ### ### 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.